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176 viewsdjmacdo
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54 viewsCast fake of Tarsos stater. Depicts Pharnabazos as Ares on obverse, and Arethusa on the reverse. Cast marks are especially prevalent on the reverse, obverse die match with ebay fake.Ryan L
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27 viewsC. 470-440 BC

Obverse: Eagle standing left.

Reverse: Crab.

Ref: Randazzo 13

Weight: 16.82g

Size: 26mm

Comments: There seems to be only one obverse die with the claws of the eagle exactly like this one in Ulla Westermark, "The Coinage of Akragas and this is O10.
This is a problem, because the N is recut wrong in the transfer die and so different on the authentic coins!
The wrong recut N only found on the transfer die fakes :(
The surface are unusual and soapy indicating it could be a cast fake.
There are unusual artifacts on the obverse and reverse, and are not found on authentic coins so they must be either die flaws in the transfer dies or casting defects or lumps. The weight is slightly lower than is typically found. There are no remnant/evidence of casting sprues typically found on these coins.


paul1888
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Ainos 5 c. BC270 views
AR Tetradrachm.
Obv. Head of Hermes to right, wearing close-fitting petasos.
Rev. ΑΙΝΙ (retrograde) Goat standing to right, all within incuse square.
Pekka K
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Apollonia Pontica391 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Withdrawn from auction in a highly reputable dealer's electronic auction.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.igma
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Zankle, Messana181 viewsScratch from transfer die was transferred to the fake made with it

Sicily, Zankle-Messana AR Litra. Circa 500-493 BC. ????L?, dolphin swimming left within crescent harbour, dotted border within plain double border / Nine-part incuse square with cockle shell at centre. Gielow 72-78; SNG Lloyd 1078; SNG Ashmolean 1819
Din X
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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.
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ABDERA439 viewsAR Stater; 25/23 mm.
Obv. ΑΒΔΗ / ΡΙΤΕΩΝ above and below. Griffin seated r.
Rev. ΕΠΙΔΗ / ΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ either side of laur. hd. of Apollo r.
Struck. Die-engraver “Haskovo I, Slavey”
Published: Sofia 2003, p.9, No.2
Ilya Prokopov
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Abdera3772 viewsObv: - Griffin seated l.
Rev: - ΑΒΔΗ / ΡΙΤΕΩΝ either side of laur. hd. of Apollo r.
Greek Stater of Abdera copy
mihali84
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Abdera115 viewsAR Stater
Obv. ΕΠΙΠ / ΟLIFANTΟΥ;Laureate head of Apollo r.
Rev. ABΔH / PITEΩN, Griffin springing l.
May, Group CXXXVII, Pl. XXIV, p. 293, no. 539 (for nominal drachm).
Bad style of image and caption.
Pressed.
Ilya Prokopov
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Abdera (c.411/10-386/5 B.C.), THRACE.150 viewsAR Stater, 22mm; 10.8g.
Obv. Griffin, with curved wings, crouching to left on ground, raising its right foreleg. Rev. EΠ APIΣTAΓOPEΩ, young Dionysos seated left on the back of a panther advancing to right, holding a kantharos and a thyrsos, all within a shallow incuse square.
Produced by electroplating. Two halves are glued. Then covered with silver.
Information provided kindly by Dr. E. Paunov - Curator of the numismatic collection of the Sofia Metropolitan Museum.
Ilya Prokopov
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Abdera (thrace), AR Tetradrachm, ca 450 B.C.587 viewsObv:- Griffin seated left with right forepaw raised
Rev:- City's name around quadripartitie square; all within an incuse square.

A very free adaptation of May's Group III. The obverse should have a symbol to the left of the Griffin though the serious mistake is the ethnic on the reverse. Abdera never displayed the city name in the way it was done at Akanthos from where this reverse was clearly copied. On coins from Abdera we find magistrates' names instead.

Part of a group of counterfeits that appeared in the catalog of an American specialist in US coins..The coins were all struck from modern dies.

