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Aigina, Tortoise Stater28 viewsAigina 350 BC AR Stater. Tortoise, with segmented shell  / Incuse square of skew pattern, with A-IΓI in top two squares. Dolphin in lower l. Good VF. Sold on ebay in Oct. 2003 by Quality Auctions. cf. BMC 190, Sotheby's 6044 #433.AnaximanderOct 29, 2019
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Neapolis, Stater, SNG Cop. 224. 17 viewsMacedon, Neapolis 525-450 BC AR Stater Gorgoneion facing. Â /Â Incuse punch, skewed square. VF. Sold on ebay in Oct. 2003 by Quality Auctions. SNG Cop. 224 AnaximanderOct 29, 2019
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Corinth, Corinthia, Greece, c. 450 - 415 B.C., Silver Stater31 viewsCorinth, Corinthia, Greece, c. 450 - 415 B.C., Silver Stater
8.694g, 19.9mm, 210 deg
Obv: Pegasos flying right, curved archaic style wings, koppa below
Rev: head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet, koppa behind (not fully struck), all in an incuse square
NGC determined NOT GENUINEJoe SermariniOct 29, 2019
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Rhodes Caria26 viewsCast tetradrachm, cast in copper.
Obv: Head of Helios facing slightly right.
Rev: POΔION above, rose without bud (unless it is the blob below). Φ over Θ (Phi over Theta) or patera in left field.
No genuine coin known with these letters in left field. Hill in NC 1930 (p. 296, no. 27 and plate XXI, describes a coin with a bud at lower left, with a Phi in the lower left field and a theta or patera in lower right field.
Sent to wildwinds for identification.
Copper core showing through in numerous places, casting signs (air holes) particularly on the reverse.
Same obverse die and same basic die (no Phi) as
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/albums/userpics/23798/Picture_36.pnghelveticaJul 21, 2019
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1/3 Stater Trite Electrum - Condemned by NGC171 viewsIonia/ Lydia - Uncertain Circa 680-650 BC.
EL Trite – 1/3 Stater 12mm 4.53g.
Lydo-Milesian standard.
Obv: Blank convex surface Rev: Two square punches with raised lines within.
Weidauer –, but cf. 4 (hecte); SNG Kayhan 673.
Sold by Lanz, returned after being condemned by NGC. Sold by Lanz again after cleaning off fake dirt.NemonaterJun 07, 2019
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Kroton, Bruttium, Italy - Robert Ready British Museum Electrotype (Galvanocopy)22 viewsBruttium, Kroton, Robert Ready British Museum Electrotype imitating Kroton, c. 280-277 BC, Stater, HNItaly 2178; SNG ANS 357. This is a copy made by the British Museum for study purposes.Joe SermariniApr 05, 2019
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Terina, Bruttium, Italy Silver Nomos - British Museum electrotype by Robert Ready (marked R on edge)23 viewsBRUTTIUM, Terina, electrotype copy of silver nomos of type (c.425-420 B.C.), (7.50 g), obv. female head to right, wreath around, rev. Nike seated right on hydria, holding kerykeion, bird behind, (S.-, Holloway & Jenkins 36 (this piece as the copy), HN Italy 2589). The edge has the letter R (Ready) into edge. Robert Cooper Ready and his sons made tens of thousands of electrotype copies of coins, medals and seals in the British Museum.Joe SermariniApr 05, 2019
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Messana, Sicily - Unsigned electrotype (British Museum?)21 viewsMessana, Sicily, Unsigned electrotype (British Museum?). charioteer driving biga of mules, Nike hovering above, rev. hare leaping right, dolphin below. Electrotype (galvanocopy). Joe SermariniApr 05, 2019
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Naxos, Sicily - Robert Ready Electrotype (Galvanocopy) Stamped R on Edge36 viewsTetradrachm of Naxos in Sicily c. 460 BC, head of Dionysos right, rev. ithyphallic Silenos squatting facing, holding kantharos, R (Robert Ready) on edgeJoe SermariniApr 05, 2019
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Athens, Greece - Robert Ready Electrotype36 viewsATTIQUE, ATHENES, AR décadrachme. Electrotype (1859-1901) par Robert Ready. D/ T. casquée d''Athéna à d., le casque orné d''un fleuron et de trois feuilles d''olivier. R/ ΑΘE Chouette de f., les ailes déployées. Dans le champ supérieur g., une branche d''olivier. BMC 40 (cet exemplaire). 46,76g Initiales RR sur la tranche.Joe SermariniApr 05, 2019
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Abdera Thrace, 346-336 BC, Silver Stater - Becker Forgery87 viewsTHRACE, Abdera. 346-336 BC. Silver Stater, Pausanias, magistrate. Griffin seated left, raising forepaw; above and below, magistrate's name EΠI ΠAYΣANIΩ / ABΔHPI-TEΩN, laureate head of Apollo right; all within shallow incuse square. May 467; AMNG II 139; Weber 2388.
Becker forgery circa 1830.Joe SermariniMar 23, 2019
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Thrace, Abdera, Silver Stater, Becker Forgery25 viewsTHRACE, Abdera. 346-336 BC. Silver Stater, Pausanias, magistrate. Griffin seated left, raising forepaw; above and below, magistrate's name EΠI ΠAYΣANIΩ / ABΔHPI-TEΩN, laureate head of Apollo right; all within shallow incuse square. May 467; AMNG II 139; Weber 2388.
