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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;sand, post: 24561592, member: 118540&quot;]Hello [USER=146834]@Rupes[/USER]. Welcome to CoinTalk ancients.</p><p>That&#039;s a nice looking coin.</p><p>I&#039;m not an expert in Alexander The Great tetradrachms. Therefore, I&#039;m not qualified to know, whether your coin is authentic or a fake. Perhaps some experts, in Alexander tetradrachms, will show up on this thread, in order to help figure out, whether your coin is authentic or a fake.</p><p>Sometimes, even reputable coin dealers, can be fooled, by a fake coin. Especially if the dealer is not an expert in ancient coins, or an expert in the coin type.</p><p>Can you post the weight and diameter of your coin?</p><p>In your photo of the reverse below, I have added red arrows pointing to, what looks like, a possible casting seam (the dark brown line), on the edge of the coin.</p><p>Most struck coin types, such as your coin, don&#039;t have casting seams. However, some do. Sometimes, if the planchet (blank) was created by casting, before the coin was struck, then the struck coin may have the remnant of a casting seam. Therefore, just because a coin that is supposed to have been struck, has a casting seam, doesn&#039;t always mean that the coin is fake. However, I don&#039;t know, whether any examples of your coin type have remnants of casting seams.</p><p>Also, if an ancient coin has previously been mounted within a circle of metal as jewelry, then that can create marks on the edge of the coin.</p><p>Also, when an ancient coin was struck, sometimes the edge of the coin became folded somewhat, which can sometimes look somewhat like a casting seam.</p><p>Also, the appearance of a possible casting seam in your photo, could be a trick of the lighting and reflections.</p><p>Can you post photos, of the entire edge of your coin, zoomed in further, with the light source perpendicular to the edge of the coin, to create shadows perpendicular to the edge of the coin, if possible?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1556161[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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