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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3579246, member: 56859&quot;]I think it is going to be very difficult or impossible to say if it is authentic based on photos alone.&nbsp; It is sometimes possible to definitively state that a given coin is <i>inauthentic</i> based on photos, if it matches a known fake or if certain other specific signs of falseness are seen.&nbsp;&nbsp; I have not searched the fakes databases for a match.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are cropped and joined images from your selection, but it might be helpful to reshoot it with the coin in higher resolution and with better lighting.</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, there are some things that make me uneasy about the coin (overall texture of the surfaces, uniformity of the flan) .&nbsp; Please note that I am not an expert and my opinion is worth what you&#039;re paying for it <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>If your coin is authentic, it was not issued by Alexander III but by Antigonos I Monophthalmos a decade or two after ATG&#039;s death, struck in Lampsakos.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]954858[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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