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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 2414843, member: 44316&quot;]I like ancient imitations. I just got this imitation tetradrachm of Athens</p><p>[ATTACH=full]499606[/ATTACH] </p><p>24-23 mm. 11:00 die axis. 18.78 grams.</p><p>Cast. The photo does not show the casting seam well, but you can see it from 12:00 to 3:00 on the reverse and 7:00 to 10:30. </p><p><br /></p><p>Much of the surface looks somewhat like copper (the obverse is more copper colored in real life than the muddy brown of the photo) and the worn-through high spots look like gray lead, just as in the photo. The reverse image is close to perfect--the coin is the tiniest bit redder. </p><p><br /></p><p>I wonder how the surface was in antiquity. I wonder if there was silver on it then, gone now, that made it silvery enough to pass for genuine?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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