Your Opinion: Genuine Tetradrachm Bactrian Eucratides Coin?

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Dutchgulden Pillar of the Community Netherlands 1204 Posts	Posted 11/02/2013 12:53 pm Hi guys, I found this coin on the internet but before I'm going to bid I need to be sure its genuine. Its a tetradrachm of +/- 30mm of Eucratides I of Bactria. I dont know whether its fake or genuine, looks a little bit casted to me.. thanks! Edited by Dutchgulden 11/02/2013 12:53 pm Report this Post to the Staff

maridvnvm Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2100 Posts	Posted 11/02/2013 12:58 pm Cast fake. Report this Post to the Staff
Ben Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 4208 Posts	Posted 11/02/2013 1:00 pm Fake as you like. Report this Post to the Staff
Dutchgulden Pillar of the Community Netherlands 1204 Posts	Posted 11/02/2013 1:07 pm thanks, I already informed the seller of the coin its a fake Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 11/02/2013 2:54 pm Run away from this one. Fake. Report this Post to the Staff
augustus1 Pillar of the Community United States 549 Posts	Posted 11/02/2013 7:34 pm Use this opportunity to learn. See the tiny pits on the horses and everywhere else? Those are casting pits (which are not to be confused with corrosion pits, which can be somewhat similar). See the softness of the details (like a bar of soap that has had its impressions rounded)? There are many much-more-deceptive cast fakes in which those signs are far less evident. This one screams "Fake!" Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16873 Posts	Posted 11/03/2013 01:35 am Regarding the difference between casting pits and corrosion pits: you will see such pitting on copper, bronze and Bactrian cupronickel coins, but very, very rarely on silver. This is supposed to be a silver coin. 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
Dutchgulden Pillar of the Community Netherlands 1204 Posts	Posted 11/03/2013 08:05 am Tnx all, like my thirst thought: casted fake..Im learilning more and more every day Report this Post to the Staff
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