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<p>[QUOTE="Tigermoth1, post: 7700121, member: 121422"]Validation of Impulse (to BEAUTY)</p><p><br /></p><p>As a newbie to coin collecting, my very first forage into this field occurred at auction this year (2021); purchased a coin described as "ANCIENT GREEK COIN," because I liked it!</p><p><br /></p><p>Following receipt, I did some online research and discovered a facsimile of my coin illustrated on WIKIPEDIA and described there as "ATHENA DECADRACHM, Athens, 467-465 BC. Silver Dekadrachm (43.38 g/mine: 34.8 g). Head of Athena right, wearing single-pendant earring, necklace, and crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over visor and a spiral palmette on the bowl / ΑΘΕ (ΑΘΗΝΑΙΩΝ - of Athenians), owl standing facing, wings spread; olive sprig and crescent to upper left; all within incuse square. (Value: 10 drachmae)"</p><p><br /></p><p>The weight of my coin is 34.8 g, as opposed to 43.38 g noted above, a difference of 8.58 g. Does this factor preclude its authenticity?</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.udrop.com/5Gil/ATHENAobvDecadrachm.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.udrop.com/5Gil/ATHENAobvDecadrachm.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://www.udrop.com/cache/plugins/filepreviewer/354225/b6c5a323430dd9d5e3e82113e7a779d6b4d6293f9bd23e09b14e31f8993d558d/280x280_middle.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1321624[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Above, from WIKIPEDIA</p><p><br /></p><p>There's some white "powdery" stuff on my coin, obstructing scanner view of olive branch; and, a dribble of once molten metal obscures the "E". Otherwise, everything else is there.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1321628[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1321629[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Tigermoth1, post: 7700121, member: 121422"]Validation of Impulse (to BEAUTY) As a newbie to coin collecting, my very first forage into this field occurred at auction this year (2021); purchased a coin described as "ANCIENT GREEK COIN," because I liked it! Following receipt, I did some online research and discovered a facsimile of my coin illustrated on WIKIPEDIA and described there as "ATHENA DECADRACHM, Athens, 467-465 BC. Silver Dekadrachm (43.38 g/mine: 34.8 g). Head of Athena right, wearing single-pendant earring, necklace, and crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over visor and a spiral palmette on the bowl / ΑΘΕ (ΑΘΗΝΑΙΩΝ - of Athenians), owl standing facing, wings spread; olive sprig and crescent to upper left; all within incuse square. (Value: 10 drachmae)" The weight of my coin is 34.8 g, as opposed to 43.38 g noted above, a difference of 8.58 g. Does this factor preclude its authenticity? [url=https://www.udrop.com/5Gil/ATHENAobvDecadrachm.jpg][img]https://www.udrop.com/cache/plugins/filepreviewer/354225/b6c5a323430dd9d5e3e82113e7a779d6b4d6293f9bd23e09b14e31f8993d558d/280x280_middle.jpg[/img][/url] [ATTACH=full]1321624[/ATTACH] Above, from WIKIPEDIA There's some white "powdery" stuff on my coin, obstructing scanner view of olive branch; and, a dribble of once molten metal obscures the "E". Otherwise, everything else is there. [ATTACH=full]1321628[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1321629[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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