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Originally Posted by editor_ens

Since no one has given a definitive answer I will bring the bad news.

I have see quite a few Athenian Tetradrachms.

Your Example is fake. The designs are not correct, and there are casting marks. A good way to tell an authentic coin is if it has a punch mark or wedge taken out of it. Nearly 95% of authentic examples do.

This is what an authentic version looks like.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Athens-Attica-AR-Tetradrachm-with-Little-Owl-455-BC_W0QQitemZ280299631320QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_Defa ultDomain_0?hash=item280299631320&_trksid=p3286.c0 .m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240 %3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50

While the designs may not be consistent with the bulk of Athenian coinage, they do resemble the earliest archaic tetradrachms, as I already mentioned. Here is the best example I could find on short notice:


The cuts you speak of are far from the best method of counterfeit detection, as these are themselves often counterfeited!

http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fak...h&cat=0&pos=14