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Hello everyone. I have inherited this coin and have spent countless hours trying to I.D. it on my own. I keep finding something close, but have yet to find an exact match. Just want to know exactly what it is that I have. jborfeo  Edited by jborfeo
10/21/2011 08:14 am
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I am not a Greek coin collector, but the lettering down the side says Alexander, so I would start looking at coins of Alexander the Great.
JW
P.S. I believe the figure is Zeus, so perhaps that may help as well.
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10/21/2011 09:09 am
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I have been looking at hundreds of coins and have also determined that it's Zeus holding an eagle. I also found out the lettering was Alexander. I am trying to figure out what the <| and M symbols represent. Any ideas?
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I really have no idea, but I will keep looking. Also, give it some time and some of our Greek collectors will respond soon enough.
JW
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The letter on the left side of the coin is a Lamda underlined and the M under the chair is a monogram from what I've just been reading.
JW
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First let me say,  I'm new here myself, but I think I may have found a match to your coin on the vcoins website. There is no RIC reference though. http://www.vcoins.com/gitbudnaumann...g/0036LG.jpgI'm sure one of our local experts will stop in and solve the mystery for us all. I'm also going to take a chance and say, I think your coin is a good replica. I hope I'm wrong for your sake but I think it's fake. These Alexander coins are wonderful coins and come in many different variations. That also is the reason for so many fakes. I decide not to collect these coins until I develop a much better eye for what is real and what is not. Again I hope yours is real, but I'm guessing it isn't. Good luck! |
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Even if it is, than so be it. I just am going nuts here trying to figure out what it is. The coin you found seems very similar! Thanks for the welcome.
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There is no RIC reference though There won't be a RIC reference as that refers only to Roman coins. For Greek coins I believe they use Sear Greek (SG) reference numbers. But again, I am no collector of Greek coinage. I do know that many of the Alexander coinage are faked and this particular example seems to show some of the signs of a cast coin, i.e., the possible casting bubble near the edge at 5 o'clock. I would like to see the obverse on this coin, though, before I'd definitively say its a fake. Like coincrazyy says, eventually one of the Greek specialist will drop by and tell us what they think. Its the wee hours of the morning in Australia, and at least one of these specialist lives there. I'm sure when he's up and about he'll respond. Forgive me for not welcoming you earlier. I was on a Skype call with my son in Belgium while I was looking at your coin. So..... Regards, JW |
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Thank you JW & Doucet for the welcome.
Docet, my searches have brought me to a few of the pages that you have linked. I will be looking through the others. I would like to photograph the opposite side, however this coin is in a ring. I didn't want to risk damaging the coin by taking it out until I knew what it was. The gentleman who made the ring with the coin was a serious collector as far as I know.
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