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Believe it. A Thasos tet, not sure about the date(s), Alexander drachma probably 336-323, a Corinth drachma maybe 306-300, and Chalkis drachma 340-294. These are pretty cool, I mean really, a coin with Pegasus on it. Bird with snake is fascinating. I would really appreciate anyone helping with these questions: 1 Do these coins appear genuine? 2 What are the grades? 3 Some have porosity, how big of an issue is that? 4 Is an acetone treatment recommended? 5 Finally, I bought them from a Schulman auction, $395 to my door. Did I overpay? Sorry for some of the pics.         |
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Appear to be genuine, imo. (I have to point out the obvious: the time to ask for opinions is before you shell out your hard-earned cash)
I hesitate a bit with the Corinth drachm since I cannot place it. The pegasos with koppa below would indeed seem to suggest Corinth. Do you know who is depicted on that obverse? It doesn't match any Corinth Aphrodite's that I've seen. Obviously not a helmeted Athena. Looks somewhat like Apollo, but there's no such type from Corinth that I know of. I'd be more comfortable giving a thumbs up for that coin after hearing its full attribution and seeing examples of the type.
The Alexander is a Price 1828 from Kolophon, I believe. I think it's a die match for one I spotted online.
The pitting does decrease value, as you'd expect.
None of these appear to need any kind of treatment. They're in good shape.
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the pegasus coin : if it is Aphrodite, maybe Corcyra or Leucas in Acarnania . This town has this kind of coins with Apfrodite . albert
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Very nice group, you jumped right into the fire. I agree they all appear genuine. If you haven't already I recommend that you check out the sticky section on Books downloads, and websites. There you will find useful reference material to help ID your coins.
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The tet weighs 16.44 grams, previously from a Mevlus auction in 1971, identified as Sears 1959.
The Alexander drachma was identified as Sears 6730 maybe from Akragas and weighs 4.27 grams.
Chalkis drachma weighs 3.6 grams, and is some variety of Sears 2483.
The Corinth drachma features Aphrodite on the obverse, weighs 2.49 grams and is identified as Sears 2643.
What Sears guide covers Greek coins of these types?
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Edited by Kamnaskires
03/19/2017 2:43 pm
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What is the proper reference book or web site for these coins? I like the Wildwinds site.
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Wildwinds is good. I use ACsearch.info quite a bit. I just found two that are at least similar in their depictions of Aphrodite, below. Which makes me feel even better about your coin, Westwood. Certainly not a common depiction.  |
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