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Offline Hydatius

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Alleged Philip II stater from Olympia
« on: July 05, 2022, 08:27:23 am »
A former student sent me these photos of a coin he and his uncle bought at a car boot sale in the UK. I think it provides a good example of all the tell-tale signs of forgery, including a really obvious seam around the edge. As you know this isn't my period of expertise, so I was hoping someone could add it to the Fakes Gallery with the appropriate data.
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Re: Alleged Philip II stater from Olympia
« Reply #1 on: July 05, 2022, 10:35:02 am »
Yes indeed, a modern cast forgery.

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Re: Alleged Philip II stater from Olympia
« Reply #2 on: July 20, 2022, 10:05:32 am »
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Re: Alleged Philip II stater from Olympia
« Reply #3 on: July 23, 2022, 09:49:49 am »
It is a cast fake, it was made by a German bank called Sparkasse and they are very common.
I do not know how it was possible to obtain them.
I have some too and wil try to get the complete set with description if it will be available for a really low price.
They sould not fool anyone.



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Re: Alleged Philip II stater from Olympia
« Reply #4 on: July 24, 2022, 03:13:56 am »
It is a cast fake, it was made by a German bank called Sparkasse and they are very common.
I do not know how it was possible to obtain them.
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In 1971 or 1972 as child I participated in a "Sparkasse Youth Olympic Competition" (Sparkassen Olympia-Jugendpreisausschreiben) related to the upcoming Olympic Games in Munich. I won a copy of the Athenian tetradrachm and a copy of a small African drum (I never knew what the drum had to do with the Olympic Games) :)
I was so fascinated by the tetradrachm that I knew that as an adult I would buy a real one. It took about 40 years until I did it :)

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Re: Alleged Philip II stater from Olympia
« Reply #5 on: August 02, 2022, 11:00:24 am »
Nice story antoninus1.

These will not fool experienced collectors, but they will fool most non-collectors. Fake coin reports please.
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