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<p>[QUOTE="Lolli, post: 3153121, member: 96900"]Quality is more important than quantity!</p><p><br /></p><p> 6 members voted for fake and 2 for authentic.</p><p>Do you know who voted for authetnic and who for fake?</p><p>6 completely unexperienced amateurs could have voted for fake and 2 very good and experienced experts could have voted for authentic. </p><p>So what would count more?</p><p><br /></p><p>Pictures can be misleading especially if the are very bad.</p><p><br /></p><p>Corroded, harshly manually or with electrolysis or with acid cleaned coin can have a similar but not identical surface as cast fakes. Coins where horn silver was removed can have a terrible surface. </p><p><br /></p><p>Your coin was Price 3038 one of my favorite Alexander coins (love the style)</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.3038" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.3038" rel="nofollow">http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.3038</a></p><p><br /></p><p>KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 17.16 g, 5h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Tarsos mint. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, Nike flying right; monogram below throne. Price 3038; Newell, Tarsos 43[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lolli, post: 3153121, member: 96900"]Quality is more important than quantity! 6 members voted for fake and 2 for authentic. Do you know who voted for authetnic and who for fake? 6 completely unexperienced amateurs could have voted for fake and 2 very good and experienced experts could have voted for authentic. So what would count more? Pictures can be misleading especially if the are very bad. Corroded, harshly manually or with electrolysis or with acid cleaned coin can have a similar but not identical surface as cast fakes. Coins where horn silver was removed can have a terrible surface. Your coin was Price 3038 one of my favorite Alexander coins (love the style) [url]http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.3038[/url] KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 17.16 g, 5h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Tarsos mint. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, Nike flying right; monogram below throne. Price 3038; Newell, Tarsos 43[/QUOTE]
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