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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 3947621, member: 44316&quot;][USER=108976]@AdamB[/USER] , I&#039;m sorry, but I think it is a modern fake. A big &quot;hoard&quot; of these appeared at the 1999 New York International. After many were sold the &quot;hoard&quot; was determined to be modern fakes. </p><p><br /></p><p>Long ago Barry Murphy posted this composite of the fakes:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://bpmurphy.ancients.info/images/misc/histaiacomp.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://bpmurphy.ancients.info/images/misc/histaiacomp.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://bpmurphy.ancients.info/images/misc/histaiacomp.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The pellets (berries) in the hair and the hair shape are different on genuine examples. Nevertheless, many dealers have been fooled and still offer coins like yours as genuine. </p><p><br /></p><p>Search Forgery Network </p><p><a href="http://forgerynetwork.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://forgerynetwork.com/" rel="nofollow">http://forgerynetwork.com/</a></p><p>with &quot;keyword&quot; Histiaia and find many like yours. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://forgerynetwork.com/viewassets.aspx?mode=IrY~x~6CGiY1Q=&amp;cl=&amp;cln=&amp;br=&amp;pr=&amp;prd=&amp;key=GtGH/YSM0q76Y0eZ2~x~OXGg==&amp;ext=CbSSjWkLN03YeTuQXF4H4QH/Qglw7e7HP/aL3GaaCQipaQhi4iWDIWHE9YfedsH3Bhz3qs6cHUVcmiT780Lk9EOLumVXPWZq26k5XqOmFT3cdZc~x~wQZYyVJBTc3GH2CMSsAf2vYy3sF2SpMb5EMxrg==&amp;srco=1&amp;num=20&amp;srchall=0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://forgerynetwork.com/viewassets.aspx?mode=IrY~x~6CGiY1Q=&amp;cl=&amp;cln=&amp;br=&amp;pr=&amp;prd=&amp;key=GtGH/YSM0q76Y0eZ2~x~OXGg==&amp;ext=CbSSjWkLN03YeTuQXF4H4QH/Qglw7e7HP/aL3GaaCQipaQhi4iWDIWHE9YfedsH3Bhz3qs6cHUVcmiT780Lk9EOLumVXPWZq26k5XqOmFT3cdZc~x~wQZYyVJBTc3GH2CMSsAf2vYy3sF2SpMb5EMxrg==&amp;srco=1&amp;num=20&amp;srchall=0" rel="nofollow">http://forgerynetwork.com/viewassets.aspx?mode=IrY~x~6CGiY1Q=&amp;cl=&amp;cln=&amp;br=&amp;pr=&amp;prd=&amp;key=GtGH/YSM0q76Y0eZ2~x~OXGg==&amp;ext=CbSSjWkLN03YeTuQXF4H4QH/Qglw7e7HP/aL3GaaCQipaQhi4iWDIWHE9YfedsH3Bhz3qs6cHUVcmiT780Lk9EOLumVXPWZq26k5XqOmFT3cdZc~x~wQZYyVJBTc3GH2CMSsAf2vYy3sF2SpMb5EMxrg==&amp;srco=1&amp;num=20&amp;srchall=0</a></p><p><br /></p><p>See also:</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/coins/histiaia_001.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/coins/histiaia_001.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/coins/histiaia_001.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>You might wait for some confirming information. When you get it, be prepared to ask for a refund.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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