Greek or Macedonian? [solved]

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cobrapel Catalogue referee
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Posted: 1 Sep 2019, 12:14 #
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Hi, i have this coins since 15 years but i never find out exactly what it is. I bought it in Serbia.
Do you know something about? Thank you.

d= 16 mm, w= 2,90 g

Quiquengrogne
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Posted: 1 Sep 2019, 12:44 #
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Hello,
It looks like a Macedonian gold stater of Alexander... but in silver ?!
http://rg.ancients.info/alexander/staters.html
Camerinvs
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Posted: 1 Sep 2019, 17:07 #
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My message was erased when I tried to update it. I was saying that the surface is grainy and that the coin looks like it was cast. So it would be a copy.
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PetrusAscanus
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Posted: 7 Sep 2019, 10:48 #
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One of the many replicas, made for tourists
Non est totum quod splendet ut aurum
Rijkdom bestaat niet uit het hebben van veel bezittingen, maar in het hebben van weinig behoeften
cobrapel Catalogue referee
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Posted: 9 Sep 2019, 13:55 #
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Quote: "Camerinvs"​My message was erased when I tried to update it. I was saying that the surface is grainy and that the coin looks like it was cast. So it would be a copy.
​Thank you for your explanation. Never realized it is a copy of a gold coin.
Do you know some useful link where to understand the differences between the coin coniation?
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