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alex1.jpgAlexander the Great, silver tetradrachm, cast fake8 viewsAlexander the Great, silver tetradrachm, cast fake.
Size: 26mm
Weight: 11.8g bronzematMay 21, 2012
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alex3.jpgPtolemaic Kingdom, silver Tetradrachm - Cast Fake14 viewsPtolemaic Kingdom, silver tetradrachm, obvious cast.
Size: 26mm
Weight: 10.6g bronzematMay 21, 2012
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alex2.jpgAlexander the Great, silver tetradrachm, cast fake12 viewsAlexander the Great, silver tetradrachm, cast fake.
Size: 24mm
Weight: 11g
bronzematMay 21, 2012
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image01056.jpgItaly.Sicily.Messina.Roger II (1105-1154) 10 viewsAV Multiple tari.
Two identical gold coins,obtained with the same mold, used in the lost wax casting. different weigth 1,79g-1,58g.
Offered by Italian auction house in may 2012.cerniecoMay 20, 2012
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saluto_lanz.jpgItaly Naples Charles d'Anjou. 1266-128513 viewsAV Saluto d'oro. The reverse is identical to one of the dies used to produce another coin by me reported as fake.
Offered for sale by a German auction house in june 2012.cerniecoMay 18, 2012
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saluto_ebay.jpgItaly Naples Charles d'Anjou. 1266-128516 viewsAV Saluto d'oro Weight:4,43 diameter:21
for sale on eBay as a perfect reproductioncerniecoMay 18, 2012
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Thrace_Istros_1_opt.jpgTHRACE Istros AR Trihemiobol, SNGCop 200, Alternating Heads8 viewsOBV: Two facing male heads, the right inverted
REV: ISTPIH, sea-eagle left, grasping dolphin with talons, AP monogram below dolphin
1.65gLegatusMay 18, 2012
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Philip_II_Cast.jpgPhilip II9 viewsAR Tetradrachm
CastIlya ProkopovMay 18, 2012
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Faustina_Jun.jpgFaustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. 5 viewsAR Denarius
Obv. FAVSTINA AVGVSTA
Rev. FECVNDITAS
Cast.
Ilya ProkopovMay 18, 2012
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Ainos2.jpgAinos 5 c. BC5 viewsAR Tetradrachm,
Obv. Head of Hermes to right, wearing close-fitting petasos.
Rev. ΑEΝΙON Goat standing to right, all within incuse square.
Pressed.
Ilya ProkopovMay 18, 2012
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Pertinax.jpgPertinax, ar denarius11 viewsCast. Seller"machthappy", almost all coins are fakes.Amir HMay 16, 2012
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Aleksander.jpgAlexander III, AR tetradrachm13 viewsCast. Seller"machthappy", almost all coins are fakes.Amir HMay 16, 2012
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AELIUS.jpgAelius, sestertius.14 viewsSestertius / Sesterz/ AELIUS SELTENHEIT RARR !
Aelius that need nose correction.
Ugly fake. Amir HMay 14, 2012
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PendantMed.jpgEncoplion6 viewsCast, bronze medieval bipartite cross pendant (Crucifix). The encolpion composed of two uniform halves and hinged at the top and bottom. Fake green patina. This cross was sold as original.Ilya ProkopovMay 14, 2012
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1869_100_Fr_copy.jpgNapoleon III20 views100 francs, 1869 - foure.Ilya ProkopovMay 14, 2012
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Hermes.jpgHermes19 viewsBronze, 13.15 mm; casting is made from an original statuette. From this mold made multiple copies. The patina in many cases seems reliable. This figurine was sold as original.
Ilya ProkopovMay 14, 2012
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