I’m not usually into fourees but MALs are my favorite issue, so I bought this one to learn from. To my eyes this was a really
good ancient
fake. Before the
pitting and resulting flaking gave it away (if it ever did), it appears this coin circulated for many years in
antiquity. The plating is very thick and shows substantial surface wear. It even withstood the banker’s mark on the
reverse in the wings, unless the counterfeiter cleverly
applied it before the plating. There is a little softness in the devices and legends on the
obverse, but the
style looks really
good to me. Just thought I’d share.