Scary: Fake Chersonesos hemidrachms

To my eyes it looks great - can't see any red flags, is the weight ok? Although as my above quote says: "I am not sure I would recognize fake Chersonesos coins without carefully consulting a scarce pamphlet-book Modern Forgeries of Greek and Roman Coins by Dimitrov, Prokopov, and Kolev."

 

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It is attributed as SNG Cop 841, BMC 20; Paris 1600; Babelon Traite 1552 at
http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/thrace/cherronesos/t.html

 

I'm sorry, but I've been seeing this thread for more than a day now, and I'm still seeing the title as "Fake Cheerios hemidrachms". It's starting to worry me.

 

This and other useful forgery-related titles are available as free pdf downloads on Dr. Prokopov's academia.edu page.
https://www.academia.edu/1287536/Modern_Forgeries_of_Greek_and_Roman_Coins

 

Thank you so much for sharing!

 

..ahahaa....i hear ya Bing! ><...i think i got took on this one..it screams DOCTORED COPY to me...9_9..(i could be wrong and hope i am, but......it weighs 9.76gms and 24mm...i'm keeping it on the table till i'm more sure...i'd like @Barry Murphy's opinion ^^)

 

well, i got mine about 15 years ago and the lion is so off-flan i didn't know it had one till years later...

 

It’s safe to say, that bar being at the site upon discovery, it will be almost impossible to know 100% you’ve got an authentic coin.

I’d like to see every country pass a three strike system for antiquity forgers (only those casting/manufacturing):

First: Ten days jail time / fine of 1.5x illicit sales

Second: One-year prisonsentence

Third: Ten-year prison sentence

 

Thanks! I just saw you had attributed this for me. I'm much obliged thanks for finding the match

 

NGC, Harlan J Berk and other experts are checked them and they found it authentique. So,i believe that they are originals and are probably from an old hoard which is bought from an American guy and sold in USA.This is not serious to judge by some pictures and never seen them in hand i think.Also, i dont think that in "cointalk" has better experts then Harlan Berk and especially David Vagi from NGC.
BTW:If i am Vagi or Harlan Berk and somebody in some forum discuss my decision and they havent any proof and try to ruin my reputation, i will take a legal action against him and he will pay very expensive price for writing something without proof and especially if he is a newbie and not expert...
So, be careful what say. Just a friendly reminder.
Have a great day

 

Um, thanks for your input, and welcome to CoinTalk...?