Help With This Alexander The Great Drachm

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Ploopy Pillar of the Community United States 1788 Posts	Posted 07/21/2018 5:45 pm Greetings guys, I usually don't deal with ancients besides the few roman bronzes I have, but my dad asked me to help him identify some of the ancient Judean/Greek/Roman coins he has. Essentially, I've got this Alexander the Great AR Drachm from 336-323 BCE that I'm way over my head with. He bought it in the 90's and he swears it's authentic, but just wanted to make sure is it real? What's the variety, and what would it be worth? Thanks! Report this Post to the Staff

FVRIVS RVFVS Pillar of the Community United States 3442 Posts	Posted 07/21/2018 5:54 pm I am going to stick my neck out and say it is probably genuine But ........ It appears to have survived through a fire of some sort. This is not unknown for ancients. My first ancient was a silver drachm of Alexander which had been fused on the edge with another drachm by melting. It is damaged goods and as such the value seriously affected Report this Post to the Staff
mylimebug New Member United States 45 Posts	Posted 07/21/2018 6:05 pm Looks like it may be this type... https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=472058 The value in this condition would probably be in the $40 to $70 range Marsha Report this Post to the Staff
FVRIVS RVFVS Pillar of the Community United States 3442 Posts	Posted 07/21/2018 6:24 pm You could "ask" for that but it might take years to get it Back in the early 90's I saw dealers selling gem Alex drachms by the bowl full at international shows. The price back then was around $25 for VF+ Hopefully this one was purchased for much less than that Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 07/21/2018 6:51 pm From pictures only , it looks genuine to my eye. Has suffered corrosion problems from direct contact in ground burial. It is a bit 'sandy' around the nose area (obv.), and around the arm area (rev.), but that may be due to sub surface silver crystallization. Seems to be OK everywhere else. Silver crystallization can severely weaken a coin, and make it brittle. It may be worth your effort to learn a little more about silver crystallization by Google, or Google Images: 'silver crystallization in ancient coins' (or similar). Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 07/21/2018 7:44 pm It does appear genuine but does also appear to have environmental damage. Report this Post to the Staff
Ploopy Pillar of the Community United States 1788 Posts	Posted 07/21/2018 10:19 pm I will definitely look into silver crystallization. Quote: Looks like it may be this type... https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=472058 Thank you, seems like this is the correct type! Quote: Hopefully this one was purchased for much less than that My father purchased this in the 90's off ebay and he doesn't remember what he payed, but he says it wasn't much. Report this Post to the Staff
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