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Tyre, silver tetradrachm311 viewsAR tetradrachm
Obv:- Laureate head of Melqarth, lion's skin knotted at neck
Rev:- TYPOY IEPAΣ KAI AΣYΛOY, eagle standing left on beak of ship; in left field club and date monogram, monogram right field
Coin found in back yard in USA.
Hendin F918.6, which he lists as a fake Shekel of Tyre in his "Not Kosher".
Submitted by Maridvnvmmaridvnvm03/19/24 at 19:39John S20: I just found one exactly like this in an Auction i...
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Tyre, silver tetradrachm311 viewsAR tetradrachm
Obv:- Laureate head of Melqarth, lion's skin knotted at neck
Rev:- TYPOY IEPAΣ KAI AΣYΛOY, eagle standing left on beak of ship; in left field club and date monogram, monogram right field
Coin found in back yard in USA.
Hendin F918.6, which he lists as a fake Shekel of Tyre in his "Not Kosher".
Submitted by Maridvnvmmaridvnvm11/27/18 at 18:36Jonathan P4: I have a coin that's exactly like this but has...
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Kallatis, Moesia Inferior, Drachm84 viewsAR drachm (4.51g), Moesia Inferior. Kallatis, 3rd-2nd century BC.
Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress.
Rev: KALLATIA, Upright stalk of grain, club, and bow in case, with quiver; ethnic in middle.
AMNG I, 1, 97, 196; SNG BM #202; SNG Cop #176.
Offered on ebay by NFS mangizite-2008 as "Greek Coin"
Dec.2011mdelvalle10/01/18 at 16:46curtislclay: KAΛΛATIA misspelled KAΛATIA on reve...
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Babylon, Mesopotamia, Bronze49 viewsObv: Legend in Aramaic.
Baal seated left and holding sceptre.
Rev: Aramaic legends above and below.
Lion walking left.
12.7 gm 21.5 mm
Posted on FORVM where it was judged to be a probable modern cast fake. Apparently genuine examples were only struck in gold.*Alex07/08/18 at 10:49n.igma: Authentic examples are only in SILVER.
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Alexander III, 336 – 323 269 viewsGold plated Stater
Obv. Head of Athena r., wearing Corinthian helmet.
Rev. ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Nike standing l., holding wreath and stylus; in outer field l., V, and in lower field l., monogram.
Cast, made in Levant
Ilya Prokopov06/26/18 at 10:10Pekka K: In outer field left: N, in lower field left AT - m...
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Fake Alexander III AV Stater - Price 2078 Miletos 73 viewsObv. Helmeted head of Athena r.
Rev. Nike standing l. holding wreath and stylis.
This stater is reverse die linked to another fake example of Price 2078 that in turn is obverse die linked to a modern fake copying Price 3423 (Arados). AV stater die transfer between mints did not occur. The detail of the style of the obverse and reverse is modern. It is pressed from modern dies and is reverse die linked to a series of AV stater fakes purporting to be from the same mint. This series of fakes came to market in European auction houses commencing 2003 and over the subsequent decade. n.igma01/20/18 at 23:26n.igma: Of uncertain authenticity yes, but proven fake, no...
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Fake Alexander III AV Stater - Price 2078 Miletos 85 viewsObv. Helmeted head of Athena r.
Rev. Nike standing l. holding wreath and stylis.
Weight: 8.67 grams
This stater is reverse die linked to another fake example of Price 2078 that in turn is obverse die linked to a modern fake copying Price 3423 (Arados). AV stater die transfer between mints did not occur. The obverse die was also used to press and example of Price 2114 (Miletos) which occurs later in the Miletos series. The detail of the style of the obverse and reverse is modern. It is pressed from modern dies and is reverse die linked to a series of AV stater fakes purporting to be from the same mint. This series of fakes came to market in European auction houses commencing 2003 and over the subsequent decade. The weight of the coin is too high falling well outside the range (8.48-8.62 grams) of authentic Alexander III AV staters.n.igma01/17/18 at 22:15n.igma: Of uncertain authenticity yes, but proven fake, no...
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Fake Alexander III AV Stater - Price 2078 Miletos 82 viewsThis stater is reverse die linked to another fake example of Price 2078 that in turn is obverse die linked to a modern fake copying Price 3423 (Arados). AV stater die transfer between mints did not occur. The detail of the style of the obverse and reverse is modern. It is pressed from modern dies and is reverse die linked to a series of AV stater fakes purporting to be from the same mint. This series of fakes came to market in European auction houses commencing 2003 and over the subsequent decade. n.igma01/17/18 at 22:15n.igma: Of uncertain authenticity yes, but proven fake, no...
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Lysimachos96 viewsDrachm 4.1g. Magnesia ad meandrum.
Well known bulgarian fake
Offered in a reputable Spanish auction Nov. 2013paparoupa08/15/17 at 18:41Willem H: haha. I got this fake one..
