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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;tenacious, post: 476870, member: 14553&quot;]Randy,</p><p><br /></p><p>I am very sorry to tell you this.</p><p><br /></p><p>But I think your Alexander may be a fake.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have been collecting Alexanders for about 13 years. So I am very familiar with them. And this one just doesn&#039;t look right, especially the reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse&#039;s overall style and execution just looks wrong. And the dolphin is not like any dolphin I have ever seen on an Alexander. And the PO below the throne does not look like any PO I have seen on an Alexander.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I hope you don&#039;t mind but I took the liberty of posting your coin on the Yahoo Group, <b>CoinForgeryDiscussionList</b> just to get confirmation before I mentioned it to you. The response I got from one of the experienced members was -</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;In my opinion a bad quality modern forgery, and not any sort of ancient imitation or forgery.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>The thread is <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CoinForgeryDiscussionList/message/24651" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CoinForgeryDiscussionList/message/24651" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>. (But I can&#039;t remember if you have to be registered to see the posts.)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>There is enough doubt that I would urge you to pursue this further. I would suggest posting your coin on the Forum Ancient Coins sub-forum <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?board=9.0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?board=9.0" rel="nofollow">Fake Ancient Coin Reports and Discussion</a> and see if the members there confirm this or not.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><i>I hope I am proved wrong.</i></b> Because it is obvious how much you like this coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>But if it is fake I am sure you would want to know.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>EDIT:</b> If you do post it on <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?board=9.0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?board=9.0" rel="nofollow">Fake Ancient Coin Reports and Discussion</a> a side view of the coin and a weight and diameter would be helpful.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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