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<p>[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 7814027, member: 110226"]It is silver. If I were to scratch it, bright silver would appear. This is a tetradrachm that was struck to the Attic standard of 17.3 grams per tetradrachm.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin was purchased from an Israeli dealer, so it must have come from somewhere in that region. The problem with attributing the exact location with this and so many other ancients on the market is the reticence of sellers divulging the hoard locations. In the past, at best, I was able to attribute coins as coming from "around Jericho" or "Jordan" or "near Nablus" or "Gaza". This information is only useful to a limited degree; it does not really say anything about a hoard location. These coins could very well have come from elsewhere, through intermediaries.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is now thought that these imitations came from five or more mints in Philistia and Phoenicia, many of which were struck to more local weight standards.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some examples. All three have been cleaned.</p><p><br /></p><p>The weights are, from left to right, 15.0, 15.5 and 15.5 grams</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1342937[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 7814027, member: 110226"]It is silver. If I were to scratch it, bright silver would appear. This is a tetradrachm that was struck to the Attic standard of 17.3 grams per tetradrachm. This coin was purchased from an Israeli dealer, so it must have come from somewhere in that region. The problem with attributing the exact location with this and so many other ancients on the market is the reticence of sellers divulging the hoard locations. In the past, at best, I was able to attribute coins as coming from "around Jericho" or "Jordan" or "near Nablus" or "Gaza". This information is only useful to a limited degree; it does not really say anything about a hoard location. These coins could very well have come from elsewhere, through intermediaries. It is now thought that these imitations came from five or more mints in Philistia and Phoenicia, many of which were struck to more local weight standards. Here are some examples. All three have been cleaned. The weights are, from left to right, 15.0, 15.5 and 15.5 grams [ATTACH=full]1342937[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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