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Coinzguy Valued Member United States 153 Posts	Posted 03/18/2018 5:27 pm Can anyone tell me what this coin might be? * Moved by Staff moved to a more appropriate forum. * Report this Post to the Staff

sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 03/18/2018 6:34 pm Too much out of focus to get a good look at the surface texture, then offer an opinion cast fake, struck fake, or genuine. Also would be good to post a nice sharp picture of the edge in a couple of places. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16837 Posts	Posted 03/18/2018 6:46 pm It looks like a coin of Alexander the Great. Not Athenian. The rounded legend is not normal for coins of this time period and culture. If you let us know how large it is, we could tell you the denomination. 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 Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34419 Posts	Posted 03/18/2018 7:18 pm @conizguy, first welcome to CCF. Second, could you please post a couple pics of the edge of this coin? (In focus would be awesome.) "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
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 03/18/2018 8:42 pm Please post size and weight of the coin if you can. Clearer pictures will help also. This coin appears to be a genuine Alexander III and is a life time strike. Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 03/18/2018 9:00 pm The left field monogram, the "M" monogram below the throne, and the legend line below the throne, as well as the curved legend line at right, all point to the Myriandros or Issos mint. For comparison: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3316266 https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3292599 https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3725053 https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3673176 Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 03/18/2018 9:10 pm Bob, do you have a copy of price? I have one in PDF but it's not easy to go through. Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 03/18/2018 9:13 pm No, I don't. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188770 Posts	Posted 03/19/2018 12:33 pm to the Community! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
antwerpen2306 Pillar of the Community Belgium 1194 Posts	Posted 03/20/2018 10:19 am It is a tetradrachm of Alexander the Great from Myriandros as Bob said , dated 330/325 ( cfr Echizento ), so a very ealy tetradrachm of Al. Do you have better photo's ? because I have the impression it is a fourree , see the stool , the beard. albert Report this Post to the Staff
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