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jstav Valued Member United States 179 Posts	Posted 03/09/2019 6:10 pm any information would be appreciated, thanks! Report this Post to the Staff

Spence Moderator United States 34430 Posts	Posted 03/09/2019 6:20 pm @jstav, I suspect that the bezel is hiding the parting line from this piece being cast. That said, I am not a great judge of these things and therefore will be interested in the thoughts of others here. "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
jstav Valued Member United States 179 Posts	Posted 03/09/2019 6:25 pm It does kind of look cast. My brother-in-law let me take this from his parents house, they had passed away a couple years ago. He thinks his Dad did get it in Greece, spent a lot of time there, so I was curious. It is cool no matter what! Report this Post to the Staff
Ben Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 4208 Posts	Posted 03/09/2019 6:26 pm The type is a tetradrachm of Thrace under Lysimachos (back reads BASILEOS LYSIMACHOY) showing Athena holding a victory (Nike). The obverse is supposedly a direct portrait of Alexander. However, it has some issues. The surfaces have a lot of chatter, which could be from casting. That might just be the picture, though. As it is mounted, it will be hard to check the edge, but if it is cast, I expect the edge will be completely uncorrected as the extra work would be unjustified given the mount. The curves on the obverse fields are also odd. Report this Post to the Staff
jstav Valued Member United States 179 Posts	Posted 03/09/2019 6:36 pm @Ben, thanks, you really helped! Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 03/09/2019 8:03 pm IMO this is not a genuine coin, it looks cast with mushy details and surface issues. Report this Post to the Staff
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