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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2399930, member: 19463&quot;]I find it hard to believe that you are bothered by the size of the coin and not by the Greek legend.&nbsp; I assume the intent was to create an Alexandrian bronze with reverse date LE fashioned from the SC.&nbsp; I have no idea when this item was made and who it was intended to fool. Researching what a coin should look like was a lot harder before the Internet and much harder before photos were a part of catalog.&nbsp; I really wold like to believe that the thing was made in 1600 to fool a stupid aristocrat but that is less likely than it was made in 2000 by someone with too much time on his hands. It&#039;s cost was doubled by adding postage (domestic).&nbsp; There existed in the late 1960&#039;s a very similar looking as of Pescennius Niger of which a photo was shown to me by someone who knew it was impossible.&nbsp; I&#039;d love to have it and would pay big money (maybe $20?) which is more than something like that was worth.&nbsp; Over the years I misplaced the reverse photo.&nbsp; Such things are part of the history of the hobby.&nbsp; They are not to be taken seriously but the thought of some 17th century peer paying a piece of gold for something like this has some appeal. </p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/gpesc.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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