Akragas Ae : Fake Or Not?

If it is real I sure like the look of it!

Furius Rufus, your comments really helped me to make my mind, and thank you to all the others as well. I was convinced that there is something wrong with that coin, and as it happens often I can say in retrospect that I was feeling it from the start but did't give the deserved attention to this impression that something was wrong - probably because I was impressed by the fact that the coin comes from a respectable auction house.
On the forum issues, it's difficult for me to judge since I am new, but I always found true kindness and excellent advices here

There is certainly something not right at all with the item. I still suspect tooling.

I know that this seller has a long history of passing through tooled coins without any note.

I am far from an expert on these issues but have looked at several hundred images of these and would make the following notes:-

The crayfish bears no resemblance to any on the several hundred examples studied. The crayfish has none of the fluidity that one would expect and I think that the tooler didn't really know what they were attempting to convey.

The crab looks clumsy with none of the grace on even worn examples.

The eagle is full of problem areas. The tooler didn't know when to stop with the wings and takes all the wing feathers to the edge of the coin. This would make the wing span too large for the bird and not a mistake that I have seen on any other examples. The crude attempt to add feather detail on the tail and where the wing meets the body is awful. I could carry on with the eagle. The hare is another problem area.

I would suggest looking at acsearch at examples, narrow the search down to ones that have a decent preservation and compare the stylistic details. This looks like monopoly money compared with real currency.

Those are just my thoughts. I have held beck from giving them earlier as I am not an expert on these having never handled any.

Here are the edges, which seem to confirm that the coin is cast... if some of you are still interested!

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Well it wasn't when it was put in auction. I have the bill.

FR Interesting points.

I found this site after getting into an argument with Joe at FAC over helping newbies (like me) detect forgeries. He has a simple maxim: Know the coin or know the seller. I found it frustrating, wanting some rules of thumb to avoid getting burned. It got pretty heated and I bailed for a couple of years.

I'm now a bit older and wiser and see Joe was right. He could have said it a bit nicer, but limitations of the medium - whatever. Over at FAC they are pretty hardcore about keeping your mouth shut when you aren't 90% sure. This place is a little more flexible, but I still tend to follow that rule.

As for this site itself, I need a break from the Culture Wars. There's too much vitriol out there and it's nice to find a place where I won't risk getting my head torn off over a trifle.

I kept my moth shut because Greek is not my specialty. I've owned a few classical Greek bronzes; none for more than about a month, because $100 goes a lot further with Indian coins than coins of Sicily.

I didn't see too much wrong at first, but I will have to agree I don't like it. I would get a refund while the getting's good.