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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JJoyner, post: 26791922, member: 114727&quot;]Hello everyone, I recently took a chance on this 4th century BC stater of Gortyna. I have my concerns but the weight is within realistic limits and the dies match known examples. I&#039;d like to get your opinions. Have a look at the photos and tell me if you think it is authentic or a modern forgery.</p><p><br /></p><p>It has some copper gold toning but it is in the lower areas, not on high points. Weight is 12.12 g nd most of these run between 11.5 and 11.8 g. There are a concerning amount of split edges with some granular looking gold toned interior metal. The overall profile does not show a hard incuse side but it could be a light strike and other matching examples have a similar profile. The darker toning is uneven and appears as if this was a jewelry mounted piece at one point. a very small indented line runs near the surface on about 1/3 of one side. Could this be from a jewelry mount or evidence of forging? Has anyone seen a similar forgery? I know there British Museum electrotypes of this die but the flan shape is very different.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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