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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;FrizzyAntoine, post: 7771602, member: 114961&quot;]The coin has not yet been withdrawn, however I am unsure if anyone has notified the auction yet so that may be the reason. As I&#039;m unsure of the rules regarding posting links I&#039;ll simply say that this coin is Lot 130 in an upcoming Swiss web auction posted very recently and from an auction house with which I&#039;m sure most if not all posters here are familiar. Good catch BTW [USER=94602]@pprp[/USER], it seems a number of less discerning bidders haven&#039;t looked into this coin as closely as they perhaps should given the sums involved....</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I may be wrong but I believe the telltale sign for these &quot;wet-head apollo&quot; tets from Leontini is a die-break found in the upper part of the cheek near the eye, a hoard of these was found in the 1980s all with the characteristic die-break, and from the 90s onwards very high-quality pressed and struck fakes have been making the rounds, discernable through the lack of said die-break (though I&#039;m sure by now there must be forgeries WITH the die-break recreated and that&#039;s a whole other can of worms).</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: given the other posting about a fake it seems links are allowed, so here goes.</p><p><a href="https://leunumismatik.com/en/lot/28/130/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://leunumismatik.com/en/lot/28/130/" rel="nofollow">https://leunumismatik.com/en/lot/28/130/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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