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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;tenacious, post: 1710430, member: 14553&quot;]Not confusing at all if you are familiar with these coins. These small silver coins of Philip II are commonly called a 1/5th silver tetradrachm because of their size not silver content. As for using silber instead of silver, the seller is from Spain so I assume english is a second language.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I would say that &quot;323-315 BC&quot; qualifies as an ancient without specifically saying &quot;ancient&quot; wouldn&#039;t you? And BTW the date is correct. It&#039;s a posthumous coin of Philip II, the branch mark is usually indicative of being minted under Kassander.</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as being a cast I&#039;m not so sure. The POCK MARKS you say are from &quot;overheated metal that sank&quot;. It looks more like corrosion to me. And just to add, if the smaller indentations were from cast bubbles, cast bubbles appear round just like a bubble, and authentic corrosion pits are irregularly shaped. These are irregularly shaped.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Just because &quot;times are tough&quot; doesn&#039;t mean this is a fake. That&#039;s just unfounded speculation without any basis in fact.</p><p><br /></p><p>The seller, leortidas, is not listed on the <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=18502.0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=18502.0" rel="nofollow">FORVM&#039;s Notorious Fake Sellers List</a> nor on the CoinForgeryDiscussionList Blacklist or anywhere on that forum.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>One of the worst things I see happening on forums, any forum, is when an honest seller is erroneously accused of selling a fake when it isn&#039;t. One accusing forum post on a well traveled forum like this one can unjustifiably hurt an honest seller&#039;s reputation and sales. In a hurry to convict I wrongly did that once years ago and I vowed I would never do it again and that I would be absolutely sure in the future.</p><p><br /></p><p>Be 100% sure before you accuse someone. Put yourself in the seller&#039;s place.</p><p><br /></p><p>Personally I think you rushed to judgment. It looks like an authentic corroded coin to me. </p><p><br /></p><p>And there&#039;s nothing else in the seller&#039;s other listings that looks suspicious.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>(I mean nothing personal or offensive against the OP but I had to say something in defense of the seller.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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