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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 24816899, member: 26430&quot;]There are a few things wrong with this coin, as previous comments have pointed out, the clearest being the trident.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is, in fact, a well-known fake, published in 1984 in the IBSCC Bulletin on Counterfeits &amp; published in MJ Price&#039;s book on Alexander&#039;s coinage. Once you&#039;ve seen it, it&#039;s quite recognizable from the trident.</p><p><br /></p><p>These are modern dies. The original fakes were struck or pressed I believe. The OP coin appears to have been cast from one of those (or cast from a cast from a...), with the edges filed to conceal the evidence.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1588517[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is Price&#039;s image:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1588518[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks to Din X at Forum for posting the photos from BOC &amp; Price.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sources:</p><p><a href="https://forgerynetwork.com/asset.aspx?id=MafAu/Bjm50=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://forgerynetwork.com/asset.aspx?id=MafAu/Bjm50=" rel="nofollow">https://forgerynetwork.com/asset.aspx?id=MafAu/Bjm50=</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pid=21907" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pid=21907" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pid=21907</a></p><p><a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pid=21909" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pid=21909" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pid=21909</a></p><p>See also:</p><p><a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pid=21908" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pid=21908" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pid=21908</a></p><p><a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pid=17632" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pid=17632" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pid=17632</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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