Dear Sirs,
I just investigated the object supposed to be a
Gelavery
rare tetradrachm,
Jenkins 485. In my humble opinion
it may be a
cast fake similar to one already reported
in here by mihali84:
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pid=9524The suspicious coin was not offered for
selling or exchange.
It is since about 16 years property of my friend.
As he says, he obtained the coin as a gift from
one of
his neighbours in Bielefeld,
Germany...
Anyway I have practically no knowledge about
ancient coins so I hereby kindly request you for your opinion 🙂
One unusual thing more: according to words
of this friend of mine he discovered very small
letters near to the edge of the
obverse - hardly
visible (only in specific lighting). They are actually
marked on one of the pics. I really don't know
what I should say to that. Has anyone seen
something like this before? The letters are really
visible on one of the pics.
So I would be very grateful for any kind of
comments. Maybe if it's
fake it would be
noticed by more that the one case reported
by mihali84? Maybe the source of it is known?
Thank you very much in advance for your attention 🙂
Best regards!
Marek