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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kevin McGonigal, post: 4586729, member: 72790&quot;][ATTACH=full]1135842[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1135837[/ATTACH] </p><p>Thanks, Barry, and Shanxi and Donna. So, here is the reason I have been asking. Some time ago I had purchased this coin below at a small club show. I was one of the few who collected ancients so when dealers at the show got something in they would save it for me. Over time I was able to purchase pretty good material at a reasonable price. Yes, sometimes I got burned with fakes and I thought with this coin I probably had been snookered as well. I could not find much on&nbsp; it and no coin weight system that apparently would support a purported didrachma or stater which weighed in at more than 9 grams. Concluding that as the coin was rare and weight was off, it probably was fake, and into the black cabinet it went. Then just a few days ago I learned of the early Thraco-Macedonian or Paeonian system, in whose system staters were in the ca. 9 gram range as in the John Melville Jones book on Greek coins. Also I found some others in the Norman Davis book (pp.86-89) from other cities in that area. Hence, my asking here about a Skione stater which I could find no example of anywhere. I have some not very good photos here of both obverse and reverse and two sections of the rim. I have to admit that I have never been very good at spotting fakes and this one might have to go back to its dark home in my collection. Considering its value, if it is genuine, if it appears that it might be genuine I would send it away for authentication. I am not certain but is there any sign of it being cast or pressed or anything else that says FAKE to you or anyone else. Thanks a lot for any opinions provided. PS at the show the coin was misattributed to Chios as the person who owned it previously misread it as KIOS instead of SKIO.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1135834[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1135835[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1135836[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1135837[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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