Fake Ancient Greek Coins: Archaic and Classical
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Apollonia Pontica, Thrace, silver diobol89 viewsAR diobol, 400-350 BC
Obv:- Laureate head of Apollo facing
Rev:- Inverted anchor; A to left, crayfish to right
Part of the now infamous "Black Sea Hoard". At the time of printing the BOC considered these to be ancient imitations. Current thinking based on more recent evidence is that they are of modern Bulgarian manufacture.
They differ in style from real examples and whilst there are numerous die matches between the coins in the hoard, there are no die matched with known examples from outside the hoard. Subsequent "hoards", loosely called the "New York Hoard" and others, have also come to light in more recent times. The existence of so many (there are many thousands of them) diobols from Apollonia Pontica and Mesembria that have been placed into the market makes purchasing original examples relatively challenging and the area of collecting these types should be made with some caution.
Published in the IAPN BOC Vol 15, No. 1 in 1990
Image used with permission of IAPNmaridvnvm
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Apollonia Pontica, Thrace, silver diobol88 viewsAR diobol, 400-350 BC
Obv:- Laureate head of Apollo facing
Rev:- Inverted anchor; A to left, crayfish to right
Part of the now infamous "Black Sea Hoard". At the time of printing the BOC considered these to be ancient imitations. Current thinking based on more recent evidence is that they are of modern Bulgarian manufacture.
They differ in style from real examples and whilst there are numerous die matches between the coins in the hoard, there are no die matched with known examples from outside the hoard. Subsequent "hoards", loosely called the "New York Hoard" and others, have also come to light in more recent times. The existence of so many (there are many thousands of them) diobols from Apollonia Pontica and Mesembria that have been placed into the market makes purchasing original examples relatively challenging and the area of collecting these types should be made with some caution.
Published in the IAPN BOC Vol 15, No. 1 in 1990
Image used with permission of IAPNmaridvnvm
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Apollonia Pontica, Thrace, silver diobol95 viewsAR diobol, 400-350 BC
Obv:- Laureate head of Apollo facing
Rev:- Inverted anchor; A to left, crayfish to right
Part of the now infamous "Black Sea Hoard". At the time of printing the BOC considered these to be ancient imitations. Current thinking based on more recent evidence is that they are of modern Bulgarian manufacture.
They differ in style from real examples and whilst there are numerous die matches between the coins in the hoard, there are no die matched with known examples from outside the hoard. Subsequent "hoards", loosely called the "New York Hoard" and others, have also come to light in more recent times. The existence of so many (there are many thousands of them) diobols from Apollonia Pontica and Mesembria that have been placed into the market makes purchasing original examples relatively challenging and the area of collecting these types should be made with some caution.
Published in the IAPN BOC Vol 15, No. 1 in 1990
Image used with permission of IAPNmaridvnvm
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Apollonia Pontica, Thrace, silver diobol79 viewsAR diobol, 400-350 BC
Obv:- Laureate head of Apollo facing
Rev:- Inverted anchor; A to left, crayfish to right
Part of the now infamous "Black Sea Hoard". At the time of printing the BOC considered these to be ancient imitations. Current thinking based on more recent evidence is that they are of modern Bulgarian manufacture.
They differ in style from real examples and whilst there are numerous die matches between the coins in the hoard, there are no die matched with known examples from outside the hoard. Subsequent "hoards", loosely called the "New York Hoard" and others, have also come to light in more recent times. The existence of so many (there are many thousands of them) diobols from Apollonia Pontica and Mesembria that have been placed into the market makes purchasing original examples relatively challenging and the area of collecting these types should be made with some caution.
Published in the IAPN BOC Vol 15, No. 1 in 1990
Image used with permission of IAPNmaridvnvm
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Apollonia Pontica, Thrace, silver diobol86 viewsAR diobol, 400-350 BC
Obv:- Laureate head of Apollo facing
Rev:- Inverted anchor; A to left, crayfish to right
Part of the now infamous "Black Sea Hoard". At the time of printing the BOC considered these to be ancient imitations. Current thinking based on more recent evidence is that they are of modern Bulgarian manufacture.
