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My seven year old says that the reverse is a lions head so at the moment that's what I'm going with. The coin is about 23mm across, a little smaller than a US quarter. What do I have here? Is there any current retail value to it? As always, thanks :)   Edited by GABatGH
03/19/2017 12:05 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Purports to be an issue of Leontini, Sicily. The bust would be Apollo.
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United States
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In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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03/19/2017 12:20 am
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For your sake, hope it's real...High$  |
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United States
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GABatGH, can we get a pic of the edge, particularly around the protrusion above Apollo's head?
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I took these using a little trick I figured out some time ago. I hold my loupe up against my cellphone camera and snap the picture. Instant macro camera.   |
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...I just need better lighting.
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Canada
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Try and get a lighting environment that gives surround lighting instead of having a single light focus it all.
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United States
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I should reserve comment as this isn't my area of collecting but the surfaces just don't look right to me. Although hard to see the edge also doesn't sit right with me either.
Edited by Biancasdad
03/19/2017 03:05 am
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I'm far from an expert, but that protrusion looks like the result of a casting. But at least now I know what it is. I've got replicas that were still valuable, but I'm doubting that this is...   |
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Hard to tell from a photo. Maybe it is just the lighting, but the edges look like they have been filed and somehow smoothed to cover up a casting seam.
The surface just doesn't look like a struck could should look. It has that classic soft and soapy look. I hope its real for your sake though.
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03/19/2017 10:00 am
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maybe there was a ring to use the coin as a pendant , it is just above the head . albert
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Coin is too round, looks like casting bubbles on the surface, line around the edge, protrusion doesn't look like what original examples would look like. IMO not a genuine coin.
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Posted 03/19/2017 12:18 am
from what I've found. A tetradrachm? I'm certainly no expert in this area! 
