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<p>[QUOTE="iamtiberius, post: 3386459, member: 37707"]<b>ALL</b> are modern fantasy pieces; copying very high end silver Greek coinage.</p><p>The attribution for the coins your pieces are copying are as follows; in order of appearance:</p><p><br /></p><p><b><b><b>SICILY, Entella. <i>Punic issues. </i></b>Circa 320/15-300 BC. AR Tetradrachm. </b></b>Arethusa facing left, surrounded by 4 dolphins / (probably head of a horse, but hard to tell with only the obverse shown. Could possibly be a different Sicilian w/ charioteer on the back.)</p><p><b><b><br /></b></b></p><p><b><b>PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Arsinoe II, wife of Ptolemy II. </b>Died 270 BC. AR Dekadrachm. </b>Veiled head of the deified Arsinoe right with ram’s horn / (probably double cornucopiae; but it isn't pictured.)</p><p><br /></p><p><b><b>MACEDON, Amphipolis. </b></b>364/3 BC. AR Tetradrach, Apollo 3/4 facing / Torch, surrounded by a square legend "AMΦIΠOΛITΩN" which means from Amphipolis.</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>MACEDON, Chalkidian League. </b>370-360 BC. AR Tetradrachm, Apollo Facing left / lyre. Surrounded by legend, "XAΛKIΔEΩN" which means from Chalkidia.</p><p><br /></p><p>Makes for some fun jewelry and conversation pieces.</p><p>Search some of the bold terms above, <a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coins_sold.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coins_sold.aspx" rel="nofollow">here</a>, to get an idea of what authentic pieces look like and what price they auction at. </p><p><br /></p><p>-Michael[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="iamtiberius, post: 3386459, member: 37707"][B]ALL[/B] are modern fantasy pieces; copying very high end silver Greek coinage. The attribution for the coins your pieces are copying are as follows; in order of appearance: [B][B][B]SICILY, Entella. [I]Punic issues. [/I][/B]Circa 320/15-300 BC. AR Tetradrachm. [/B][/B]Arethusa facing left, surrounded by 4 dolphins / (probably head of a horse, but hard to tell with only the obverse shown. Could possibly be a different Sicilian w/ charioteer on the back.) [B][B] PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Arsinoe II, wife of Ptolemy II. [/B]Died 270 BC. AR Dekadrachm. [/B]Veiled head of the deified Arsinoe right with ram’s horn / (probably double cornucopiae; but it isn't pictured.) [B][B]MACEDON, Amphipolis. [/B][/B]364/3 BC. AR Tetradrach, Apollo 3/4 facing / Torch, surrounded by a square legend "AMΦIΠOΛITΩN" which means from Amphipolis. [B] MACEDON, Chalkidian League. [/B]370-360 BC. AR Tetradrachm, Apollo Facing left / lyre. Surrounded by legend, "XAΛKIΔEΩN" which means from Chalkidia. Makes for some fun jewelry and conversation pieces. Search some of the bold terms above, [URL='https://www.cngcoins.com/Coins_sold.aspx']here[/URL], to get an idea of what authentic pieces look like and what price they auction at. -Michael[/QUOTE]
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