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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Eyestrain, post: 1199113, member: 24213&quot;]The last time a question like this came up here, it was a Constantinian bronze discovered in a used car. Now, apparently, we have rich guys driving around in limos, chucking ancient coinage at random pedestrians. Silver ancients, no less. And rather older than the stuff of the Constantine Dynasty.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I believe you have there is an Indo-Scythian tetradrachm of Azes II, circa 35 - 12 BC, with the king on horseback (obverse) and Athena (reverse). The condition is obviously extremely shoddy, but I can recognize enough features (and even a bit of legend) to make me think I&#039;m correct. Rotate your reverse 90 degrees clockwise and compare it to a rather nicer example...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]126277.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Keep in mind that the Buddhist triratna symbol to the left of Athena (not to mention the Kharoshti control mark to the right) can be rendered in a number of different ways, which would account for any differences you might notice between the two specimens.</p><p><br /></p><p>The quarter-size would be correct for the type. The weight of a real one is around 9.5 grams, but yours is so chipped and worn, it probably weighs a good deal less. Judging from the photo alone, it appears real enough. Absolutely horrible, but real.</p><p><br /></p><p>As a collector of ancients, I personally wouldn&#039;t want it. But if I did own it, I wouldn&#039;t dispose of it by driving around Las Vegas in a limo, looking to fling it at someone from the my perch in the sunroof.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d use it to tip a stripper like everybody else.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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