It doesn't look remotely authentic - it's a very different
style than the example Pekka links to. Compare for example the legs and proportions of the tripod, the lettering, and the
wreath (i.e. compare anything at all). And it's made of bronze. Perhaps the core of an ancient
plated coin but to me it doesn't look like it was ever
plated - such cores tend to have residues of silver. I suspect it's modern but that might mean 19th century, a period when relatively inaccurate
fakes of great
rarities were easy to trade because of the lack of photographic catalogues.
Can we move to the
Fakes board please?
