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Message:: [QUOTE="stevex6, post: 2007552, member: 44183"]T16 (I like that) ... Yah, when I first purchased the following two "Black Sea Coast" coins, I started hearing many rumours that both of these coin-types were heavily faked, so I sent both of them to David Sear's California ranch for authentication ... ... thankfully they both passed with flying-colours ... but unfortunately, it cost me just as much to get them authenticated as it did to purchase them!! ... so, probably "not" money well spent, eh? => "but" perhaps it was, for I can now look at both of them and breathe a sigh of relief! ... but hopefully you'll get enough positive coin-praise to give you a sweet feeling about your new addition (very cool type ... yours is nicer than mine) Apollonia Pontica, Thrace, AR Diobol"Black Sea Coast"circa 400-350 BCDiameter: 11.29 mmWeight: 1.24 gramsObverse: laureate head of Apollo facingReverse: anchor upwards, A in field to left, crayfish to rightReferences: SNG Copenhagen 459; Sear (Greek Coins & Their I) 1657; BMC (Mysia) p. 9, 15 and pl. ii 8 - misattributed to Apollonia ad Rhyndacum [ATTACH=full]360889[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]360890[/ATTACH] Mesembria, Thrace, AR Diobol"Black Sea Coast"late 5th-4th century, BCDiameter: 10.14 mmWeight: 1.14 gramsObverse: crested Corinthian helmet facingReverse: M-E-T-A in the four quarters of a radiate wheelReference: cf.Karayotov (The Coinage of Mesambria) 26-36 and pl. II. [ATTACH=full]360896[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]360897[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]