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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 2891111, member: 76194&quot;]Looks really fake. I&#039;m no expert in early Athenian tets, but the style looks completely off for an early Athenian Tetradrachm. I&#039;m sure if you posted this in the ancients forum, people would get a good laugh out of it. That&#039;s how bad a fake it is.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here my middle style Athenian Tetradrachm minted around 400-380 BC, and quite genuine (unlike that eBay monstrosity from &quot;3000 AD&quot;).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]694817[/ATTACH]</p><p>Attica Athens</p><p>AR Tetradrachm (22mm, 17.10 g)</p><p>Athens Mint, 4rth Century BCE</p><p>Helmeted head of Athena, r.</p><p>Owl standing r., head facing, olive sprig and crescent to l; AOE in r. field.</p><p>SNG Copenhagen 63ff.</p><p><br /></p><p>PS: I just noticed the seller is in Greece. That alone is enough to condemn the coin. Any &quot;ancient coin&quot; coming from Greece is almost guaranteed to be fake.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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