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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3007777, member: 56859"]The upper left coin appears to be a copy (not an authentic coin) of a "new style" Athens drachm (or tetradrachm, but it looks more like the drachms), depending on the size of your coin. What is the diameter of your coin?</p><p><br /></p><p>cropped and joined for ease of viewing:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]745485[/ATTACH]</p><p>an example of what it is mimicking, from <a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=201559" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=201559" rel="nofollow">CNG's archives</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p>drachm</p><p><img src="https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/big/2700084.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Edited to add that based on the relative sizes in your pictures, I think this "Athens" coin is probably tetradrachm-sized, which further condemns the coin since the design and style more closely resembles the drachms.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3007777, member: 56859"]The upper left coin appears to be a copy (not an authentic coin) of a "new style" Athens drachm (or tetradrachm, but it looks more like the drachms), depending on the size of your coin. What is the diameter of your coin? cropped and joined for ease of viewing: [ATTACH=full]745485[/ATTACH] an example of what it is mimicking, from [URL='https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=201559']CNG's archives[/URL]: drachm [IMG]https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/big/2700084.jpg[/IMG] Edited to add that based on the relative sizes in your pictures, I think this "Athens" coin is probably tetradrachm-sized, which further condemns the coin since the design and style more closely resembles the drachms.[/QUOTE]
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