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<p>[QUOTE="romismatist, post: 6548334, member: 44106"]I'm definitely not an expert in this area, but the style looks different from all the other Sinope drachms (including the CNG group mentioned above), if you do a search. There are some barbarous-looking examples out there, but the style and surfaces on your coin are too flawless IMHO. </p><p><br /></p><p>I could also see faking a test cut if this is something commonly encountered with these coins... it casts doubt in people's minds (as expressed previously in this thread) that the coin could be a fake. </p><p><br /></p><p>That being said, a search on the Fake Coin Reports in Forum didn't turn up anything, so it may be premature to label it a fake.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="romismatist, post: 6548334, member: 44106"]I'm definitely not an expert in this area, but the style looks different from all the other Sinope drachms (including the CNG group mentioned above), if you do a search. There are some barbarous-looking examples out there, but the style and surfaces on your coin are too flawless IMHO. I could also see faking a test cut if this is something commonly encountered with these coins... it casts doubt in people's minds (as expressed previously in this thread) that the coin could be a fake. That being said, a search on the Fake Coin Reports in Forum didn't turn up anything, so it may be premature to label it a fake.[/QUOTE]
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