Topcat7 Posted December 22, 2023 · Member Share Posted December 22, 2023 I have tried to attribute this coin and the closest I can get is Michael VIII , but I cannot get one of his with 'I B I' on it and 'Theta in top right. Nor can I get one with 'N- (star)' across the 'fields'. The coin is bronze AE22mm., and weighs 2.72gm., and is (almost) flat. Yes, I have used all of my 'Byzantine' reference material including "August Coins" as referred to me by @catadc Can anyone help me, please? TIA 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTrachyEnjoyer Posted December 22, 2023 · Member Share Posted December 22, 2023 I am sorry to say but that is a poor fake 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topcat7 Posted December 22, 2023 · Member Author Share Posted December 22, 2023 31 minutes ago, TheTrachyEnjoyer said: I am sorry to say but that is a poor fake @TheTrachyEnjoyer Thank you. Your help is appreciated. I suspected as much but I didn't want to point anyone in that direction, who might not have gone there, by voicing my suspicions. I obtained 5 coins from an eBay seller in Britain. Three of which have been confirmed as 'fakes', one appears to be OK, and one I am still researching. In my coin collecting, I can attribute the 'easy' ones, but some of the 'difficult' ones I do need help with, but, (apparently), I am incapable of spotting the 'fakes'. Thank you, again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catadc Posted December 22, 2023 · Member Share Posted December 22, 2023 There are several UK sellers with some caricatural fakes on ebay. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeandAcre Posted December 22, 2023 · Member Share Posted December 22, 2023 Argh. Sorry about that, @Topcat7. (And kudos to @TheTrachyEnjoyer and @catadc for your erudition and empathy.) ...I can get downright nostalgic for old days, when all the ubiquitously laughable medieval fake Anythings were reliably from a small handful of eastern European countries 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topcat7 Posted December 22, 2023 · Member Author Share Posted December 22, 2023 1 hour ago, JeandAcre said: ...I can get downright nostalgic for old days, when all the ubiquitously laughable medieval fake Anythings were reliably from a small handful of eastern European countries @JeandAcre I remember when the most important thing to 'own' was 'Your good name'. (Gone, with my youth.) 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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