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New Member
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Valued Member
Canada
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I find this site is quite useful in identifieing coins .http://(131231) Not Allowed - Auto-Removed /Inst-ID/page1.html
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Since ancient coins did not have raised "rims" like modern coins, the first is most definitely a replica, probably cast. I don't recognize the second coin, but hope someone here does.  |
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Sorry to be the bearers of bad news, but yes, both of your coins are "tourist copies" of genuine coins. Yep, the top coin is a brass replica of a silver dekadrachm of Syracuse - probably one of the most commonly counterfeited ancient coins out there. Do a forum search for "Syracuse dekadrachm" and you'll find many, many threads with similar coins, like this one. For the bottom coin, rotate the bottom pic 90 degrees anticlockwise and you'll see the seated figure on the reverse, resembling the seated Britannia on modern British coins. Rotate it another 90 degrees and the sideways Greek writing will be right-way-up. The top word is "Basileos" - meaning "king" - and the bottom word is the king's name, "Lysimachus". There was only one "King Lysimachus", the first king of Thrace, but unfortunately, the only coins of Lysimachus with this design are gold and silver coins - see the Wildwinds page for this ruler for numerous examples - meaning that this coin, too, is a reproduction. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I saw these last night just before retiring to bed and I thought they were fakes from first site. I don't collect these coins so I decided not to chime in. But if SAP says they are fakes you can take that to the bank. Sorry my friend.
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New Member
 United States
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Thank you gentlemen. You have been most helpful!
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is this also fake   |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Looks to be, like DV says they didn't have raised rims on ancient coins. This one looks just as bad as the first coin does.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Yes, a common forgery of the Syracuse dekadrachma.
I feel it is worth mentioning that some ancients did get raised rims. Coins struck with the 'incuse' reverse (these are all greek and silver) often appear to have 'raised rims' and the rarer roman contortionate sestertii have raised rims which were specifically created by hammering the edge of a coin, supposedly to give as a gift on new years.
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United States
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Strange to see this thread again after almost 5 years. While the second coin is genuine. The first is a fake and a bad one at that.
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