Please help identify old coin

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  1. abdel

    abdel Well-Known Member

    Want to share my new acquisition, old silver coin maybe roman between 300-400AD.
    Thanks in advance.
    Abdel,
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  2. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    Writing on the back is Greek.
     
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  3. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

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  4. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    Tetradrachm of Ptolemy III uses similar images:

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  5. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    I can find many Ptolemaic coins with an eagle on the reverse that is similar to the one on the tetradrachm above, but the bird on the reverse of yours looks more like the goddess Nekhbet:

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    However, I'm not turning up any coins searching for either Nekhbet or vulture.

    The upper word I think is 'BASILEOS', King.
     
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  6. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    I would look at Antioch & the Seleucids too.

    Are there any letters here, or only tail feathers?

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  7. abdel

    abdel Well-Known Member

    Nothing is written there
     
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  8. Joe2007

    Joe2007 Collector

    A word of caution: There are lots of fakes/replicas out there. Some are sold as inexpensive souvenirs around tourist sites while others are quite deceptive to even experienced coin collectors.
     
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  9. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    I don't know about Abdel, but I have not been assuming at all that this a genuine coin or even a copy of a genuine coin.

    The reverse looks related to this one for King Perseus:

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    https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/coinweek-ancient-coin-series-decline-fall-macedon/

    The figure on the obverse of OP's coin is clearly someone else.
     
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  10. terry5732

    terry5732 Well-Known Member

    It is an artist's rendition of an old coin made for modern jewelry
     
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