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ID Help - Fake Greece Coin?

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 Posted 05/26/2023  04:38 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Wallet to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hi!
What do you think about this? It looks fake and the feeling om the material is more lead than silver. Couls it be used for something else - amulet or similar? Weigth 4.75 gram. Diameter 21 mm.

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 Posted 05/26/2023  07:46 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Kamnaskires to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I think it's probably a fantasy fake, perhaps inspired by some rose reverse types from Rhodes or Paphos.
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 Posted 05/27/2023  03:24 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ancient67 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Yes, definitely a modern imitation. But the obverse is strange and has no clear equivalent in the Greek coinage. Inspired by the archaic tetradrachms of Syracuse? The reverse die is close to Rhodes' coins. A strange creation indeed!
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Thank you for your answers.
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