I doubt it is gold for $25. OP implied silver. Here is a similar struck coin for comparison of sharpness of details: [ATTACH] MEXICO. Ferdinand...
Edge seam and muddy details tells me it is a cast fake. Just my opinion.
Splendid photo, Pavlos!! Θ in inner left?
A large bronze: [ATTACH] SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos IV Epiphanes. 175-164 BC. Æ (33mm; 39.69 gm; 12h). Antioch mint. Struck 169-168 BC....
Posted before, but fits-in here [ATTACH] Antiochos IV Epiphanes. 175-164 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.27 gm, 1h, 32mm). Antioch mint. Struck 169-164...
Yes. Different dies.
[ATTACH] IONIA, Klazomenai. Mid-late 4th century BC. Æ (10mm, 1.36 gm, 12h). Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right. Rev: ΚΛΑ, head of Ram, right....
Hotwheels, good idea! Let us know.
Hot wheels, have you tried sodium thiosulphate on copper/ bronze coins? I have tried it on silver, but not copper.
Xodus, we have all presumed that your coin is a drachm, and not a tetradrachm, as your subject line declares. How much does your coin weigh? A...
Ivy leaf under the throne. https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4715919
Looks to be a walking or seated figure facing left. Do I see marks that it is a countermark?
Not Alexandrian, but a nice depiction of Isis...and Serapis: [ATTACH] LYDIA. Saitta. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Æ (18mm, 2.96 gm, 6h). Time of...
Splendid. Almost, but not quite, perfect. A keeper.
[ATTACH] Plautilla, wife of Caracalla. Nicopolis, Moesia Inferior. Æ 25. Obv: Her bust, right. Rev: Athena standing facing, head right, and...
To me, the coin is very nice as it is. Why brighten it?
AJ: ULP! ;) Just great! Pete
Wow! What a provenance! What a great coin!!
[ATTACH] Lysimachos. 305-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.2 gm, 1h, 30mm). Ainos mint. Struck circa 283/2 BC. Obv; Diademed head of the deified...
An ancient coin cannot be authenticated from a photo alone. The weight seems correct. The art style of Alexander's portrait is a "tad"...
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