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Alexander III70 viewsAlexander III Tetradrachm
Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress / BASILEWS AΛEΞANΔΡOY, Zeus seated left, legs uncrossed, holding eagle, H in left field, monogram beneath throne.
Modern reproduction created by Remoneda and advertised for sale on their website.
Cf. Price 3708 (monogram in wreath beneath throne, legend arrangement).peterpil1907/07/17 at 06:23Din X: This is from modern dies, too
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Alexander III75 viewsAlexander III Tetradrachm, Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress / AΛEΞANΔΡOY, Zeus seated left, legs uncrossed, holding eagle, caduceus in left field.
Fake created by Repromeda and advertised for sale as a reproduction on their website
peterpil1907/07/17 at 06:23Din X: I added modern dies
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Alexander III75 viewsAlexander III Tetradrachm, Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress / AΛEΞANΔΡOY, Zeus seated left, legs uncrossed, holding eagle, caduceus in left field.
Fake created by Repromeda and advertised for sale as a reproduction on their website
peterpil1907/06/17 at 10:19peterpil: Please fix above: modern reproduction of Price 99,...
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Fantasy Fake Baktrian Sophytes AV Stater73 viewsPurportedly derived from the Mir Zakah II Hoard this unique coin was condemned by Francois de Callataÿ in his analysis Pourquoi le «distatère en or au portrait d’Alexandre»
est très probablement un faux moderne in Revue Numismatique 2013 (Vol. 170)
Summary – The recent publication of the proceedings of the conference held in 2007 concerning the unique gold “distater” with the portrait of Alexander the Great (Holt, BopearaCHCHi 2011), including the eagerly awaited metal analyses, combined with the appearance of a critical review of that book (BraCey 2011), invites reconsideration of the problem by adding some new arguments, classified in decreasing order of their power of conviction. Out of the 17 presented arguments, two seem to us to create an impossibility while nine others make it unlikely that the piece could be genuine. In addition, reasons are given why the gold stater of Sophytes is surely a fake.n.igma02/26/17 at 23:08n.igma: Exhibited at Musée Archéologique Henri Prades – La...
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Antigonos Doson or Gonatos 74 viewsAntigonos Doson or Gonatos. modern fake tetradrachm, Slavey dies.
Obv: Wreathed head of Poseidon right.
Rev: BASILEWS ANTIGONOY on side of prow, upon which Apollo is sitting left, examining a bow in his outstretched hand; DS monogram below.
Type Sear 6789; AMNG III, 4.
Example on wildwinds with the correct monogram:
http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/macedonia/kings/antigonos_doson/AMNG_4cf.jpg
Although this coin is apparently slabbed in a pronged holder, this is NOT an NGC Ancients holder. helvetica07/20/16 at 13:02bpmurphy: Although this coin is apparently slabbed in a pron...
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Alexander III the Great263 viewsCast fake of an Alexander III the Great Silver Tetradrachm
15.1grams
Being sold on ebay as authentic June 2010 by silvercoins28.mihali8406/05/16 at 13:10Din X: overse IBSCC Bulletin on Counterfeits BOCS Vol 5 N...
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Alexander III the Great Tetradrachm Arados Price 3332233 viewsPoor modern cast fake of an Alexander III Great Silver Tetradrachm
low weight of 14.8g
Being sold on ebay June 2010 by silvercoins28
n.igma: Copying Arados Price 3332.mihali8406/05/16 at 13:09Din X: IBSCC Bulletin on Counterfeits BOCS Vol 5 No.1/2 1...
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Ptolemy Neos Dionysos, Ptolemy XII, silver tetradrachm444 viewsAR tetradrachm
Suspected as fake since being sold alongside many other fake items. Cannot determine if fake from image alone.
Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos. 80-51 BC. AR Tetradrachm. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, palm over shoulder; date to left, PA to right. SNG Copenhagen 381.
Sold by narendra98. maridvnvm09/13/15 at 12:10Matt Kreuzer: The silver over baser metal looks correct for the ...
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Macedonian Kingdom, Perseus or Philip V, 187 - 168 B.C., Tetrobol - Series of Fake Dies112 viewsMacedonian Kingdom, Perseus or Philip V, 187 - 168 B.C., Tetrobol - Series of Fake Dies
Chart assembled by Lacedaemon, he wrote:
The weights of the coins seem to be in generally the right area for coins of this type, about 2.4g.
Sometime around January I gathered as many images of this type of coin as I could find to see if there were die links between them. I found links between 9 obverse dies and 10 reverse dies.
I’ll upload the die comparison image I made. I hope it makes sense to others. It’s arranged so coins with the same obverse die run horizontally and reverse dies run vertically. The coins on red backgrounds were sold by notorious fake sellers, the ones not on red backgrounds are mostly from dealers.Joe Sermarini09/10/15 at 02:49imperialcoins: Every coin with a red background is an obvious fak...
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