Gold Tigranes The Great Tyche Coin!

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timborama2001 New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 09/28/2010 12:42 pm I was wondering if you could give me your opinion on this coin I have. It has had a gold pendant loop attached to it. It is a Gold coin I don't know what purity yet only that it is gold. It appears to be from the reign of Tigranes the Great of Tyche on both sides. It is in excellent condition. All I can find are bronze and other metal coins not a gold one. I did research and found out that Tigranes was the first to use gold in coins for his area. Please let me know what you think of this piece. Thanks Report this Post to the Staff

timborama2001 New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 09/28/2010 12:46 pm Sorry Here are the pics having trouble getting them uploaded Report this Post to the Staff
stelios Valued Member Canada 56 Posts	Posted 09/28/2010 4:04 pm both sides are the same? Report this Post to the Staff
timborama2001 New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 09/28/2010 11:02 pm no sorry I posted the front both times I will post the reverse when I get home thursday. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16868 Posts	Posted 09/29/2010 02:44 am Sadly, it's a jewellery copy of a silver coin. I couldn't find any pictures or mention online of a genuine gold coin of Tigranes II, and there aren't any listed in my Sear catalogue; they either don't exist or they're extremely rare. And I'm not sure it's gold - a coppery colour appears to be starting to show through on the high points. How did you test it for gold, a touchstone test, or specific gravity? It could be gold-plated, which would fool a touchstone. 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
timborama2001 New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 09/29/2010 05:57 am I couldn't find any either but wikipedia under tigranes the great it mentioons gold cooins with these markings. I tested it with acid atleast up to 14k but I will be having a jewelr perform a higher carat test on it son to see what carat it truely is and if it solid Report this Post to the Staff
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