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Message:: [QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 2931306, member: 85693"]Thank you Ken.  I agree - my least favorite part of this coin was the bust of Apollo (although I still find the lion head/lightning bolt well-executed - kudos to the counterfeiter).  I'll keep an eye out for other examples...one thing that seems odd to me is a counterfeiter doing a "one off" on something like this.  Perhaps he's (she's?) slowly releasing them so as not to flood the market and raise alarms?  Otherwise it seems like a lot of work for not much money (I am assuming that creating a minuscule die and striking teensy-weensy coins would be a lot of work).  Back in the mid-1980s when I was first collecting, I recall World Coin News articles about the Black Sea Hoard forgeries.  Those things were all over the place (and a lot of them are still for sale, I suspect).  That situation is always in the back of my mind when looking at ancients for sale.  But sometimes caution overrides the fact that I sometimes like to gamble <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie25" alt=":blackeye:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. I'll add my "so-called silver 1/12th stater" to my "Worst 10 of 2017" list.  Thanks again for your help.[/QUOTE]