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Zonata New Member Canada 3 Posts	Posted 06/16/2012 12:22 am Hi, these are some coins that I acquired from a trip to the middle east. I'm still new so can anyone help me identify these coins? Report this Post to the Staff

Fuzzy317 Moderator United States 14463 Posts	Posted 06/16/2012 12:25 am can you provided pictures (obverse and reverse) of the coins in question? Report this Post to the Staff
Zonata New Member Canada 3 Posts	Posted 06/16/2012 12:32 am Report this Post to the Staff
Zonata New Member Canada 3 Posts	Posted 06/16/2012 12:40 am Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 06/16/2012 01:27 am It is illegal for most countries in the Middle East and Eastern Europe to take genuine ancient heritage artifacts out of the country. Most of those countries do allow for copies (fakes) of coins to be sold, however. The details on this coin look quite mushy, indicating that it was copied from a genuine coin, possibly even a copy from a copy. Overall, the surfaces of the coin appear to be quite rough, indicating that it has been cast. How much does it weigh and what is it's approximate diameter? Have a very close look at the edges under high magnification. Is there any evidence of a join line around the circumference? On the screen, this coin looks quite coppery, but that may be due to the colour balance of the lighting used. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16837 Posts	Posted 06/17/2012 08:51 am Yep, sorry to be the bearers of bad news, but this coin is definitely a brass replica of a coin that's supposed to be silver, a tetradrachm of Alexander the Great. 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 Report this Post to the Staff
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