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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 3046835, member: 84744&quot;]Sorry, I&#039;m inclined to doubt these coins also. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> As Doug noted, the Alex and the Athens have the same fabric &amp; style; given that they came from the same dealer, this raises suspicions that they may come from the engraver too.&nbsp; In addition, I can&#039;t find anything of similar style on acsearch for the Alex.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the other hand, I did find three coins somewhat similar to your Athenian.&nbsp; Hirsch identifies <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=993130" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=993130" rel="nofollow">theirs</a> as as hemidrachm from the 5th or 4th c. BCE, &quot;Unediert?&quot; (I&#039;m guessing this means &quot;possibly unofficial&quot;? In which case they agree the style doesn&#039;t seem right.)&nbsp; Gorny &amp; Mosch think <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=405098" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=405098" rel="nofollow">theirs</a> was a rare archaic trihemiobol.&nbsp; Bertolami presented <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1467094" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1467094" rel="nofollow">this one</a> as a rare imitation from Judaea.&nbsp; (If it&#039;s real, the jury is still deciding what it is!)&nbsp; Still, these are only somewhat similar to your coin.&nbsp; I note that your Athena looks rather more jolly, and has a very disheveled helmet crest by comparison.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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