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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Calinut,
Size and weight would help in determining authenticity as well as much better pictures. At first glance, I would say at the very least the owl design is very suspect.
Regards,
-Kurt
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Maybe the moderators could move this topic to the Ancients forum. That's where the real experts are. Done.  |
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New Member
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Thank You Matt you have me pointed in the right direction. I've found quite similiar coins online, looks as though it is possibly some version of a Tetradrachm coin with Athena on the front and the sacred owl on the back, I weighed it and the wieght is 16 grams which is similair in weight as for diameter its roughly the size of a dime. Does anyone know if these coins are highly duplicated or counterfeited and is there any way to tell or shall I just take it to a coin dealer and hope he knows what he is talking about?
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New Member
United States
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and I really wish I had a scanner to get a less blurry picture of it but unfortunately I dont
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Better pictures are required. This type of coin is copied perhaps more than any other ancient coin. Some of the experts here will be able to give you better opinions but only with better images. Also weight and measurement would be a help. BTW, where did you get the coin?
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Pillar of the Community
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BTW, where did you get the coin?  Edited by stevex6
10/05/2012 5:07 pm
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Valued Member
Ireland
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That owl looks very odd. The eyes kinda remind me of Wall-E.
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Pillar of the Community
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 Wall-E  Edited by stevex6
10/05/2012 5:46 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Weight and measurement seem wrong. The coin is the size of a dime which should make it the size of a drachm not a tet, but 16g is mighty heavy for a drachm
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Valued Member
Canada
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It's a quite common forgery, an not a very convincing one. Better pics would show something like this...  |
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 => thank our lucky stars that Batman has our backs!! (well done, Mr. Wayne ... well done) |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Dionysos,  I also found a similar example on the fake databases  |
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New Member
United States
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Dionysos that is exactly what they look like , with that being said it is most likely a fake then?
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