New Akragas Hemilitron

@Odysseus : Thanks for sharing Stannard and Fischer-Bossert:
https://numismaticfakes.wordpress.com/2016/04/19/dies-hubs-forgeries-and-the-athenian-decadrachm/

Everyone, imho, should study and learn from this article. The decadrachm fake is obvious in its failure to capture the style of the original in its details (e.g., the dots in the hair at the bottom left of the obverse are randomly placed). I think the true value of this article is in teaching numismatists how to spot transferred flan and die flaws in dies made from real coins. The authors have done some great work here AND may save many numismatists from buying problem coins (one hopes).

 

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Wow, yes-- very interesting and educational. Thanks for linking it on your site, @Odysseus, and thanks for bringing it to our attention, @Eric Kondratieff!

 

Withdrawn at the last minute!

 

Just to follow up, I received a full refund plus very polite apology from the vcoins dealer who sold this to me. The dealer apologized immediately upon reading this thread and agreed right away the coin is a forgery.

I would buy more coins from them in the future because I don't think they had any idea. I plan to be even more careful going forward with what I learned.

John

 

I kinda want that fake. Excellent work here.

 

I very glad it worked out well for you, John.

 

AncientNoob: I think he is returning it to his source...

AncientNut: thanks for your support, this has not been fun.

 

@Theodosius : Although it's not been fun, it sparked a real learning event for many of us; and, many of us are grateful that it worked out okay for you, while at the same time it helped us all to learn how to be better aware of what's going on in the forgery workshops. So, thanks!

 

Thanks Eric, you are right of course.