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Athens New Member Greece 36 Posts	Posted 02/04/2019 05:38 am Report this Post to the Staff

Athens New Member Greece 36 Posts	Posted 02/04/2019 05:43 am Probably a coin of Athens the reverse has the owl but I can't find something similar. Thanks for any help. Report this Post to the Staff
oriole Pillar of the Community Canada 5297 Posts	Posted 02/04/2019 07:06 am Can you give us the weight and diameter, as well as a picture of the edge? It looks suspicious to me. Report this Post to the Staff
antwerpen2306 Pillar of the Community Belgium 1194 Posts	Posted 02/04/2019 07:57 am it looks a tetradrachm new style of Athens , but I think it is a fouree , if not a modern fake . Need better photo's . albert Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 02/04/2019 07:59 am I agree with Albert. Report this Post to the Staff
Kushanshah Pillar of the Community United States 1554 Posts	Posted 02/04/2019 08:12 am I agree as well, an ancient fourree (plated counterfeit) of a "new style" Athens tetradrachm. The copper core has corroded and burst through the outer layer of silver plate. Edited by Kushanshah 02/04/2019 08:14 am Report this Post to the Staff
Athens New Member Greece 36 Posts	Posted 02/04/2019 08:32 am The weight is 12.3 and the diameter 2.7 2.9 Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34564 Posts	Posted 02/04/2019 2:39 pm If this is a fourree, then that test cut on portrait would have discovered it I think. Any of you Roman collectors know if a cut-tested fourree is common to find? Seems like they would have been destroyed by the authorities, but I honestly don't know. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
antwerpen2306 Pillar of the Community Belgium 1194 Posts	Posted 02/05/2019 10:10 am normally , faked coins were confiscated and destroyed in Athens by the supervisors on the agora , so I suppose something get wrong in this proces or the coin was produced with a test cut to prevent confiscation . albert Report this Post to the Staff
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