Hello everyone, I picked this coin up already knowing and seller stating that this is forgery/replica. But I thought it would be an affordable way to display a
tetradrachm in my classroom. It is (I believe) a well made piece and is actually better in hand. I'm not a collector of Greek coinage, but this would have fooled me. I found what I believe is a coin from the same die online and they state that the dies are hand cut and struck. To be honest, it does not look
cast - details are strong, no apparent seem on the edge, flans are different. Another peculiarity, this die has been around since 1962? Would like opinions on the coin -
Pic 1 - coin
fake coin reportsPic 2,3,4 - my coin (same as in reports)
Pic 5 -edge of my coin
Pic 4 - coin being offered as a novelty stuck coin, which I believe is the same