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Moderator
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Ok perfect. When you add the new photos, I'll probably recommend to the mods to move your thread over to the ancient coins thread. Those dudes are wicked smart.
"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
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It almost looks like a copy.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The so-called shekel of Tyre, with the Punic god Melkart on the obverse there. These are much copied (faked), but we'd need better, close-up pics and the reverse to offer some informed opinions.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 and yes both sides please.  |
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New Member
 United States
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Whoops! Didn't realize I uploaded 2 pictures of the front.   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1963 Posts |
Quote:Whoops! Didn't realize I uploaded 2 pictures of the front. Well, that is why I thought it was a fake. Ancient coins usually don't have the same design on both sides! |
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New Member
United States
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Haha yeah. A long day of remodeling a house will do that to ya. I didn't even notice until I scrolled back up. I'll get some better pictures in the next few days though.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looking forward to seeing a clearer pic of the reverse. Looks like gamma-N for the date on the reverse, which I believe means 74/3 BC if it's legit. Pretty valuable if it's good...these Tyrian shekels are pricey given the Biblical connection.
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Moderator
United States
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to the community When you take better pictures try and take a picture of the edge also. From a distance it appears it might be genuine, but we are going to need better picture to say for sure. |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
2100 Posts |
I think it is published fake. Compare with this:-  Hendin F918.6, which he lists as a fake Shekel of Tyre in his "Not Kosher". |
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New Member
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Bedrock of the Community
United Kingdom
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I've got one that looks identical to this. It forms part of a set of reproductions of ancient coins that I was given in the late 1960s when I'd just started collecting.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
2100 Posts |
The edge shows a casting seam, which is the best sign of a cast fake you can hope to find.
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Moderator
United States
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The line alone the edge which can clearly been seen here is a sure sign that the coin is a fake.
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