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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;NewStyleKing, post: 5200348, member: 106483&quot;][ATTACH=full]1214813[/ATTACH]</p><p>Here is an original ebay advert I saw. Obviously the seller knew Athens,tetradrachm, and 2nd century (wrong). 17.1 gm, 29mm and from an old collection.</p><p>I just at first laughed it off the reverse was even worse.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1214818[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I thought this must be a fake with dirt covering up the surfaces-anyhow a collector would have most probably cleaned it up easily.</p><p>But intrigued when I read the magistrate DIOKLES-for the 2nd time.</p><p>This is very rare very late type.</p><p>So I concluded it was an old excellent tourist fake.</p><p>The weight was above what I would expect from a late Newstyle , but the size was OK.</p><p>I looked with admiration at the scrapes, flat strikes, off flan details and the encrustation.</p><p>The NewStyle bible NSSCA (Thompson) vol 2 produced plates of the few known examples and the obverse was known but not the reverse.</p><p>I thought if it stays cheap it might be worth a pop cos there actually is a chance it&#039;s real.</p><p>I looked for fakes on Forum and Thompson etc but found none.</p><p>What to do?</p><p>There seemed to be some interest and a bid came in, but I concluded the seller bumped it up abit to attract interest.</p><p>It went upto £160 and with £8posting and it was from the UK I took the plunge.</p><p>It arrived rapidly and I broke it open with curiosity. It looked right, felt right. The strike and flan foibles looked genuine.</p><p>Next I had to clean it-vinegar and a scrubbing brush and voila!</p><p>It is now as you see it.</p><p>I have absolutely no doubts. </p><p>It is a genuine very rare very late coin.</p><p>Luck comes to those who look,research, judge and take a gamble.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1214827[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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