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Toronto Group - Macedonian Kingdom, Alexander III, the Great, 336-323 BC, 4dr, Mesembria, Price 1180267 viewsMacedonian Kingdom, Alexander III, the Great, 336-323 BC, 4dr, Mesembria, Price 1180
AR tetradrachm
Head Herakles right in lion's skin headdress / Zeus seated left holding eagle and sceptre
At higher resolution, one can see clear casting pits. There is evidence that the obverse has been tooled to remove casting flaws. The devices and lettering are soft. This Toronto Group forgery was offered under the name "Oceans purity".
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Toronto Group - Thrace, Thasos, 148 BC or later266 viewsAR tetradrachm
Head of young Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy and with band across forehead / HPAKΔEOYΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ ΘAΣIΩN, Naked Herakles standing left, holding club, lion's skin over left arm. Monogram lower left field.
Sear 1759
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Cavino - Augustus, "PADUAN" after Giovanni Cavino. 1500-1570. Divus Augustus. Æ "Sestertius"265 views[Paduan medals] "PADUAN" after Giovanni Cavino. 1500-1570. Divus Augustus. Æ "Sestertius" (33mm, 16.24 g). Laureate head left / OB CIVES SER in three lines within wreath supported by capricorns. Klawans p. 22, 1; Lawrence 4. VF, dark brown patina. Late aftercast
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Cavino - Tiberius. Æ "Sestertius"264 views[Paduan medals] "PADUAN" after Giovanni Cavino. 1500-1570. Tiberius. Æ "Sestertius" (33mm, 22.21 g). Bare head left, with slight beard / Altar of Lugdunum. Klawans p. 27, 2; Lawrence 5. VF, patina stripped, surfaces a little rough, some encrustation. Late aftercast.
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Becker - Antonia, Denarius, RIC 66262 viewsObv:- ANTONIA AVGVSTA - Laureate bust of Antonia, draped and to right
Rev:- CONSTANTIAE AVGVSTI Antonia standing facing, draped as Constantia, holding long torch and cornucopia
Ref:- RIC I 66 (r2) Rare, page 124 - BMC 111 - SEAR RCV I (2000), #1900, page 375
A copy made by Becker circa 1830.
Sold on ebay December 2006.
Submitted by Maridvnvm maridvnvm
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Becker - Sicily, Syracuse, 140260 viewsAR tetradrachm, by Eumenos
ΣYPAKOΣION, female head left wearing earring and necklace; hair rolled; across front of head, ampyx, on which EVMHNOY; around, four dolphins / quadriga left, driven by charioteer, holding goad and reins; horses galloping in-step; above, Nike flying right, carrying an untied wreath, and about to crown the charioteer; border of dots
BMC Sicily 140; Sear 935
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Cavino - Galba. Æ "Sestertius"258 views[Paduan medals] "PADUAN" after Giovanni Cavino. 1500-1570. Galba. Æ "Sestertius" (34mm, 26.45 g). Laureate and draped bust right / Galba standing left on low platform, saluting troops. Klawans p. 51, 3/4 (obverse of 3, reverse of 4); cf. Lawrence 13. VF, brown patina. Early aftercast.
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Becker - Sicily, Messana, 425-396 BC253 viewsAR tetradrachm
MEΣΣANIΩ N, hare running left; beneath, eagle left, standing on rock and devouring serpent: border of dots / Biga of mules driven left; mules walking; above, Nike right holding wreath and caduceus; in exg, long fish left; on line of exg, name of artist [KIMΩN?]: border of dots
BMC Sicily, pg 105, #56; Sear -
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Becker - Sicily, Syracuse, 152252 viewsAR tetradrachm, by Eumenos and Euth----
ΣYPAKOΣIΩN, female head left, wearing earring and necklace; hair bound with sphendone, tied above and ornamented with stars; in field below, EVMENOV; around, four dolphins / quadriga right, driven by naked wigned youth, looking upwards towards Nike, flying left, who crowns him; in exg, EYΘ, and Skylla swimming right, her right arm extended towards a fish, which swims before her, her left holding a trident over her shoulder; behind her, a dolphin right: border of dots
BMC Sicily 152
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Becker - Thebes, silver tetradrachm252 viewsAR tetradrachm, Time of Demetrios Poliorketes. c. 288-284 BC
Laureate head of Zeus right / BOIΩTΩN, Poseidon enthroned left, holds dolphin and trident; Boeotian shield on side of throne
Sear 2402
A copy made by Becker circa 1830. Sold on ebay December 2006.
Submitted by Maridvnvm
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Toronto Group - Thrace, Thasos, 510-490 BC250 viewsAR stater, flat fabric
Naked ithyphallic satyr in kneeling-running attitude right, carrying in his arms a struggling nymph who raises her right hand in protest / quadripartite incuse square, sometimes resembling swastika pattern
Sear 1357; Prokopov, Modern Counterfeits..., 2003, #12
Obv: Nude, ithyphallic satyr carrying off protesting nymph to right
Rev: Quadripartite incuse.
Ref: SNGCop 1008.1 - SNGCop 1019
Sold on Ebay in a one day private auction by the Toronto Group.
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Toronto Group - Aiolis, Myrina, 2nd century BC250 viewsAR tetradrachm, cast
Laureate head of Apollo of Grynion right / Apollo of Grynion standing holding a phiale and laurel-branch with fillets; omphalos and amphora at feet; monogram and the word ΜΥΡΙΝΑΙΩΝ (Myrina) all within laurel-wreath
Sear 4216
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Elis, Zakynthos, Becker, Hill 65 250 viewsElis, Zakynthos, Becker, Hill 65
Obv:- Laureate head of Apollo right
Rev:- Tripod
Sold as genuine on ebay April 2008
Submitted by Maridvnvm maridvnvm
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Panduan - Domitian, Sestertius, Paduan , cast copy249 viewsDomitian AE Paduan Sestertius (fake of a collectable fake)
Obverse: Portrait of Domitian facing right.
