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Identify And Value Please - Also If Genuine Or Not

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 Posted 06/10/2015  03:15 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add mikehy to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hello all,

I would appreciate if this coin can be identified and also an approximate retail value for it in current condition.
If our experts could also advise if genuine or not.
Coin appears to be silver, weight is 1.0 grams and diameter is 1.1 cm.

Identify-And-Value-Please---Also-If-Genuine-Or-Not

Many thanks in advance to the expert opinions I should receive, your assistance is greatly appreciated.

Regards,
Mike.

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 Posted 06/10/2015  07:13 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add museumguy to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Mike,

I wouldn't necessarily classify myself as an expert but I would have to say this coin looks like a modern fantasy piece - kind of cartoonish. Just my opinion.

Steve S.
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 Posted 06/10/2015  12:46 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Kamnaskires to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
This is a trihemiobol from Thrace. The obverse depicts a satyr kneeling, holding a kantharos; the reverse shows an amphora. Looks good to me, but I'd recommend posting to the ancients board for others to chime in there. Artistry ranges greatly with these issues with some, as Steve says, looking cartoonish and others a bit more naturalistic.

For comparison:

http://coinproject.com/coin_detail.php?coin=120401
http://www.coinproject.com/siteimag...1-934359.jpg
http://coinproject.com/coin_detail.php?coin=296241
http://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/anc...Default.aspx
http://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/sph...Default.aspx
http://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/her...Default.aspx


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 Posted 06/10/2015  9:04 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add chrsmat71 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
the style seems slightly strange to me...but I'm not sure.
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 Posted 06/10/2015  9:12 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add pishpash to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Definitely something off with this one.
Mine:
http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/108685.php
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 Posted 06/17/2015  2:12 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add antwerpen2306 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
we need better pics to be sure if genuine or not , but if then you have to check Thasos coins from about 500/475 BC .Last I saw a drachm in the same style .albert
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 Posted 06/17/2015  4:45 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add philadelphian to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Looks ominously close to this one:

Identify-And-Value-Please---Also-If-Genuine-Or-Not
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 Posted 06/17/2015  8:12 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Kamnaskires to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

Quote:
Looks ominously close to this one


Indeed. Good spotting, Philadelphian.
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