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ancient67 Valued Member France 328 Posts	Posted 09/26/2020 3:09 pm Hi all, About one month ago, I submitted an issue, the acquisition on ebay of a stater from Thasos. I wanted to know whether you thought that it was genuine or not. Many of you expressed doubts about its authenticity. Today I submitted it to the Auction House CGB, and they confirmed me that, according to them, it was indeed genuine... Tout est bien qui finit bien! Here is a picture of the coin. Best Report this Post to the Staff

TNG Bedrock of the Community United States 10284 Posts	Posted 09/26/2020 3:24 pm Neat and congrats. I think I remember seeing the other post. Report this Post to the Staff
westernsky Pillar of the Community United States 7618 Posts	Posted 09/26/2020 4:22 pm Congrats! Beautiful coin! Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34397 Posts	Posted 09/26/2020 5:02 pm Good to know @ancient67. Here is a link to the original thread: http://goccf.com/t/380697 "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
DirtyHarry Valued Member Germany 141 Posts	Posted 09/26/2020 5:36 pm Congratulations! I am glad everything went just fine! It´s a beautiful coin and a great piece of history for any advanced collection. I bought some great coins from CGB... although I might agree/disagree with their prices sometimes (Being on the buyer´s side of course ), they are very knowledgeable and highly professional in what they do, so I personally would feel reassured with their assessment. Bien está lo que bien acaba (All´s well that ends well) Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21786 Posts	Posted 09/26/2020 6:59 pm Fields are smooth, without any signs of tooling. Fields next to the images are rougher, suggesting cast. Crack with sharp edges (indicating a die strike), lends credence to being genuine. Thus, I agree with the auction house. I can understand why it was submitted for an opinion regarding authenticity. Note: Coin may be suffering from silver crystallization (indicated by roughness around the edges of the satyr and nymph). Structural weakness of the coin greatly increased by the crack anyway. Coin may be very delicate. As a precaution, handle this coin gently. Edited by sel_69l 09/27/2020 08:58 am Report this Post to the Staff
ancient67 Valued Member France 328 Posts	Posted 09/27/2020 1:30 pm Thanks for your responses ! Yes the coin is fragile, this was told me also by the expert at CGB Report this Post to the Staff
jimbucks Pillar of the Community United States 4691 Posts	Posted 09/27/2020 2:44 pm What is the catalogue number? A previous post stating Sear 1747 does not seem to be correct. Thank you. Report this Post to the Staff
DirtyHarry Valued Member Germany 141 Posts	Posted 09/27/2020 5:26 pm Hi! On the previous post I submitted a partially matching sample catalogued as HGC 6, 334 (That is: Handbook of greek coinage, vol 6 - The islands, 334). Report this Post to the Staff
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