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 Posted 09/09/2022  4:55 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add JKTetradrachm to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I believe it is a 'tetradrachm' however, I have no idea, probably fake. Help a fella out?

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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛYΣIMAXOY = King Lysimachos.

Although there were lots of contemporary imitations of the Athena seated types of tets of this king (including some of poor style), the style here is sooooo bad, I think it's probably a modern fake.
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 Posted 09/09/2022  6:58 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Kamnaskires to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
For comparison, a couple of official issues of Lysimachos from the Amphipolis mint.

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@jkt, first welcome to CCF. Second, can you please post the weight of this piece? Thx.
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I'd have to agree with BobL on this one. Fake.
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