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PLEASE HELP ME IDENTIFY GREEK COIN
« on: March 30, 2013, 03:14:50 pm »
I FOUND THIS COIN IN SOME STUFF FROM A TRIP TO THE MED ABOUT 40 YEARS AGO. I CAN'T REMEMBER IF I GOT IT IN GREECE, TURKEY OR ISRAEL. IT IS SILVER, HEAVY AND APPEARS TO BE TETRADRACHM SIZED. THANKS.
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Re: PLEASE HELP ME IDENTIFY GREEK COIN
« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2013, 03:48:25 pm »
A MODERN TOURIST FAKE!!!!1
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Re: PLEASE HELP ME IDENTIFY GREEK COIN
« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2013, 05:11:41 pm »
If nothing else, all the small round holes give it away. Natural corrosion produces irregular holes.
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Re: PLEASE HELP ME IDENTIFY GREEK COIN
« Reply #3 on: March 30, 2013, 07:40:32 pm »
it kind of looks like it is supposed to be Mt Gezerim in Samaria on a silver tet
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Re: PLEASE HELP ME IDENTIFY GREEK COIN
« Reply #4 on: March 31, 2013, 02:27:46 pm »
It's pretending to be a Neapolis type, but did they issue this reverse under Caracalla?
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Re: PLEASE HELP ME IDENTIFY GREEK COIN
« Reply #5 on: March 31, 2013, 03:33:16 pm »
Quote from: Robert_Brenchley on March 31, 2013, 02:27:46 pm
It's pretending to be a Neapolis type, but did they issue this reverse under Caracalla?
Yes, SNG ANS 6 #989 (tetradrachm). It is a fake of a real coin.
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Re: PLEASE HELP ME IDENTIFY GREEK COIN
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Re: PLEASE HELP ME IDENTIFY GREEK COIN
« Reply #8 on: April 02, 2013, 04:28:14 pm »
Thanks.
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