Featured Gold wire cuff bracelet with ancient greek coin (or replica).

I did streak/acid test on this and it tests between 10K and 14K - 14K acid takes about 10 seconds to dissolve it -10K acid has no effect on it. No hallmark/maker marks(that I've found).

Width of the bracelet long ways is 2 1/4" (5.7cm).
Opening of the cuff is about 7/8" (2.2cm).
The coin is just about 1 inch across (2.5cm).
Has no chance of fitting on my wrist...ha.
The entire thing weighs in at about 19.5 grams.

I think I've googled it enough to figure out that the coin is a Philip II of Macedonia (drachm perhaps?) - featuring Zeus. No idea if it's a legit ancient coin or just a copy/replica.

Any opinions on the coin? Where might this have been made?

Thanks again for looking!

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From this tetradrachm, I think:



See our sister site:

https://www.cointalk.com/threads/kings-of-macedon-philip-ii-tetradrachm.262629/page-3

 

I agree... just with my limited knowledge I feel like it's closer to the size of a drachm vs a tetradrachm... which would weigh almost as much as this entire bracelet on its own. I could be mistaken of course. I believe I have found some drachm examples with this same pattern.

 

Or another of the series mentioned here:
https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/ancient-greek-coins-philip-ii-king-of-macedonia/

This is my go-to site for ancient coins. There do not seem to have been drachma coins but there are fractions of tetradrachms & staters:

http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/macedonia/kings/philip_II/i.html

 

The degree of preservation of the beaded or granulated border on the reverse of yours is catching my eye. Not seeing many. This one:


sold for a pretty penny:

7278
Item Sold At AUCTION #33
Lot Number: 63365
Estimate: $500.00
Final Sale Price: $363.00
Denomination: Tetradrachm
Grade: VF
Reference: Le Rider pl. 47, 27

Macedon, Kings of. Philip II. 359-336 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.22 gm). Amphipolis mint.
Struck 315-294 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / FILIP-POU, youth on horseback right,
holding palm; L over torch below, kantharos before. Le Rider pl. 47, 27. VF. Estimate
$500.Used by permission of CNG, www.historicalcoins.com

My gut says your coin is a repro. We don't know what we would see if the edges were visible; possibly a seam.

 

I'm leaning towards it being a copy as well... I requested to join the coin forum.. so when I get approved I will post in there.

 

I have a hunch it's a reproduction too, despite the gold setting. No modern coin guy would set an ancient Greek coin in that good of a condition into a setting like that. It would be in a cabinet somewhere.

 

The Greeks have been making a lot of this ancient coin jewellery, especially since the 1990s. The ones I've seen over the years were advertised as having replica coins.
I like it.

 

Think it's very attractive.

Debora

 

I LOVE the whole bracelet, and know diddly about coins, but I’d have had the horse side out!!