Hi!
I'm eyeing a very nice Ancient Greek drachma on an auction. The seller is legitimate, but he mostly have much later coins and only a handful from this era. I don't have much experience with ancient coins either.
Managed to pinpont the exact type : N#370901
At first glance, the coin looks good, but I wonder about some details of the surface condition. On the reverse, there is a suspicious mark, that may or may not be a toolmark.
Also on the obverse the surface is quite pitted. I'm not sure if this is just natural corrosion or it's some cast error (which would obvoiusly point to a fake).
Tracked down some other variations of the coin and some of them have similar, pitted surfaces:
https://www.numisbids.com/sale/3273/lot/77
https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=255042
https://www.biddr.com/auctions/bucephalusnumismatic/browse?a=3232&l=3681574
https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/rhodes/BMC_241.jpg
Again, I don't have much experience with ancient coins. Am I just paranoid about the suspicious details that I've pointed out? Does this look authentic? I'd much appreciate some input.



