[dogbyte12]

I just saw a news report on this. What seems to be the killer here is the patina. Basically, there is a patina on the rest of the piece, but not on the questionable inscription. Through 2,000 years of exposure, there should be a patina on the inscription, but it is missing, leading experts to believe that is was very recently carved.

[aristeides]

Patina not on all of the inscription, or just not on the suspicious second half of it?