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<p>[QUOTE="Lolli, post: 3665224, member: 96900"]The Naxos tetradrachm that was sold by CNG as Becker and that was mentioned in first post is not a Becker fogery but a 100 % match (Galvano) to the authentic specimen in British Museum in London and the other Galvano in Yale university !</p><p>So someone really paid 2500 Dollar + fees for a worthless Galvano of an authentic coin. And the cited Becker forgery Hill 21 is of course from different dies (last three pictures show real Becker forgery Hill 21), see for example the hair of Sileno´s</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe anyone wants to notify CNG ^^</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Brithis Museum Galvano sold wrongly as Becker, picture 1</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=359330" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=359330" rel="nofollow">https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=359330</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Authentic mother in British Museum in London, identical dies, flan shape, centering, wear etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>Pictures 2+3</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?assetId=379318001&objectId=1294613&partId=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?assetId=379318001&objectId=1294613&partId=1" rel="nofollow">https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?assetId=379318001&objectId=1294613&partId=1</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And the other identical Gavlano in Yale university and the made same mistake to describe as Becker although they have a real Becker</p><p><br /></p><p>Picture 4</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/173350" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/173350" rel="nofollow">https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/173350</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And here is a real Becker hill 21 , look for example for hair of Sileno´s, which is very different</p><p><br /></p><p>Picture 5</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=373960" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=373960" rel="nofollow">https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=373960</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Picture 6 is out of hill</p><p><br /></p><p>And Yale university real Becker</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/171647" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/171647" rel="nofollow">https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/171647</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Picture 7</p><p><br /></p><p>I have sadly noticed that several coins sold as forgeries by famous forgers were galvanos from authentic coins or not from this forger etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]985650[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]985652[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]985653[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]985654[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]985659[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]985658[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]985666[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lolli, post: 3665224, member: 96900"]The Naxos tetradrachm that was sold by CNG as Becker and that was mentioned in first post is not a Becker fogery but a 100 % match (Galvano) to the authentic specimen in British Museum in London and the other Galvano in Yale university ! So someone really paid 2500 Dollar + fees for a worthless Galvano of an authentic coin. And the cited Becker forgery Hill 21 is of course from different dies (last three pictures show real Becker forgery Hill 21), see for example the hair of Sileno´s Maybe anyone wants to notify CNG ^^ Brithis Museum Galvano sold wrongly as Becker, picture 1 [URL]https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=359330[/URL] Authentic mother in British Museum in London, identical dies, flan shape, centering, wear etc. Pictures 2+3 [URL]https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?assetId=379318001&objectId=1294613&partId=1[/URL] And the other identical Gavlano in Yale university and the made same mistake to describe as Becker although they have a real Becker Picture 4 [URL]https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/173350[/URL] And here is a real Becker hill 21 , look for example for hair of Sileno´s, which is very different Picture 5 [URL]https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=373960[/URL] Picture 6 is out of hill And Yale university real Becker [URL]https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/171647[/URL] Picture 7 I have sadly noticed that several coins sold as forgeries by famous forgers were galvanos from authentic coins or not from this forger etc. [ATTACH=full]985650[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]985652[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]985653[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]985654[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]985659[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]985658[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]985666[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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