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Offline Mark Z

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Anastasius Solidus
« on: January 13, 2008, 01:18:12 am »
Hello All!

Genuine or fake? Is it even Anastasius? The obverse legend seems strange.

Thanks!

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Re: Anastasius Solidus
« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2008, 12:16:27 pm »
Definitely Anastasius but from the picture it's really hard to say much. I don't collect photos of these so I couldn't say if it matches any known fakes.

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Re: Anastasius Solidus
« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2008, 02:46:13 pm »
Richard,

Here's a reply I just got from a well-known expert:

Lebanon was famous in the 70's and the 80's for producing good quality gold fakes of ancient Byzantine gold (this coin is one of those...). There was even a class of fake coins from a so-called "Beirut school."

Too bad, as it was reasonably priced. Come to think of it, that's why it was reasonably priced, wasn't it?  ;)

Thanks for chiming in!

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Re: Anastasius Solidus
« Reply #3 on: January 13, 2008, 10:19:58 pm »
Might be Sear F5.
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