Can Anyone Identify This Coin? I Got It In The Sand In The Middleast

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Conrad11 New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 11/11/2016 12:39 pm Edited by Conrad11 11/11/2016 1:37 pm Report this Post to the Staff

giedrius Valued Member Lithuania 386 Posts	Posted 11/11/2016 12:47 pm It is one sided? Report this Post to the Staff
Conrad11 New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 11/11/2016 1:40 pm Sorry, first post I ever done. learning. here is the back Report this Post to the Staff
Finn235 Pillar of the Community United States 6130 Posts	Posted 11/11/2016 2:50 pm Looks like a drachm (?) of the Greek kingdom of Seleucia in the middle east. Would be about 300-100 BC. Don't recognize the portrait, but the reverse is Apollo standing, resting shoulder on tripod altar and inspecting arrow. Legend is Greek: BASILEWS (king) and I can't read the name on the other side. It does look like a cast fake. Sometimes people bury fakes in archaeological sites just to be mean. Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34428 Posts	Posted 11/11/2016 6:56 pm @conrad, first welcome to CCF. Second, I agree with Finn on his assessment. The details should either be much more flat from wear or else more sharp if the coin was struck between dies. Instead, it looks "mushy". That, and the bubbles on the surface are diagnostic for casting as the method of manufacture. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
Conrad11 New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 11/14/2016 10:31 am thank you guys for your wisdom. I had a feeling it was fake as well. Report this Post to the Staff
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