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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;A.J., post: 1464693, member: 35316&quot;]I don&#039;t know about the top one, other than that it looks medieval.</p><p><br /></p><p>The bottom coin looks to me like a Ptolemaic Egyptian tetradrachm.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>As to whether they are real, I cannot say, I can only guess.&nbsp; It is not outside the realm of possibility that they are counterfeit.&nbsp; Medieval coins were generally pretty crude, so I am not sure how to determine the authenticity of that sort of coin.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Greek tetradrachma, on the other hand, had a very high level of artistry and were very finely detailed.&nbsp; The second coin has some weird baubles on obverse, the face and on the eagle, and on the reverse, the eagle&#039;s mid-section and to the left of the eagle&#039;s front leg.&nbsp; These concern me, as an authentic coin shouldn&#039;t have these, and they may be indicators of a counterfeit.</p><p><br /></p><p>But I&#039;m no expert and I could be wrong.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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