Aigina

[pyrrhus]

Hi friends,
I want your help about this turtle

I'm suspicious. if it is genuine.
The weight of the coin is 12  gr.
What dou you think ?


Thank you for the comments.

[Edessa]

Looking at Coinarchives, weight should be in the 12.2 to 12.4 gm range for a coin of this series with light wear.  A slightly lower weight would not be unknown, but does start to raise questions. Style looks fine and is certainly better that that of the common cast fakes.  The coin appears to have been overcleaned, but the various scratches, dark spots and possible remnants of horn silver at 2 o'clock all argue for genuine.  All of these effects could also have been caused by the application of chemicals to a cast coin, so I'd hesitate to say more based just on a photo of the obverse.  Anyone recognize the countermark from published specimens?

[Edessa]

And do you really want to try to purchase an ancient coin from a guy in China who is running a no-reserve private auction and has private feedback?  Why don't you just flush your hard-earned dollars down the toilet?  There are 500 ancient dealers and collectors out there looking at every single ebay coin and they are much more experienced in this market than you.  Take risks on $10 or $20 coins, not $500 coins.