They differ in style from real examples and whilst there are numerous die matches between the coins in the hoard, there are no die matched with known examples from outside the hoard. Subsequent "hoards", loosely called the "New York Hoard" and others, have also come to light in more recent times. The existence of so many (there are many thousands of them) diobols from Apollonia Pontica and Mesembria that have been placed into the market makes purchasing original examples relatively challenging and the area of collecting these types should be made with some caution.
Published in the IAPN BOC Vol 15, No. 1 in 1990
Image used with permission of IAPNmaridvnvm
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Apollonia Pontica, Thrace, silver diobol74 viewsAR diobol, 400-350 BC
Obv:- Laureate head of Apollo facing
Rev:- Inverted anchor; A to left, crayfish to right
Part of the now infamous "Black Sea Hoard". At the time of printing the BOC considered these to be ancient imitations. Current thinking based on more recent evidence is that they are of modern Bulgarian manufacture.
They differ in style from real examples and whilst there are numerous die matches between the coins in the hoard, there are no die matched with known examples from outside the hoard. Subsequent "hoards", loosely called the "New York Hoard" and others, have also come to light in more recent times. The existence of so many (there are many thousands of them) diobols from Apollonia Pontica and Mesembria that have been placed into the market makes purchasing original examples relatively challenging and the area of collecting these types should be made with some caution.
Published in the IAPN BOC Vol 15, No. 1 in 1990
Image used with permission of IAPNmaridvnvm
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Apollonia Pontica, Thrace, silver diobol87 viewsAR diobol, 400-350 BC
Obv:- Laureate head of Apollo facing
Rev:- Inverted anchor; A to left, crayfish to right
Part of the now infamous "Black Sea Hoard". At the time of printing the BOC considered these to be ancient imitations. Current thinking based on more recent evidence is that they are of modern Bulgarian manufacture.
They differ in style from real examples and whilst there are numerous die matches between the coins in the hoard, there are no die matched with known examples from outside the hoard. Subsequent "hoards", loosely called the "New York Hoard" and others, have also come to light in more recent times. The existence of so many (there are many thousands of them) diobols from Apollonia Pontica and Mesembria that have been placed into the market makes purchasing original examples relatively challenging and the area of collecting these types should be made with some caution.
Published in the IAPN BOC Vol 15, No. 1 in 1990
Image used with permission of IAPNmaridvnvm
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Apollonia Pontica, Thrace, silver diobol78 viewsAR diobol, 400-350 BC
Obv:- Laureate head of Apollo facing
Rev:- Inverted anchor; A to left, crayfish to right
Part of the now infamous "Black Sea Hoard". At the time of printing the BOC considered these to be ancient imitations. Current thinking based on more recent evidence is that they are of modern Bulgarian manufacture.
They differ in style from real examples and whilst there are numerous die matches between the coins in the hoard, there are no die matched with known examples from outside the hoard. Subsequent "hoards", loosely called the "New York Hoard" and others, have also come to light in more recent times. The existence of so many (there are many thousands of them) diobols from Apollonia Pontica and Mesembria that have been placed into the market makes purchasing original examples relatively challenging and the area of collecting these types should be made with some caution.
Published in the IAPN BOC Vol 15, No. 1 in 1990
Image used with permission of IAPNmaridvnvm
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Apollonia Pontica, Thrace, silver diobol85 viewsAR diobol, 400-350 BC
Obv:- Laureate head of Apollo facing
Rev:- Inverted anchor; A to left, crayfish to right
Part of the now infamous "Black Sea Hoard". At the time of printing the BOC considered these to be ancient imitations. Current thinking based on more recent evidence is that they are of modern Bulgarian manufacture.
