Coin Found Recently In Zimbabwe. Any Ideas?

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Podge New Member South Africa 3 Posts	Posted 04/28/2013 05:25 am Please assist if you can! Report this Post to the Staff

fioti Pillar of the Community United States 4212 Posts	Posted 04/28/2013 1:17 pm Podge. Cant help w/the ID, I'm familiar w/moderns. These piece looks like a cast copy, to me. How was it found, in a shop? It'z nicely nicely mounted, however. Report this Post to the Staff
Podge New Member South Africa 3 Posts	Posted 04/28/2013 2:09 pm Hi There. Thanks for the reply. The coin was found among the belongings of a friend's relative, who was born the the 1930's and passed in 2012. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16850 Posts	Posted 04/28/2013 6:08 pm Yes, sad to say, it's not a genuine coin. It's a cast copy of an ancient Greek coin. Specifically, the design is taken from the reverses of two different silver tetradrachms of Phillip II of Macedonia, the father of Alexander the Great. The top pic is borrowed somewhat loosely from a coin like this, while the bottom pic is derived from a similar coin but with the horse facing the other way, like this. 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
Podge New Member South Africa 3 Posts	Posted 04/29/2013 02:55 am Excellent and accurate feedback, thanks. Now to ascertain where it comes from and it can bvecome a quaint heirloom with some history. Some feedback from a 'collector of everything' was 'I believe it is a ‘copy' of an ancient sliver coin from the time of Phillip, the father of Alexander the Great.They were apparently made in the 50s and 60s for use in promoting a book on coins. The size and weight (7.9) are a good indicator.' Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 04/29/2013 03:57 am Sap is usually at least a couple of steps ahead of me, but that was my beginning inclination as well. The fields made me immediately reluctant about it being a genuine coin. Report this Post to the Staff
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