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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3071185, member: 56859&quot;]Yes, it does mean something, at least in how coins are attributed.&nbsp;&nbsp; Not being able to find a similar reverse in archives is worrisome, as is the overall look of this coin although maybe that&#039;s just from corrosion/leaching and cleaning.</p><p><br /></p><p>Before declaring it &quot;unpublished&quot; or condemning it as a modern fake, dig deeper.&nbsp; If you&#039;ve exhausted your search in freely available databases (ACsearch, Vcoins, etc), the next step would be to search through reference books.&nbsp; Many are old and available online.&nbsp; A good strategy is to find similar Dardanos AR coins in CNG&#039;s archives and see which reference they used.&nbsp; Since the references are abbreviated and you likely won&#039;t know the full name of the title, take that information and search in CNG&#039;s Bibliography to get the full title of the work.&nbsp; If the reference is old enough you&#039;ll be able to find a .pdf full text online somewhere.&nbsp; Right-click and copy the title of the reference book and drop it into a Google search.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edited to add:</p><p><br /></p><p>A quick perusal of archives shows that a bunch different &quot;Daradanos AR cock&quot; fractionals are cited as unpublished.&nbsp; It would seem that there is work to be done in studying these coins <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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