IrishPrince

On 8/26/2021 at 9:25 AM, Conder101 said:

Don't know anything about the ring but the tetradrachm definitely looks like a "tourist" fake. and as such if the ring came from the same source it is most likely a fake as well.

Yep, the coin was fake. I'm thinking the ring was fake also. I'll only buy from legit sources from now on.... that mistake was over 30 years ago, so I've wised up (somewhat) since then. 

7 minutes ago, JKK said:

We didn't buy anything from those junk dealers, except for the site guide our tour guide wanted us to buy. It wasn't very expensive, and it made him happy for whatever kickback he gets.

In the case you describe, I would regard it as almost certainly counterfeit. The surface looks very off, uncharacteristic of any authentic Athenian tet (the likely denomination based on weight given) I have ever seen.

Gotcha. I bought this ring off of the same guy so I was hoping it was legit. Oh well, lessoned learned. Thanks for you help!

One more photo in case it helps...

Hi JKK. It seems to be about 20mm x 23mm in size. My kitchen scale says it's 15 grams. 

I didn't find it -- I bought it in it's current state (looks much darker than when I purchased it) from "a guy in a tent". He was selling junk trinkets to tourists that came off of cruise ships. I asked him to show me some "real" things.... so he took me to a room in the back of his tent. The rest is history, so to speak. 

Hello, total newbie here. (I'm a member of CGC and have had Trading Cards Graded, but totally new to NGC).

I have a few coins that I acquired in 1990 near a dig site in Kusadasi, Turkey. I was at the ancient city of Ephesus where I obtained the following coin. It seems to be fairly heavy -- so I'm thinking it's mostly silver.  Two questions, any idea what this coin is and about how old? Secondly, would this be worth sending to NGC for grading purposes?  I apologize in advance if this is not the appropriate place to ask this type of question.