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New Member
United States
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  I have done a bit of research on this coin, being a newcomer to this type of coin I have found it interesting. Being that it looks fairly good and is shiny, I am wondering if it is authentic. I am hoping someone can give me an opinion on the authenticity. The weight of coin is 11.2 grams.
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Moderator
 United States
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Welcome to the Community.
This coins appears to be a tetradrachm from Alexandria, these coins contained more silver than the same type of later years. Could just be the pictures but the coin does look a bit odd. However I believe it's real. Clearer pictures would help though.
Edited by echizento
07/08/2012 8:50 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 I have been looking for this coin, but no luck yet. I agree it looks like it's from Alexandria, but the weight seems too high for a tetradrachm. I'll keep looking. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I still can't find anything, but I wanted to correct something I said in an earlier post. The weight on your coin is roughly that of a tetradrachm. And, in fact, seems to be a little on the lighter side. I have been looking at all the sources I know, and cannot find anything like your coin; however, my resources on these coins are quite limited. Echizento indicated your image looks a little odd and I agree, but thast could just be the product of the photograph. I'll keep looking, but my hopes of finding something are dimming.
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New Member
 United States
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Thanks for the input. I'm going to try and get better photos up.
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Moderator
United States
23731 Posts |
I've also been searching and haven't come up with anything yet.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21788 Posts |
Both the style and the fabric look odd to me as well. Keep this piece anyway as a reference. I keep all of my sus. coins in a separate area of my collection.
Although I would like to see this coin in hand, from the pictures, it looks like a cast replica, that has been polished.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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rom the pictures, it looks like a cast replica, that has been polished. I must agree with Sel. I've looked everywhere and can't find this coin. I wonder if it is a mule? |
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United States
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I tried to enhance your images a bit to see if I can see more details. The surface of the coin is grainy and I wasn't able to see any flow lines which would be a sign that the coin was struck. What does the edge look it? If you can take a picture of the edge it would help. At this point based on the images and not able to locate a match. I can't say if it's real or not.   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Not real. Metal, style and surfaces all look suspect.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Unfortunately I have to agree
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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I have a fake roman coin that looks just like this - Its a replica which has been blackened to look realistic. I'm guessign yours doesn't weigh much? The one I have is probably aluminium.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Sorry to say I have agree that your looks like a cast fake. |
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