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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;tenacious, post: 1989172, member: 14553&quot;]As others have said, at 10.3 gms it is very much too light. Authentic Alexander tetradrachms are around 17.2 gms and don&#039;t lose much weight even when worn. And especially your coin shows no place where it has lost any significant amount of metal. And yet it&#039;s missing 40% from what its original weight should be.</p><p><br /></p><p>The light weight alone shows it to be a fake. I have never seen unworn Alexanders weight that little. Not even any where close.</p><p><br /></p><p>The soft features of the obverse especially around the mouth look cast. On the reverse Zeus and the eagle have that &quot;melting into the coin&quot; cast look.</p><p><br /></p><p>I respectfully disagree with RabidRick. These coins were very pure silver and were not debased during the time this coin attempts to show it was made. The weights were very constant during this time period at around 17.2 gms.</p><p><br /></p><p>Look at the edge views. Picture IMG_3527.JPG shows a strange edge with a raised lip as if the edge has been worked on. (To remove a cast seam.) Very unusual and concerning.</p><p><br /></p><p>Again, in spite of the other things I have mentioned, the weight alone shows this to be a fake.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you really want an expert&#039;s opinion so that you don&#039;t unnecessarily offend your friend, send it to <a href="http://www.davidrsear.com/certification.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.davidrsear.com/certification.html" rel="nofollow">David Sear</a> for authentication. It costs $40 to $50 depending on the service. His opinion is well respected in the coin community.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you send it to David Sear please report back.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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