Any ancient experts in the house?

Steve27

Fake or real?

newbiecollector

WOW

I can't answer the question as an expert but if it is real you have a great coin!

Refrema

My vote would be for fake, or at least very questionable.

Bob

johnsim03

<< <i>My vote would be for fake, or at least very questionable.

Bob >>



Ditto.

John

CIVITAS

What does the edge look like and what does it weigh?

Steve27

" What does the edge look like and what does it weigh?"

Sorry, I don't have it in-hand, because I didn't buy it. I thought the strike looked too good on a coin without a split planchet, the planchet was too round, and the color was a little off as well.

johnsim03

Actually, Josh is right - in order to be absolutely sure, you would need other diagnostic infomation
about the coin, one way or another.

However, gut reactions to coins you are looking to buy are also valuable, especially if you opt
to not buy the item! In this case, the coin does not look right to me, without having any further information.
As a buyer, you haven't lost anything - before you evaluated the coin visually, you did not have
it, and after you decided not to purchase you did not have it.

The optimal situation when evaluating authenticity is to have the item in hand so that you can
physically evaluate its diagnostics, and, if it passes that examination, check it against known fakes.

John

Steve27

Weighs roughly 12 grams. Here's a picture of the edge: