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  1. Heavymetal

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    IMG_3440.jpeg IMG_3439.jpeg Not my coin, but it might be. Any thoughts appreciated
     
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  3. The Meat man

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    Looks like a very nice lifetime tetradrachm of Alexander the Great, with a particularly attractive obverse. I don't see any red flags.

    Here is another of the same type, sold by CNG last year:

    https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=12843091
     
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  4. mpcusa

    mpcusa "Official C.T. TROLL SWEEPER"

    Super nice coin :)
     
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  5. Kentucky

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    Nicer than mine
     
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  6. Nicholas Molinari

    Nicholas Molinari Well-Known Member

    Lovely coin—but are you looking for advice on authenticity? I don’t doubt it from the photo but you’d need the weight and good edge shots to be more certain. Still, only buy from reputable dealers if you are not well-versed in ancients.
     
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  7. Heavymetal

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    A fellow local collector, son of my wife’s friend, owns it
    At 30 he seems to have a good eye & studies coins seriously
    A YN with a few years under his belt
    He picked my collection for about 100 coins
    He bought 10 and I set aside the rest for him.
    Of course a few went as gifts
     
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  8. GinoLR

    GinoLR Well-Known Member

    Nice tetradrachm, minted in Babylon in the last year of Alexander's life. With the bee and the M in the reverse left field, it belongs to the same series as some decadrachms.
    Do you know the provenance of this coin? If it is not recorded in a collection before 2017, it could very well be from the Alexander underwater hoard found in Gaza in 2013-2017.
     
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