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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mike Margolis, post: 2917818, member: 88401&quot;]You better check this out: Not sure about the hemi-just beware of cheap ones!-Grams are important if it weighs out a few tenths more it could be OK)(from Forum fakes-Ilya Popolov)Thrace, Cherronesos; Circa 350-300 b.C.</p><p>AR Hemidrachm, 2.2 g.</p><p>Forepart of lion right, head reverted. / Quadripartite incuse square; lizard in one quadrant, pellet and monogram YE in opposite quadrant.</p><p>McClean 4117-4118</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the most commonly seen modern forgery of a Cherronesos hemidrachm, sold as authentic repeatedly for years by the same counterfeit scammer(s) on eBay. The fakes of this type always copies the same Cherronesos variety, coming from the same set of dies, and when the weight is given it&#039;s between 2.1g and 2.4g. The seller operates out of Germany and Las Vegas using different eBay I.D.s. He appears to be from Bulgaria, and these appear from their styling to be originally engraved, pressed Bulgarian School forgeries. This scammer has operated on eBay openly for eight years, selling hundreds of fakes of ancient coins and antiquities, the same ones over and over, to many thousands of people. One of his eBay I.D.s, victoriantiquities, was canceled by eBay in Nov. 2007 but only after more than 2,400 transactions.</p><p><br /></p><p>Photo and text courtesy of Counterfeit Coins. I thank the site admin for allowing me to post his coins on this board.</p><p>counterfeitcoins.reidgold.com<a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/profile.php?uid=21686" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/profile.php?uid=21686" rel="nofollow">Taras[ATTACH=full]705850[/ATTACH] </a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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