They differ in style from real examples and whilst there are numerous die matches between the coins in the hoard, there are no die matched with known examples from outside the hoard. Subsequent "hoards", loosely called the "New York Hoard" and others, have also come to light in more recent times. The existence of so many (there are many thousands of them) diobols from Apollonia Pontica and Mesembria that have been placed into the market makes purchasing original examples relatively challenging and the area of collecting these types should be made with some caution.
Published in the IAPN BOC Vol 15, No. 1 in 1990
Image used with permission of IAPNmaridvnvm
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Apollonia Pontica, Thrace, silver diobol84 viewsAR diobol, 400-350 BC
Obv:- Laureate head of Apollo facing
Rev:- Inverted anchor; A to left, crayfish to right
Part of the now infamous "Black Sea Hoard". At the time of printing the BOC considered these to be ancient imitations. Current thinking based on more recent evidence is that they are of modern Bulgarian manufacture.
They differ in style from real examples and whilst there are numerous die matches between the coins in the hoard, there are no die matched with known examples from outside the hoard. Subsequent "hoards", loosely called the "New York Hoard" and others, have also come to light in more recent times. The existence of so many (there are many thousands of them) diobols from Apollonia Pontica and Mesembria that have been placed into the market makes purchasing original examples relatively challenging and the area of collecting these types should be made with some caution.
Published in the IAPN BOC Vol 15, No. 1 in 1990
Image used with permission of IAPNmaridvnvm
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Apollonia Pontica, Thrace, silver diobol91 viewsAR diobol, 400-350 BC
Obv:- Laureate head of Apollo facing
Rev:- Inverted anchor; A to left, crayfish to right
Part of the now infamous "Black Sea Hoard". At the time of printing the BOC considered these to be ancient imitations. Current thinking based on more recent evidence is that they are of modern Bulgarian manufacture.
They differ in style from real examples and whilst there are numerous die matches between the coins in the hoard, there are no die matched with known examples from outside the hoard. Subsequent "hoards", loosely called the "New York Hoard" and others, have also come to light in more recent times. The existence of so many (there are many thousands of them) diobols from Apollonia Pontica and Mesembria that have been placed into the market makes purchasing original examples relatively challenging and the area of collecting these types should be made with some caution.
Published in the IAPN BOC Vol 15, No. 1 in 1990
Image used with permission of IAPNmaridvnvm
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Apollonia Pontica, Thrace, silver diobol120 viewsAR diobol, 400-350 BC
Obv:- Laureate head of Apollo facing
Rev:- Inverted anchor; A to left, crayfish to right
Part of the now infamous "Black Sea Hoard". At the time of printing the BOC considered these to be ancient imitations. Current thinking based on more recent evidence is that they are of modern Bulgarian manufacture.
They differ in style from real examples and whilst there are numerous die matches between the coins in the hoard, there are no die matched with known examples from outside the hoard. Subsequent "hoards", loosely called the "New York Hoard" and others, have also come to light in more recent times. The existence of so many (there are many thousands of them) diobols from Apollonia Pontica and Mesembria that have been placed into the market makes purchasing original examples relatively challenging and the area of collecting these types should be made with some caution.
These coins published after Frank Kovacs published an article in the Celator explaining that he had bought two examples in the National Historical Museum in Sofia for $3 each, which in turn turned out to be die matches to the original hoard confirming them as all being modern fakes.
Published in the IAPN BOC Vol 18, No. 1 in 1993
Image used with permission of IAPNmaridvnvm
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Apollonia Pontica, Thrace, silver diobol96 viewsAR diobol, 400-350 BC
Obv:- Laureate head of Apollo facing
Rev:- Inverted anchor; A to left, crayfish to right
Part of the now infamous "Black Sea Hoard". At the time of printing the BOC considered these to be ancient imitations. Current thinking based on more recent evidence is that they are of modern Bulgarian manufacture.
