thesilvercoinguy Posted October 8, 2013 Report Share Posted October 8, 2013 Please help me identify grade and put a value on my Ancient coin Hello everyone I could really use your help making sure I have what coin I think I have here is the info I have on it so far. Ancient Greek Silver Drachma of ALEXANDER THE GREAT, with Zeus ancient 4th century BC Greek silver drachma, of Alexander (III) the Great. Minted during his reign, between 336 and 323 BC. Obverse depicts bust of Herakles (Hercules) in a lion skin headress. Obverse shows Zeus seated on throne with eagle and sceptre. 17.11 mm, 3.85 grams Metal Silver treated and preserved with Renaissance Wax, and guaranteed Authentic. I want to make sure this is what I have and find out this exact identity, grade, silver and if it a true Authentic ancient 4th century BC Greek silver drachma, of Alexander (III) the Great coin? I posted 3 photos on Flicker just click the back button to see all 3. Thank you in advance for your help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesilvercoinguy Posted October 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2013 Here is the link to my ancient coin http://www.flickr.com/photos/104601283@N05/10150733435/in/photostream/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art1.2 Posted October 8, 2013 Report Share Posted October 8, 2013 Hello and welcome to CoinPeople. Glad you decided to join in.Hopefully one of the folks who study ancients will be along to help with your beautiful coin soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seth Posted November 14, 2013 Report Share Posted November 14, 2013 It's a drachm, the specs fit. With 3.85g it falls to the lighter side of the denomination but lighter ones are recorded. Authentication is hard based only on internet photos, but you might want to go to http://forgerynetwork.com/ and check out their database with fakes to see if any of them is a die match.But I think it is most likely real. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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