I lied!This would be my oldest silver ever.(new pics)

[XL-PRO PRO]

Not a fresh find,but definitely a mystery.I found this one some thirty years ago on an old mountain trail,well before the days of the internet(as if that helps!).I found some information at the local library back then in book published in 1955 and showed a value of $500,but that coin showed the same smooth back but had a mintmark of a numeral 1 with wings.It was several years before I actually went over the coin with a magnifier and "lo&behold" there it was(the mintmark).The estimated date is 460b.c. and as near as I can tell was minted in Carthage.I had a jeweler add the hook in 1989(I know) simply to get some use out of it, since I couldn't find anyone that knew anything about it.Oh yeah,it's a tetradrachm and is a silver and gold mixture.DBULL

 

[XL-PRO PRO]

It's a modern copy meant as jewelry. Coins have been made stamped on one side usually in error, this is not one.

Sorry,but the earliest coins were uniface(minted on obverse only)and made of electrum which it appears to be.I added the eyelet so it could be used on a necklace.There were no other attachments for mounting it.Why make a copy of this particular coin?It's not that attractive as jewelry although the pattern was used on several later coins as the reverse.I really had no ideal as to what it was when I dug it until I found a reference in the local library.Any ideal as to what the symbol on the reverse(1w/wings) represents?I posted this as a quest for information.Maybe it is a fake or jewelry,but until I see another one like it I'll never beleive it.

 

[Silver Searcher]

You can lead a Horse to water, but you can't make it drink.

SS

 

[ppratt]

Not saying its fake or real but I can't see why you would find a 300 BC coin on top of a mountain in the USA. Did you find here or across the pond? I hope its real no one wants to find a fake.

 

[XL-PRO PRO]

You can lead a Horse to water, but you can't make it drink.

SS

SS;Are you accusing me of being stuborn?Maybe thats why I go over hunted out places,knowing there's nothing to be found.

 

[Silver Searcher]

You can lead a Horse to water, but you can't make it drink.

SS

SS;Are you accusing me of being stuborn?Maybe thats why I go over hunted out places,knowing there's nothing to be found.

No Mate I am not acusing you of being stubborn, you are just not listning to what outhers, who know are saying about your find, nice as it is, it's not authentic

SS

 

[testing123]

Please take the "coin" to a local coin shop for an opinion. Of if you like I can post an image it on the ancient section of the PCGS forums.

 

[highnam]

Cuzcosquirrel...nice stuff! you just come up with that?

 

[hogge]

SS and Crusader are "The" best in this forum for ancient coin ID. Even I can see it's a modern fantasy. If you take it to a jeweler it will be a copper alloy mix, in composition. It is, what it is.

 

[kane23]

Go to your library, inter library loan the book Greek coins and their values volume one, under Siciclian Punic coins you will see the real deal. I once owned the real deal, this is not it. Kane 23

 

[XL-PRO PRO]

Thanks Kane 23;I have several books in my collection with a similar image(mostly as the reverse),but none are uniface.I would like to find some info on the markings on the reverse.Maybe I'll go back to the library where I found the image the first time and see if they have a record of the books that have been disposed of.