Unidentified Coin #4 | Athens "owl" Tetradrachm - Fake?

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Chilian New Member Netherlands 41 Posts	Posted 02/06/2011 12:11 pm Okay, finally, the last one. It appears to be Greek. This one is 14 mm in diameter and pretty thick due to the head. I'm not sure if it's real or not, but maybe any of you wise men or women can enlighten me about that. Again, thanks in advance for any help you can give me. Greetings from the beautiful Netherlands. Identified - moved to Ancients forum - Sap Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16849 Posts	Posted 02/07/2011 03:23 am It appears to be a replica of an Athens "owl" tetradrachm. It appears to be only silver-plated rather than solid silver, with brownish copper showing through on the obverse in several places. 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
Chilian New Member Netherlands 41 Posts	Posted 02/07/2011 11:07 am So, not very special then. I wonder how I got it, though. Thanks a lot. By the way, the brownish coloring appears to be on the coin, because I can scrape it of at some places. Nevertheless probably not silver. Report this Post to the Staff
svslav Pillar of the Community United States 2605 Posts	Posted 02/07/2011 12:06 pm My initial guess was a replica, the owl looked too realistic - on genuine I've seen it was usually more insect-like. But I'm not even a fraction of an expert on ancients so I waited with my opinion. Report this Post to the Staff
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Unidentified Coin #4 | Athens "Owl" Tetradrachm - Fake?