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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3041184, member: 56859&quot;]Here are the full images cropped, joined, and tweaked try to get rid of the glare.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]759136[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin looks like it was in the ground for a long time, leaching out some of the metal.&nbsp; On the reverse, the edge under Athena looks very crystalized and that is not an easy thing to reproduce.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think it&#039;s likely authentic and from Leukas.&nbsp; Here&#039;s a similar coin <a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=356217" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=356217" rel="nofollow">from CNG&#039;s archives</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/enlarged/4170176.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>417, Lot: 176.</b> Estimate $100.</p><p>Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.</p><p><b>AKARNANIA, Leukas. </b>Circa 350-320 BC. AR Stater (22mm, 8.31 g, 11h). Pegasos flying left / Helmeted head of Athena right; kerykeion and Λ to left. Pegasi 92; BCD Akarnania 221; HGC 4, 823. VF, deeply toned, roughness on reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=94443]@A1000talents[/USER], in what country is this hotel?&nbsp; If this was found in a hotel lobby then someone (a collector or dealer? a looter?) lost it.&nbsp; Did you let the hotel&#039;s concierge know it was found?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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