Help ID Ing A Greek Coin

Its trying to be from Caria, Rhodes but I am unconvinced.

You say it has no casting line...the bottom photo does show what looks like a line on the edge of the coin running around it (middle to the right hand side)

I would expect this type to be in silver...but this is just my gut reaction...I will have a look to see if I can find one of these.

A casting seam is caused when cutting the rubber which surrounds the original coin in two. This rubber is then used to produce multiple wax copies of the coin which are assembled into a tree with a coin at the end of every branch. Plaster is poured around the waxes and once it is set it is heated so the wax runs out. The plaster is then set on a centrifuge and spun and the liquid metal poured in.

The rubber is cut in two with a scalpel, sometime the join can be quite clean and other times more apparent. (the natural place for a coin would be to cut to the edge but the join could run over the face of the coin too) When the plaster is broken open to reveal the cast coins the sprues (branches of the tree) need cutting off and filing round. Where this occurs the cast line will disappear (if it is done properly the coin edge should be round and smooth... if done badly there may be file marks and could be either a flat (filed too deep) or a bump (filed not enough)

I don't have the benefit of the coin in hand, but from the photo's it appears cast to me (porosity on the left leaf of the rose?) what appears to be a cast line in the lower photo.

Also something that doesn't ring true to me is the raised rim around the edge of the obverse. It is out of character for such a coin.

I hope someone more knowledgeable than myself can comment and tell me whether I am way off or not with this opinion.

I agree with the others a modern cast cast copy.

There is nothing about this coin that is correct. It is supposed to be silver, clearly this isn't. The overall detail is not what the original would look like. The patina is fake. As you say there doesn't appear to be a casting seam, but I bet if you look at the edge with a 10X magnifying glass you will see where one has been filed down and smoothed out. You will find many examples here of the real coins. http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/gree...hodes/t.html

ok techically it is a small seam but not a full cast seam like this





its only coveering a quarter of the coin edge

and there are no no file marks of metal that was sraped away like this


but writing this I think I found the answer
if it is fake and I think it is it probably is made tru this MO
Fake Electrotype Coin
mine looks alot like last pic

The seems can vary (can be more or less obvious, can be straight or irregular) depending on the technique used to cast. There is more than one way to skin a cat!

File marks are just lazy...only on an item that nobody has taken care would you see them. They are easily removed with varying grades of emery paper.

I am not familiar with electrotyping really... I have experience at casting things in gold and silver so I know a little about that but I agree the bottom photo is reminiscent of your coin.

thx guys, its still a learning expiernce for me hence the questions ;)

and no need to say sorry I already tagged it as fake