Reverse:. Domitian steated left on a low platform , hand extended to give incense to togate figure and small child. Tetrastyle temple in background.
Weight: 21.5g Size: 34mm dia se: Portrait of Domitian facing right.
Reverse:. Domitian steated left on a low platform , hand extended to give incense to togate figure and small child. Tetrastyle temple in background.
Weight: 21.5g Size: 34mm dia
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Lipanoff Studio - THEODOSIUS II249 viewsAV Solidus 20/20 mm; 4,511 g
Obv. DN THEODO SIVS PF AVG. Cuir. and helmeted, Pearl-diademed bust three-quarters facing, holding spear on r. shoulder and shield in l. hand.
Rev. GLOR ORVI S TERRAR H. Emperor standing facing l., holding labarum in r. hand and globe with long cross in l., in l. field – star. In ex., CONOB.
"Lipanoff Studio"
Published: Sofia 2005, no.70
Ilya Prokopov
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Toronto Group - Pamphylia, Aspendos, Stater, Sear 5390247 viewsObv: 2 wrestlers grappling, BC between
Rev: Slinger advancing right, about throw, triskeles before, all in dotted square within incuse.
ESTFEΔIIY to left
Date: Circa 350 BC
Ref: Sear 5390, SNGFr_105
Sold on Ebay as authentic by "goldnrome". Toronto Group forgery.
Submitted by Bluefish
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Becker - Julia Paula, Denarius, RIC ??246 viewsObv: IVLIA PAVLA AVG, Bare headed, draped bust of Julia right
Rev: IMP ANTONINVS AVG, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus right
Ref: RIC ??, RSC ??, Sear ???
A copy made by Becker circa 1830.
Sold on ebay December 2006.
Submitted by Maridvnvm maridvnvm
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Cavino - Nero246 viewsNero. Cast Paduan AE sestertius after Giovanni Cavino (1500-1570), 34mm, 21.03g.
obv: NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER PM TR P IMP PP, laureate bust right, wearing aegis
rev: AVGVSTI POR OST S-C Harbor of Ostia from above, 8 ships within, pharos at top surmounted by statue of Neptune, reclining figure of Tiber at below, holding rudder & dolphin
cf: RIC 178, Sear 5, 1953; also Klawans 1.
Later cast.commodus
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Rosa - Antoninus Pius, Sestertius, RIC 742245 viewsObv: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, Head of Antoninus Pius, laureate, r.
Rev: BRITANNIA/ S C, Britannia, bare-headed, std. l. on rock, holding standard in r. hand and resting l. elbow on round, spiked, shield set on helmet; a spear rests against her l. arm
Date: 143-144 AD
Ref: RIC 742, BMC 1637
Offered on Ebay as a ROSA copy.
Submitted by Maridvnvm maridvnvm
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Cavino - Tiberius. Æ Struck "Sestertius"245 views[Paduan medals] "PADUAN" after Giovanni Cavino. 1500-1570. Tiberius. Æ Struck "Sestertius" (34mm, 23.21 g). Laureate head left / Legend around large SC. Cf. Klawans p. 30, 1 ('sestertius" of Livia, same reverse die); Lawrence -. VF, dark brown patina with some green encrustation around the devices, bulged obverse with an unusual square depression before the bust, some smoothing on the obverse.
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Antiquanova - Brutus, Marcus Junius (Gens Junia)243 viewsAntiquanova replica of Gens Junia AR denarius of M. Junius Brutus, assasin of Julius Caesar. Coin this imitates commemorates that event and is widely known as the "Eid Mar denarius," referring to the Ides of March on which Caesar was killed.
Struck replica, AR: 4g, 19mm
obv: BRVT IMP L PLAET CEST head of Brutus, r.
rev: EID MAR liberty cap at center, downward pointing knives to each side
exists also in tin (variable weights). AR examples marked with incuse Gothic S replica mark (initial of engraver Petr Sousek), usually stamped above liberty cap on rev, but examples also known with mark stamped at 5 o'clock on obv. Stamping of incuse replica mark done post striking. Tin examples not so marked.commodus
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Cavino - Otho. Æ "Sestertius"242 views[Paduan medals] "PADUAN" after Giovanni Cavino. 1500-1570. Otho. Æ "Sestertius" (35mm, 23.62 g). Bare head right / Otho greeting troops, altar before, standards behind. Klawans p. 54, 3; Lawrence 23 var. (obverse legend). VF, golden-brown patina, minor roughness in fields. Early aftercast.
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Cavino - Otho. Æ "Sestertius"238 views[Paduan medals] "PADUAN" after Giovanni Cavino. 1500-1570. Otho. Æ "Sestertius" (36mm, 24.31 g). Bare head right / Otho greeting troops, altar before, standards behind. Klawans p. 54, 3; Lawrence 23 var. (obverse legend). VF, dark brown patina, light scratches in fields. Early aftercast
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Becker - Plotina, Denarius, RIC 730238 viewsObv: PLOTINA AVG IMP TRAIANI Draped bust of Plotina to right, wearing stephane and with her hair bound in a queue at the back
Rev: CAES AVG GERMA DAC COS VI P P Vesta seated left, holding palladium in her right hand and transverse scepter in her left
Ref: RIC 730
A copy made by Becker circa 1830.
Sold on ebay July 2006.
Submitted by Maridvnvm maridvnvm
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