Posted 09/23/2011 08:07 am
Judging just from the photos I would accept the first as genuine. The second is very often faked and most fakes make the empty helmet hook more like a face than the real ones that look more like empty metal. While I have not researched this one against the known fake dies, I do not like the look of it and would pass it up even though I might be wrong in doubting it. The last is a little crude in style but there are also barbarous looking ancient copies of these so I'd not go so far as to say it is fake. If ancient but unofficial it is still very collectible. All this is why we suggest everyone buy coins from a respected, knowledgeable and honest dealer. There are coins that are certain to be good, certainly fake and in a middle ground where the call needs to be made by someone with more experience than I have in the specific specialty. Greek silver is not my area of first choice. Where did you get them? If they were sold to you by a little kid in a Turkish alley, they are fake. If you got them from the author of a specialty work on coins of the Black Sea region, chances are better.
