Coins From The Era Of Alexander | Replica / Tourist Copies

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someone2010 New Member Egypt 1 Posts	Posted 04/17/2010 9:35 pm hello, a friend of mine asked me about these coins, can anyone help for information ? is it authentic ? any data about it? is it expensive ? many thanks Identified - Moved to Ancients forum - Sap Report this Post to the Staff

Americanamafia Pillar of the Community United States 672 Posts	Posted 04/17/2010 9:54 pm WELCOME! Both were roughly cleaned, that would have an effect on value for most collectors, they appear to be cleaned by electrolosis (a major NO NO most of the time). If you could type down the readable characters I may be able to run a search on them. But somone will probally chime in with better details soon. I would say the top one is most deff greek. Report this Post to the Staff
Americanamafia Pillar of the Community United States 672 Posts	Posted 04/17/2010 9:55 pm Looking at the top one again it appears to be cast by the edges by my eye. Anyone else see that? Bottom one appears authentic Report this Post to the Staff
Halfwitty Pillar of the Community United States 1523 Posts	Posted 04/17/2010 9:59 pm They look to be cast copies.There is a line running in some spots on the edges, right? Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16861 Posts	Posted 04/18/2010 12:13 am Yep, sorry, not authentic. Both coins are supposed to be silver, not brass. The top one is supposed to be a silver tetradrachm of Macedonian king Demetrius Poliorcetes, but they spelled his name wrong - DHMHIAIOY instead of DHMHTPIOY. The design of the bottom one is a silver drachm or tetradrachm from the Macedonian League, probably the city of Amphipolis, similar to this example. 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
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 04/18/2010 10:14 am to the community. While Greek coins are not my area of collecting, it's pretty easy to tell that these are not real. Report this Post to the Staff
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