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 Posted 09/28/2017  11:51 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Mrzllewellyn to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I need help to identify these coins and a ball park of value thanks in advance
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 Posted 09/29/2017  01:43 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Mrzllewellyn to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks I couldn't find this forum
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 Posted 09/29/2017  04:34 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Biancasdad to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Hi Mrzllewllyn and welcome to the ancients thread.

These coins are outside my area of collecting so I can't comment on authenticity or value but just to get the ball rolling on identification I think this is the one on the right

https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2094800
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 Posted 09/29/2017  08:32 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add echizento to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
The first coin purports to be of Demetrius I of Baktria, but sorry to say I not believe either of the coins are genuine. The surfaces are to porous and the overall appearance of them is not consistent with genuine examples.
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 Posted 09/29/2017  08:51 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Kamnaskires to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply


No time to check the fake reports right now, but I would not be at all surprised if these are documented there.
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 Posted 09/30/2017  12:50 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Mrzllewellyn to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
So they are fake? The dirt or cleaning them wrong wouldn't make them do that? Thanks for the info
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 Posted 09/30/2017  07:05 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Kamnaskires to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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So they are fake?


Yes, sorry to say. They are both documented (on fake coin reports) cast tourist fakes of Bactrian/Baktrian tetradrachms. Examples from Forum's reports:

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 Posted 09/30/2017  07:22 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Kamnaskires to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Here are a couple more, from forgerynetwork:

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Oh ok thanks
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