Roy777 Posted February 29, 2012 Report Share Posted February 29, 2012 I've tried to find this coin online, and although I found many with owls on the back, their wings were closed, this one's wings are open, any idea what age this is from and more precisely the name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlueke Posted February 29, 2012 Report Share Posted February 29, 2012 That's a copy of a pretty rare coin, an Athenian dekadrachm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy777 Posted February 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 29, 2012 Thank you for your help sir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KurtS Posted February 29, 2012 Report Share Posted February 29, 2012 I wondered if this was a decadrachm too--but I have not rerferenced your coin against known copies. Obviously area and valuable if genuine. I have sieen a similar desert patina on silver coins: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve D'Ippolito Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 That last coin looks Roman, not Greek, so I wouldn't expect it to be a dekadrachm. (Of course for all I know it's some bit of provincial coinage from a Hellenic area of the Roman Empire.) Also it looks bronze (as does the copy above) and I thought drachms and multiples were invariably silver. If I am talking out of unintentional ignorance, please, correct me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KurtS Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 Obviously, it's not Greek; that's Elagabalus. I just posted that coin as an example of dark patina/desert patina on a silver coin. This coin is indeed silver--it was subjected to cleaning, strpping down to the silver. I won't post the cleaned pictures; they are shocking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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