They differ in style from real examples and whilst there are numerous die matches between the coins in the hoard, there are no die matched with known examples from outside the hoard. Subsequent "hoards", loosely called the "New York Hoard" and others, have also come to light in more recent times. The existence of so many (there are many thousands of them) diobols from Apollonia Pontica and Mesembria that have been placed into the market makes purchasing original examples relatively challenging and the area of collecting these types should be made with some caution.
These coins published after Frank Kovacs published an article in the Celator explaining that he had bought two examples in the National Historical Museum in Sofia for $3 each, which in turn turned out to be die matches to the original hoard confirming them as all being modern fakes.
Published in the IAPN BOC Vol 18, No. 1 in 1993
Image used with permission of IAPNmaridvnvm
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Apollonia Pontika 130 viewsAR diobol, 400-350 BC
Obv: Laureate head of Apollo facing
Rev: Inverted anchor; A to left, crayfish to right
Cast "Dimitrovgrad Studio".
Ilya Prokopov
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Apollonia Pontika166 viewsApollonia Pontika, Black Sea area AR Drachm Choice EF 450-400 BC 3.40gm Anchor with crayfish and letter A / Gorgoneion facing with protruding tongue; Sear 1655, SNG Black Sea 153/156. purchased on eBay
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Apollonia Pontika71 viewsFake AR diobol of Apollonia, Pontika from Black Sea Hoard, 1989
obv: Apollo, facing
rev: anchor, A to l., crawfish pointing diagonally upward with tail at 4 o'clock, to r.
cast from modern dies; of Bulgarian manufacturecommodus
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Apollonia Pontika92 viewsFake AR diobol of Apollonia, Pontika from Black Sea Hoard, 1989
obv: Apollo, facing
rev: anchor, A to l., crawfish pointing diagonally upward with tail at 4 o'clock, to r. (rev upside down in photo)
cast (?) from modern dies; of Bulgarian manufacture
Sold on ebay as authentic, 2002commodus
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Apollonia Pontika86 viewsSelling as a copy on Ebay, Nov 2011
Sellers desc:
APOLLONIA PONTIKA , TETRADRACHM , SOUVENIR ,
COPPER + SILVER, SOUVENIR ,
COPPER + SILVER
26mm. / 16gr.SRukke
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Apollonia Pontika 95 viewsTetradrachm (Billon according to the seller)
25 mm - 14 gr.
Obv: Laureate head of Apollo r.
Rev: KLEOKRATHS (Magistrate), Anchor. to l., A, to r., crayfish.
Offered on ebay as genuine by antares27
Nov/2011mdelvalle
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Apollonia Pontika ( Pontica ) - Thrace 128 viewsAR Tetradrachm - Kleokrates magistrate
Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo right;
Reverse: KLEOKRATHS Upright anchor; "A" w/ crayfish
Dirtfisher
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Apollonia Pontika 5 c.BC392 viewsAR Drachms/triobols
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Struck/pressed, "Varna-1 Studio". Ilya Prokopov
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Apollonia Pontika Drachm275 views"New York Hoard" counterfeit of Apollonia Pontika Drachm per a reputable numismatist.
Vitruvius
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Apollonia Pontika fake drachm, "New York hoard"333 viewsTHRACE, Apollonia Pontika. Circa 5th-4th BC. Fake silver drachm from the so-called "New York hoard."
14mm, 3.3 grammes.
Obverse: Gorgoneion.
Reverse: Anchor, crayfish to left, A to right.
See also Reid Goldsborough's web page at http://rg.ancients.info/bulgarian_school/forgeries.htmlmoonmoth
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Apollonia Pontika, early 4th century154 viewsAR Drachm.
Obv. Head of the Gprgona Medusa facing with open mouth and extended tongue.
Rev. Anchor with small crayfish to right.
Struck, "Varna 1 Studio"Ilya Prokopov
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