The weight is pretty low. Should be close to 6 g. Probably not genuine and in that condition really not worth that much anyway.
You can use ACS search features for free. The paid part is finding out the hammer prices for auctions and doing imagery searches. It is a...
Looks like https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=6253294 But your example is so beat up it is hard to tell if it is fake or not. I would lean...
Happy Birthday! Thanks for the excellent book. John
The pattern looks Indian or celtic. Maybe some gentle scrubbing with soapy water?
Where was it found?
Congrats on the big milestone! Keep those posts coming. John
I agree, Forum is one of the best pedigrees possible. John
Glad they finally made it to you! John
Great thread, I find the ideas very interesting and pretty convincing. Interesting how one political group would use coins produced by another as...
That is an interesting piece. Hard to tell if it is legit or not. The letters look more bloated than not but maybe that was a style used during...
Wow, great score, John! Good job scooping that one up.
Could the whole thing be a scam? Win a coin and pay, and then end up getting nothing while the website creators obscond with your money?
Look closer, it is not a 2x2... More like a 2x3. :-)
Wow, like people have said, great and diverse set of coins to get started! Ancient coins are amazing in hand aren't they? Still gives me a lot...
Why does the owl have a pig snout? It's really very creepy looking.
A really nice collecting theme and coins! Now you need to visit each island from which you have a coin. John
I find the fact that it is 18k gold very suspicious as well. That seems like a modern standard and not an alloy the ancients made coins from....
I would guess Athena is the correct interpretation. John
Can't beat the dragon head on a stick! Great find! John
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