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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kirkuk, post: 5397549, member: 116743&quot;]I am now the newly frustrated coin-parent of the whopper below, where I made a rash judgment on bidding on something I perhaps shouldn&#039;t, thinking in the back of my head that it would be a valuable experience to learn how to spot fakes. In any case, I could not find any instances of such a coin in the standard references (I searched the standard Ryder reference for silver coins struck by Philip II with Apollo on obverse and biga on the reverse with PHILIPOU underneath). I would say that the coin appears to be a drachma/denarius-sized version of a Philip II Apollo (obverse) / biga (chariot pulled by two horses) (reverse), which was originally AU, not AR (wrong metal) stater (wrong denomination) weighing in at 3.86 grams vs. approx. 8.1 grams (wrong weight) for the genuine version. The flan appears to have been created using a casting-like process as there is evidence of a tell-tale line around the edge. The surface of the coin has parallel striations in some places, indicating that the flan was filed. Putting these bits of evidence together, my preliminary conclusion is that the coin is a very artful forgery! </p><p>Let me know your thoughts on the pictures below.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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