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New Member
United Kingdom
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Greek coin not sure what,when and were   *** Edited by Staff to clarify topic title. Titles are important! *** |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Purports to be a silver tetradrachm from Abdera, Trace. It seems to be a match for a common fake reported at Forvm's Fake Coin Reports, forgerynetwork.com, and other sites.
Edited by Kamnaskires
06/23/2015 4:59 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
5417 Posts |
I believe this is a fake. There are many things off about the coin that combine to make me uneasy on it's authenticity.
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Moderator
 United States
23731 Posts |
 to the community This coin is supposed to be an AR Stater from Thrace, Abdera circa 411-385 BC, weight should be right around 13 grams. Your coin looks genuine to me, but you should have it certified just to be sure. In it's condition the coin is very valuable if real. |
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Moderator
Australia
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I deleted your other thread - the one without the pictures in it. As others above have stated, this coin is unfortunately a match for several in the fakes databases such as the one kept by FORVM. Here's an example; here's another. 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
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Pillar of the Community
United States
513 Posts |
Is the fake based on an actual coin? That's some pretty cool imagery.
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Valued Member
Canada
266 Posts |
 yeah, seems to based on Abdera Staters Only $20,000 each Edited by arnoldoe
06/23/2015 7:30 pm
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Valued Member
United States
61 Posts |
What caught my eye was what I'm assuming to be Zeus' face was straight on. and at $20,000 each I can see why there are fakes
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Pillar of the Community
United States
513 Posts |
Those are extremely cool. I need to learn more about early Greek coinage, even if I can't afford hardly any of it.
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Moderator
Australia
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...I'm assuming to be Zeus' face... Given that he 's wielding a big club and sitting on a skinned lion draped over a rock, I'm assuming it's actually Herakles/Hercules. Of course, on the OP's coin the "rock" has disappeared completely and the "skinned lion" appears to be wearing a wig.  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
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Heracles is also bug eyed, having a bad hair day and wearing a watch.
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Moderator
United States
23731 Posts |
Goes to show how close the forgers can come to what the real coin looks like.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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the style just isn't quite right for a greek coin is it? I thought it looked strange, and wasn't even familiar with the copied coin.
which is an amazing coin...that i'll never own.
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