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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pavlos, post: 3184951, member: 96635&quot;]I found these 2 tetradrachms for sale, one is from Philip I Philadelphus en one is from Ptolemy, I am especially interested in the Ptolemy one because it looks really nice. On my own eye the coins look authentic, the coin is detailed (and not smooth) and also I see signs of corrosion/oxidation, which you don&#039;t see so quick on fake coins (well you never know actually).</p><p><br /></p><p>But then I saw the weights... and I started to doubt a lot.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/YaGWiRX.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/BG2nGRx.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Philip I Philadelphus tetradrachm, 11.7g and 25mm.</p><p><br /></p><p>Isn&#039;t 11.7g really low weight for tetradrachms with attic standard? I think this coin should definitely weigh around the 16 grams. I messaged the seller and he say, the coin is very eroded and lost weight... okay sure, maybe 0,5 grams but 4 grams? </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/gIc2Oxi.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/U1XZVDN.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Ptolemy tetradrachm, 11.4g and 28mm.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then the ptolemy tetradrachn, I find this tetradrachm absolutely beautiful but again the weight is 11.4g, isn&#039;t that too low? Shouldn&#039;t it be around 14g? </p><p><br /></p><p>Also I noticed some flaking on the edges of the coin, isn&#039;t this quite unusual for solid silver coins?</p><p><br /></p><p>Comments are appreciated a lot, thank you.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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