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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Theodosius, post: 2527321, member: 77077&quot;]I think John Anthony has nailed it.&nbsp; I agree with people&#039;s observations that the OP coin is a little odd.&nbsp; But not odd enough to fall outside the realm of it being a real coin when you see how much variation in dies there is.</p><p><br /></p><p>What makes the OP coin an obvious fake is that it is being sold really cheap using a too good to be true back story by a seller who does not usually sell ancient coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would not have bought the OP coin for two reasons: (1) unknown seller with no lifetime guarantee of authenticity (no guarantee at all actually) (2) price too good to be true.&nbsp; Really reason number (1) is enough to walk away.</p><p><br /></p><p>If the seller did any homework at all, even just on ebay, they would see this is a $4000 coin, if real.&nbsp; Why not send it to CNG or at least offer it for a $3500 starting price?</p><p><br /></p><p>The lesson to me here is if you want to buy $$$$ ancient coins make sure to buy them from well known sellers with lifetime authenticity guarantees who have a multi-year reputation in the real world outside of an ebay screen name.</p><p><br /></p><p>John[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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