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Author Topic: IS THIS A FAKE? Miletos diobol lion  (Read 834 times)

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Offline Michael M7

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IS THIS A FAKE? Miletos diobol lion
« on: August 17, 2017, 07:52:33 pm »
Found this on ebay for a few dollars but in hand it feels fake. Supposed to be a Miletos,Ionia 6th century BC.  .95g while all others I have found are over 1g.
What do you experts think? So many fakes on ebay! Is this the classic "soapy" look of a cast?
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Offline Joss

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Re: IS THIS A FAKE? Miletos diobol lion
« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2017, 09:54:12 pm »
It looks genuine to me. Your coin is an obol, or a trihemiobol, not a diobol, hence the light weight.
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Offline Michael M7

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Re: IS THIS A FAKE? Miletos diobol lion
« Reply #2 on: August 17, 2017, 10:23:43 pm »
Thank You for your input Joss. It was sold as a 1/12 stater and I have not found any obols of the same type so that also has confused me.
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Offline marcos x

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Re: IS THIS A FAKE? Miletos diobol lion
« Reply #3 on: August 18, 2017, 08:54:55 pm »
Ive had porous ones like this that weighed half as much as the usual, its not uncommon for these to be under a gram
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Offline Joss

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Re: IS THIS A FAKE? Miletos diobol lion
« Reply #4 on: August 19, 2017, 07:47:02 am »
Quote from: Michael M7 on August 17, 2017, 10:23:43 pm
Thank You for your input Joss. It was sold as a 1/12 stater and I have not found any obols of the same type so that also has confused me.
You have other examples here: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=milet+obol+0.9
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