Tyrian shekel- Fake or Real, please help

I found this coin about 20 years ago while taking apart an old arm chair, looked fake to me but any help would be much appreciated.

 

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A little pitting and the bird looks a bit weird to me, but the edge looks fine. What's the weight and approximate diameter?

 

I only have a postage scale that measures whole grams and its at 10g (I will take it to work tonight a get a more precise weight). It measures 1'' across.

 

Leaning heavily toward fake, then. 10g is too light to be a shekel and too heavy to be a half shekel.

 

Cast fake.

 

The style looks off to me. Not enough lettering in the fields on the reverse and what is there looks soft. These should weigh in the 14.2 - 14.5 g range. Where did you buy it?

 

Numerous casting bubbles, mushy details in protected areas, no wear on high points, the fake it's a shekel of Tyre, (one of the most faked ancient coins), and all points lead to cast fake.

Sorry OP.

 

No worries, thought it might be fake it just looked off. Thanks for the help!

 

This one checks off all the fake boxes:

Soft details - Check
Casting bubbles and pits - Check
Soft details - Check
Wrong weight - Check

 

I hope its at least silver for you, give it a a good ol fashion test cut'