Suspected Fake

Looks ok to me on the face of it.

All of a sudden in the past month or so, I've noticed a lot of these euboia histiaia coins on the market. In fact, I asked about it at the FUN Show to see if there had been a hoard found recently. However, no one had an answer. I have also noticed many that I would question their authenticity. This one I think looks right, but buyer beware. Double check the fake reports. If it's close, stay away.

I strongly suspect that you are correct.

The following is a diagnostic about fakes of this type put together by a well respected dealer:-

There is a batch of these coins that have all been declared fake after a hoard turned up at CNG. They have a distinctive style that allows them to be declared as fake (see below).

Obv:- flowing hair, pointing upwards, and the large pellets making up the flowers. This hair style is not found on authentic examples
Rev:- poorly executed . On these forgeries AIEWN is always behind the nymph, although this does exist on authentic examples as well. ISTI is always before the nymph's feet. All have the wing on the prow, some very poorly executed and none have any symbols below the prow

He has compiled a montage of several fakes for comparison though the image is not exhaustive with regards to the dies used.

http://bpmurphy.ancients.info/image...taiacomp.jpg

A heavily fakes type that often turns up in "Hoards" that are distributed through unwary/uncaring dealers.

Martin

for the dealer not to respond to my emails means to me he knew the coin was a fake when he sold it to me. this mite be a stupid question but a prestigious show like NYINC, shouldn't there be some consequences for shady dealers like this one?

The obverse is quite similar to this one from Forvms Ancient Fake site.
Reverse not as much but still close.

that's exactly the same picture I saw ..