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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;sonlarson, post: 450536, member: 15488&quot;]Don&#039;t laught when you read this reply to the Avatar. I work for a major grocery chain. We used to have a coin master or coin star machine which had a magnet to catch non-US coins. When ever it got jamed I was the first to respond since it was a great sorce for World coins, which I collect. The company which provided the machine told me that they threw away all the &quot;junk&quot; coins and I was welcome to them. I found this coin one night and got real excited. I was unable to identify it so I did a web serch and found a dealer in ancient coins, I sent him a photo of the coin with a discription. Here is his reply.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Sicily, Gela. Circa 480-470 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.02 gm). Charioteer driving biga right, Nike above / CELAS, forepart of man-headed bull right. Jenkins 124 (O36/R75). </p><p><font size="2">Dear Mike!</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="2">Your coin should depict a silver tetradrachm:</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="2">Sicily, Gela. ca 450-440 BC. AR Tetradrachm.</font></p><p><font size="2">* Charioteer driving walking quadriga right, holding kentron in right hand, reins in both;</font></p><p><font size="2">Nike flying above crowning horse&#039;s, palmette with tendrils in exergue</font></p><p><font size="2">* forepart of man-headed bull right.</font></p><p><font size="2">Image:</font></p><p><font size="2"><a href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/sicily/gela/SNGANS_65.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/sicily/gela/SNGANS_65.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/sicily/gela/SNGANS_65.jpg</a></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="2">You can see many coins of Gela at:</font></p><p><font size="2"><a href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/sicily/gela/t.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/sicily/gela/t.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/sicily/gela/t.html</a></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="2">But unfortunately your coin is a modern cast-fake:</font></p><p><font size="2">The letters on the reverse read COPY.</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="2">Best regards,</font></p><p><font size="2">Hannes.</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="2">So you see, what I thought was the real thing was just a copy.</font></p><p><font size="2">Who cares, I had the fun and the excitement of trying to identify a &quot;great&quot; find. I have also found a 1946 1 Lira from Italy which is rare marked &quot;facimile&#039; on the front. All in all part of the fun in collectin World coins.</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Since I am often called &quot;bull headed&#039; I thought it was a fitting coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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