Antoninus Pius from Alexandria

[Canaan]

Hello to all, i have this coin of Antoninus Pius from Alexandria but it is very light to be a Tetradrach and the details are soapy in some way so i suspect it to be a fake but i can not condemn it, please help. it is 21 mm and 6.5 grams!!!!

[djmacdo]

What does the edge look like?  The reverse does look suspicious.

[Joe Sermarini]

I think it is a cast fake but don't want to condemn it with certainty from just the photo. The edge cracks don't look like actual cracks.

[Canaan]

could it be the effect of cleaning with acid maybe?

[Canaan]

The edge cracks!!!!

[djmacdo]

It is looking more and more like a cast to me.

[Canaan]

More images as a last chance before throwing it away

[djmacdo]

I can only conclude it is a cast--the cracks are just not normal.

[Joe Sermarini]

It also looks too brassy, not billon. I am 99.8% confident it is fake. Even so, I have a hard time throwing away coins that I have here that I have condemned. I am not sure why but they just keep piling up instead, maybe hoping next time I look it will look better.

[OldMoney]

There are also collectors of fakes, some even form their own
'black museums', as it were.
Before throwing it out, perhaps you could see whether there
is someone who might want this item themselves.
Do you have a local collectors club or meeting where you could
discuss such things with fellow members? Perhaps take it to a
local coin show and go from there.
Maybe even someone within this Forum might have an interest.
Who knows!
Good luck,

Walter
P.S. (not me, but maybe someone)

[Canaan]

Thanks alot Walter, i am not interested at all in keeping it, and in Israel we are over saturated with fakes, i doubt if any one would be interested in it, but if any FORVM member i will send it to him, and i will pay the shipment also.

[Canaan]

Also thanks alot Joe, i kept it now for more than two years just to remind me to know the coin or to know the seller but i had enough of it.
Thank you djmacdo also