Alexander the Great i say massive because the face of this thing sticks out about a quarter of an inch and it weights about 2-3 ounces.
Yah, I absolutely love the way that some of the ancient busts are almost like half an actual head is sticking-out of the coin!! (there's a great 3-D feelin' about some of the high-relief winners!!) => that looks like a very cool coin! (congrats) :thumb:
I can't personally vouch for its authenticity. But it's a buddy of mines who owns a coin shop. It's definitely silver and he has a bunch of papers with it. Came from a NY coin dealer whose business he bought out. Definitely real silver though. He has a bunch of gold and silver ancients. A few which I bought and sold here and they were authentic. Also multiple graded ones
It's a nice looking coin, but I am unable to verify it's authenticity either. Do you know where your friend got the coin?
These are excessively rare, they go for 100k+ in much worst condition ( http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=540162 ). The style tries to copy Babylon (with not much success imo), and here's another fake with a reverse that look quite much like yours (same "studio" I guess)... http://counterfeitcoins.reidgold.com/deks3.html Not a chance this could be authentic in my mind :dismay:
Don't be sorry lol. Ill talk I him next time I go in. It came with a massive collection from NY. He's located here in Florida. I was looking through his boxes in one of the safes and saw it.
While this is obviously a fake lets look at a couple points. A real dekadrachm should weigh in the lower 40's gram area which is a lot less than 2 ounces. It is a very bad sign for any Alexander silver not to have a monogram, symbol or something in the field or under the chair. I have seen blank ones that were ancient but unofficial but the genuine mints marked their products.
