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byzantine New Member United Arab Emirates 38 Posts	Posted 07/19/2009 08:41 am Hi everybody I need a help about a coin. It is "THRACE, Kings of Lysimachos", Lysimachia mint, extremely fine like this but my coin's weight is 13,18 g. What is it mean? Is it possible? i am sure it is ok except weight Thanks ... Moved to Ancients forum - Sap Edited by byzantine 07/19/2009 08:43 am Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16846 Posts	Posted 07/19/2009 6:57 pm I'm afraid that the most likely explanation for it being three grams underweight is that it's fake. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
byzantine New Member United Arab Emirates 38 Posts	Posted 07/22/2009 7:42 pm now I have got Amphipolis mint one it is underweight too (14,55g) :) Thanks Sap Report this Post to the Staff
tenacious Valued Member United States 69 Posts	Posted 08/08/2009 2:27 pm I've collected a few of these over the years. And I'm always looking for nice examples. So I have some experience with them. This obverse design style is a well known fake design. It shows up on ebay from time to time. So with the low weight, as said by Sap, this coin is definitely a fake. Report this Post to the Staff
Kypriakos New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 09/03/2009 5:49 pm I agree with tenacious and Sap in that this coin is a fake. It looks to be from the infamous bulgarian school of forgeries. It is a good looking coin, but as tenacious said, "This obverse design style is a well known fake design. It shows up on ebay from time to time." I was almost fooled by one for sale on e-bay a few weeks ago. Sadly the other coin you mentioned minted in Amphipolis could possibly be fake if you got it from the same dealer. Report this Post to the Staff
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