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Message:: [QUOTE="Gao, post: 729069, member: 19409"]Those pictures don't show anything that at all resembles the crown you have. None of that indicates that it's ancient.  Keep in mind that by "modern," I mean made in the last few centuries. Which could have been put there by anyone at any point in history.  People don't just stop using symbols forever after certain periods. What does a lion's arch have to do with being Greek?  What would stop anyone else from putting it there?  Why don't you think it was just an item intended to look Greek. First of all, electrum is just a mix of gold and silver.  It's easy to make.  Second, what tests did you do to determine the metal? Because you had a lot of money.  Have you really tested the metal?  Have you really confirmed that it's not plated or some other metal entirely?  Even then, this tells us nothing about the age of the crown.  As Ardatirion said, if anything, this resembles a Sasanian crown much more than a Macedonian one. What?  I'm not sure what you're saying here. Honestly, it doesn't even look like someone was trying to fake a Greek artifact.  It doesn't look Greek at all.  It looks like something more modern that you have grossly misidentified.  What are you talking about?  You have yet to show the existence of any Greek crown that looks remotely like this thing.  You have yet to give any good evidence that it's ancient at all.[/QUOTE]