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Posted 10/25/2013 7:46 pm
Yes, sadly, your coin is not a genuine ancient coin. The designs are taken from two different coins, neither of which are gold, from two different cities.
The chariot with the "angel" (actually the goddess Nike/Victory) was, as you have noted, used on the coinage of several Greek city-states, such as Syracuse and Gela. The wrestlers are taken from the coinage of Aspendos, which did not use chariots on its coins.
Sadly, it's probably not solid gold, either. It looks typical of the kinds of coins sold to tourists in the street-markets of Greece, Turkey etc.
The chariot with the "angel" (actually the goddess Nike/Victory) was, as you have noted, used on the coinage of several Greek city-states, such as Syracuse and Gela. The wrestlers are taken from the coinage of Aspendos, which did not use chariots on its coins.
Sadly, it's probably not solid gold, either. It looks typical of the kinds of coins sold to tourists in the street-markets of Greece, Turkey etc.
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