Please Identification Help For This Ancient Golden Coin !

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Geopheonic New Member Lebanon 7 Posts	Posted 09/22/2011 07:41 am Hello everyone I need your help to identify some coins , I'm totally newbie to this and I started after I inherited some number of coins . I will start with this one since it's the most one I like and found very interesting with clear details and gold metal , so any help will be appreciated :) thanks in advance ! Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16827 Posts	Posted 09/22/2011 09:43 am Unfortunately, this coin isn't supposed to be gold-coloured. The design is of a silver tetradrachm of Alexander the Great, but the wrong colour and the strange bubbly surface make me think this a cast replica. 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
Geopheonic New Member Lebanon 7 Posts	Posted 09/22/2011 10:15 am wow thank you Sap for the info ... I did a quick search of it when you told me the name and I actually found that there is a golden tetradachm :S .. how do I know if it is a replica ? .. here's some links of what I found : http://www.magnagraecia.nl/coins/Ge...adrachm.html http://www.isidore-of-seville.com/I...ns_Alex.html does that mean it's not valuable ? Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16827 Posts	Posted 09/22/2011 10:43 am No, all the tetradrachms on your linked pages are either silver, or replicas. Alexander's gold coins, known as "staters", all have the portrait of helmeted Athena on them. 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
Bacchus2 Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2875 Posts	Posted 09/22/2011 10:44 am The "bubbly" surfaces of this are a clear indication that it is a cast copy so I'm afraid it's only value is in a novelty item. My Papal States coin collection: https://diadumenian.com/Papal%20Sta...0States.html Medieval coins collection: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...0Europe.html Indian Rupee Collection: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...0Rupees.html Minor world Silver: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...20coins.html Report this Post to the Staff
Geopheonic New Member Lebanon 7 Posts	Posted 09/22/2011 10:49 am aha thank you both guys .. so I think I'm gonna switch it from my coin box to my novelty one .. hard luck for me :( Report this Post to the Staff
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