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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Drusus, post: 361834, member: 6370&quot;]I have been thinking about this coin. I seldom like to say for sure that a coin is fake unless I am 100% but it just looks like a cast. I decided to show it around to some people who know ancients and are very knowledgeable about fakes in that area. I did not say what I thought, just asked what they think of the coin. Most answered the same as this one (though possibly less brash <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> ):</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><i>It looks like cast crap to me. </i></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><i>Your coin has the following signs of casting</i></p><p><i>1) Obverse - look carefully at the lion mane - there seems to be missing </i></p><p><i>low level relief between the tufts of hair. <b>I also do not like the </b></i></p><p><i><b>zone between the lips</b></i></p><p><i>2) Obverse - there is a lot of pitting and roughness. </i></p><p><i>3) Reverse - again missing low level relief on the eagle, Zeus&#039; torso </i></p><p><i>and the tops of the legend is very rounded</i></p><p><i>4) Reverse - extensive pitting</i></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><i>This is not conclusive, but it is very dubious from the images. </i></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I was somewhat able to forgive the pitting as this can happen to old silver for various reasons and I cannot see the surface real close to see if it is the type of pitting one would get from a cast. But it is in such fantastic condition, one would not expect to see such pitting and corrosion from such a great example. Also the mane I was able to forgive because time and pressure while buried or what not could possbly be a reason for the problems. Then again...the reverse details are SO STRONG as if there is little to no wear at all...so why would it not have strong details on the smaller elemants like the eagle.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>But as I said before...the lips bother me the most. If you look at the genuine example and then yours...you will see that yours has what one might called a bridge between the upper and bottom lip while on the other example, it goes much deeper between the lips as it should. The lows aren&#039;t going low enough on yours (in many places but more pronounced on the lips) which is a sign of a casting not letting metal flow into deep crevasses. Not only that but the genuine example has pitting, very uneven and sporadic like one would expect.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Like he said above...not 100% sure but I think it is a cast.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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