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Indian1 Pillar of the Community United States 3640 Posts	Posted 06/29/2009 12:44 am Hi Any info on this coin appreciated. I know ziltch about them. Specs. are: 3 CM.- 17 Grams - looks silver to me. Said to be around 100 B.C. And if so an approx. value if any. Thanks http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2008...6/greek1.jpg http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2008...6/greek2.jpg Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16920 Posts	Posted 06/29/2009 01:55 am It claims to be one of these, a tetradrachm of Seleucid king Antiochus VIII and his wife Cleopatra Thea, dated Year 192 Seleucid Era (= 120 BC). If it were genuine, it would be worth a thousand or two. Unfortunately, it's an exact match for this coin on the FORVM fakes database. So it's definitely a fake. Sorry. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
Indian1 Pillar of the Community United States 3640 Posts	Posted 06/29/2009 10:02 am Hi Thanks for that info. That's O.k. as I do not own it. I wanted to be sure of what is was. I saw it on ebay. $100.00 bid so far on it. Owner says it's value is 3K Thought it looked too smooth and even for the real thing. Unreal Huh ? Report this Post to the Staff
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