Becker forgery circa 1830.Joe SermariniMar 23, 2019
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Thrace, Abdera, Silver Stater, Becker Forgery24 viewsTHRACE, Abdera. 346-336 BC. Silver Stater, Pausanias, magistrate. Griffin seated left, raising forepaw; above and below, magistrate's name EΠI ΠAYΣANIΩ / ABΔHPI-TEΩN, laureate head of Apollo right; all within shallow incuse square. May 467; AMNG II 139; Weber 2388.
Becker forgery circa 1830.Joe SermariniMar 23, 2019
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Attica, Athens29 viewsOb. Athena facing right; Rv. Owl with ATHEPaul SFeb 21, 2019
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Attica, Athens21 viewsob. Athena facing right; Rv. Owl with ATHEPaul SFeb 21, 2019
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Attica, Athens26 viewsOb. Athena facing right; Rv. Owl with AOTH.Paul SFeb 21, 2019
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Phoenicia, Tyre 335-334 BC. AR Shekel (Ozmilk – Azemilkos).25 viewsObverse: Deity, holding reins in right hand, arched bow in left, riding hippocamp right above two lines of waves; below, dolphin right.
Reverse: Owl standing right head facing, crook and flail in background, –O above, era date ||||| in right field.
Ref: E&E-T Group II.2.2.26; HGC 10, 349; DCA 918.
Offered on Ebay February 2019 (Sold for $104).AradosFeb 19, 2019
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AEGINA84 viewsAegina
24.5 mm. 4.2 mm height. 10.47 g. Sharp edge.
Cast with a strong seam. Joe SermariniFeb 10, 2019
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Apollonia Pontica392 viewsAR Drachm
Obv. Gorgoneion.
Rev. Inverted anchor, crayfish to right.
Fake coin – Varna I, " Studio.
Die matched to others in the Fakes Reports.
Withdrawn from auction in a highly reputable dealer's electronic auction.n.igmaFeb 08, 2019
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Thrace, Ainos AR Tetradrachm, Caprara Forgery26 viewsCaprara Forgery of a Thrace, Ainos AR Tetradrachm. Circa AD 1820. Head of Hermes facing slightly left, wearing petasos / Goat standing right; AINION above, helmet before. P. Kinns, The Caprara Forgeries (1984), pl. 1, 5a; for prototype, cf. SNG Ashmolean 3552. 16.96g, 30mm, 7h.
Caprara was a modern counterfeiter of Greek coins, who was active in Smyrna and Syros in the 1820s. Many of his forgeries have until now been widely regarded as genuine ancient coins. Joe SermariniDec 26, 2018
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Sicily, Himera as Thermai Himerensis, c. 367-350 BC. Æ Hemilitron, Geniune Host (Top) and Cast Fake (Bottom)26 viewsSicily, Himera as Thermai Himerensis, c. 367-350 BC. ÆHemilitron (19mm, 7.77g, 9h). Head of Hera l., wearing ornate polos; star r. R/ Head of Herakles l., wearing lion skin. CNS I 1 var. (no star); HGC 2 1618; SNG ANS -
Top coin is believed to be genuine and the host coin for these fakes (duplicates known, see other reports). The host coin is ex CNG 97 lot 52, Peus 407 lot 271.Joe SermariniDec 10, 2018
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Sicily, Himera as Thermai Himerensis, c. 367-350 BC. Æ Hemilitron, Cast Fake22 viewsSicily, Himera as Thermai Himerensis, c. 367-350 BC. ÆHemilitron (19mm, 8.10g, 9h). Head of Hera l., wearing ornate polos; star r. R/ Head of Herakles l., wearing lion skin. CNS I 1 var. (no star); HGC 2 1618; SNG ANS -
Cast fake of a genuine coin known from duplicates (see other reports) and from host coin CNG 97 lot 52, Peus 407 lot 271.Joe SermariniDec 10, 2018
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Greek - Bruttium - The Brettii - Dies by Carl Wilhelm Becker, 1772-183015 viewsGREEK, Bruttium. The Brettii. Time of the Second Punic War, circa 221-201 BC. AR "AV Drachm" (16mm, 3.26 g, 12h). Dies by Carl Wilhelm Becker, 1772-1830. Original issue struck circa 213-205 BC. Bearded head of Poseidon left, wearing tainia, trident behind; dolphin below / BPETTIΩN in exergue, hippocamp right on which Amphitrite is seated left, holding Eros in extended right hand, who stands left drawing a bow. Hill, Becker 12. Good VF.
Dies by Carl Wilhelm Becker, 1772-1830. Nikola KNov 29, 2018
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Greek - Baktria - Antimachos I Theos - British Museum electrotype (marked [MB] on reverse)31 viewsORIENTAL GREEK, Baktria. Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Antimachos I Theos. Circa 180-170 BC. "AR Tetradrachm" (33mm, 15.90 g, 12h). British Museum electrotype (marked [MB] on reverse). Diademed and draped bust right, wearing kausia / Poseidon, laureate, standing facing, holding trident and filleted palm; monogram to inner right. Cf. GPCG Period V A 20 and pl. 33, 20 (for prototype); Head, Guide Period V A 25 and pl. V, a. 25. As Issued.
British Museum electrotype (marked [MB] on reverse)Nikola KNov 29, 2018
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