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Antigonos Gonatas Fake Or Not?

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 Posted 12/09/2008  07:44 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add geyikrali to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
That coin is used as brooch and after bought it I cut the handles on the reverse side (left and right black parts)
I'm not sure whether this coin is fake or not.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you.

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 Posted 12/09/2008  08:07 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add halfabustisbetter to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It's difficult for me to say from the scale of the pictures but at first glance I would think it was a real coin--stay tuned for some real experts to come along.
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Antigonos-Gonatas-Fake-Or-Not???

Weight: 16.8 g
Diameter: 28.5 mm

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 Posted 12/09/2008  12:20 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add echizento to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
IMO this is a cast copy, I see lots of pot marks on the figure sitting on the prow and even on the obverse.
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There's your expert. Good eye echizento. Regardless whether it's real or not the large-scale picture is excellent camera work.
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It is a published fake, Prokopov, Modern Counterfeits..., 2003, #106. Here is another example.

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 Posted 12/09/2008  8:03 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Sir Ferrari to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I'll second echizento, it is most likely a fake.
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I got the point echizento thank you so much, it cost me about 40$ but now I know how to distinguish fake and original.. thank you
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