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<p>[QUOTE="gsimonel, post: 3525650, member: 82549"]Please forgive the poor quality scans. A friend sent them to me with some questions that I am unable to answer, so I'm posting them here in the hopes that someone can give him some answers. Here's the first:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]936725[/ATTACH]</p><p>The coins have been in his collection about 40 years, and he doesn't remember where he got them. Here's what he told me:</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Athens, silver, obv. Athena head right, obv. ΑΘΕ with owl and olive branch. No problem there. The coin measures 22 mm (a little small), and weighs about 12.52 g (a little light). The coin is worn but it is not real bad </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>As you know the Athens tetradrachm is about 17.4 g. 12.52 g would be ok for a didrachm (stater) on the Aegineton standard of 12.2 g.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>I suggested that he do a specific gravity test, and here is what he wrote back:</p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>12.50 g dry weight</i></p><p><i>1.26 suspended weight</i></p><p><i>9.92 specific gravity</i></p><p><i>.700 fine silver</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>CNG coins of this type</i></p><p><i>22.5 -24 mm Coins of this type weigh 17.06 g,</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>1.61 suspended weight</i></p><p><i>10.59 sg</i></p><p><i>.999 fine silver</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>My weighing methods are probably primitive, but the silver content is low.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>Does anyone have any ideas about this coin? Unusual denomination? Eastern imitative?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gsimonel, post: 3525650, member: 82549"]Please forgive the poor quality scans. A friend sent them to me with some questions that I am unable to answer, so I'm posting them here in the hopes that someone can give him some answers. Here's the first: [ATTACH=full]936725[/ATTACH] The coins have been in his collection about 40 years, and he doesn't remember where he got them. Here's what he told me: [I]Athens, silver, obv. Athena head right, obv. ΑΘΕ with owl and olive branch. No problem there. The coin measures 22 mm (a little small), and weighs about 12.52 g (a little light). The coin is worn but it is not real bad As you know the Athens tetradrachm is about 17.4 g. 12.52 g would be ok for a didrachm (stater) on the Aegineton standard of 12.2 g.[/I] I suggested that he do a specific gravity test, and here is what he wrote back: [I] 12.50 g dry weight 1.26 suspended weight 9.92 specific gravity .700 fine silver CNG coins of this type 22.5 -24 mm Coins of this type weigh 17.06 g, 1.61 suspended weight 10.59 sg .999 fine silver My weighing methods are probably primitive, but the silver content is low. [/I] Does anyone have any ideas about this coin? Unusual denomination? Eastern imitative?[/QUOTE]
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