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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1023719, member: 26302&quot;]Very much agreed. I have seen many Sassanid coins declared fakes simply because of style. Remember always that the Persians ruled over a huge empire, from the Greek influenced modern day Iraq and Syria, to Central Asia. Many times these &quot;eastern mints&quot; look very strange to collectors who only have &quot;western mint&quot; examples and condemned as fakes. The differences are as drastic, or more so, than the differences between Rome mint and Antioch or Alexandria mints in the Roman empire. Also, so many mints are pretty rare that if someone sees a mint and style they don&#039;t recognize they are quick to label it a fake. A major factor of mint differences is that there was no mediterranean sea and elaborate road networks like Rome enjoyed for her network, so there tended to be more variation between mints than you would expect.</p><p><br /></p><p>Excellent point Doug. I never label one a fake unless as Doug says is tourist trash or linked to known fake. Short of that, even if I cannot place it, it does not go into my black box, I simply label as unknown and how I bought it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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