Published in the IAPN BOC Vol 16, No. 1 in 1991 - Example 2
Image used with permission of IAPN
maridvnvm
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Abdera - 473BC – 448BC Silver Tetradrachm570 viewsStruck copy, .999 Silver, 17.05 gr. Bought in 2006 on Ebey as exact copy. Came from Athens, Greece.
Silver tetradrachm, 465-450 BC
OBVERSE: Griffin seated left , rig.999 Silver ht foreleg raised.ΚΑ-ΛΛ-ΙΔΑ-ΜΑΣ (KA-LL-IDA-MAS) around.
REVERSE: ABD-HR-IT-ΟN (ΑΒΔΗΡΙΤΩΝ) around small quadripartite incuse square, all within incuse square.
Antonivs Protti
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ABDERA 4 c.BC433 viewsAR Drachm
Cast, "SW Studio".
Ilya Prokopov
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Abdera Thrace Drachm107 viewsDiameter: ~ 15 mm
Weight: ~ 3 g
SRukke
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Abdera Thrace Griffin121 viewsAbdera, Thrace. Circa 500-480 BC. AR Oktadrachm. Griffin seated left, right forepaw raised; Rough quadripartite incuse square. The coin is made of silver.
Sold as a replics from Bulgaria on Ebay Jan 2014
SRukke
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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 Sermarini
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Abdera, drachm519 viewsObv:- Janiform head of bald and bearded Satyr
Rev:- Griffon crouching left, ABΔH above

Modern reproduction

Sold without warranty on ebay May 2009
maridvnvm
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Abdera, silver stater515 viewsObv:- EPI/PAYSNIOY, Griffon crouching left
Rev:- ABDERI-TEWN, Laureate head of Apollo right in incuse square

Sold as a replica on ebay August 2008.
maridvnvm
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Abdera, silver tetradrachm1102 viewsObv: ABΔH
Griffin to the left seated before him a bee
Rev: EΠIΦΙΛAΔOΣ
Herakles seated on rock left, holding club and lion-skin. Whole in incuse square
Ref: AMNG II, 1, p. 73, no. 106, May 396 A277/P322


Dangerous struck fake sold as genuine.

THE TOP THREE COINS ARE FAKE. THE BOTTOM COIN IS GENUINE.
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Abdera, silver tetradrachm1138 viewsObv: ABΔH, Griffin to the left seated before him a bee
Rev: EΠIΦΙΛAΔOΣ, Herakles seated on rock left, holding club and lion-skin. Whole in incuse square
Ref: AMNG II, 1, p. 73, no. 106, May 396 A277/P322

Submitted to Forum for verification in March 2006.

Submitted by Maridvnvm
maridvnvm
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Abdera, silver tetradrachm544 viewsAR tetradrachm, c. 465-450 BC
Griffin seated left, right foreleg raised / EΠIΣMO _ _ _ _ OPMOKAΛ around quadripartite linear square; all within shallow incuse square

Sold on ebay as a reproduction August 2006.

Submitted by Maridvnvm
maridvnvm
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Abdera, silver tetradrachm506 viewsAR tetradrachm, 465-450 BC, Sear 1536
OBVERSE: Griffin seated left , right foreleg raised.ΚΑ-ΛΛ-ΙΔΑ-ΜΑΣ (KA-LL-IDA-MAS) around.
REVERSE: ABD-HR-IT-ΟN (ΑΒΔΗΡΙΤΩΝ) around small quadripartite incuse square, all within incuse square.
DATE: 473BC – 448BC
SPECIFICATIONS: Diameter: 2.60cm - Weight: 17gr - Material: Silver .999
Gustavo Mazzarollo
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Abdera, silver tetradrachm525 viewsObv: ABΔH, Griffin to the left seated before him a bee
Rev: EΠIΦΙΛAΔOΣ, Herakles seated on rock left, holding club and lion-skin. Whole in incuse square
Ref: AMNG II, 1, p. 73, no. 106, May 396 A277/P322

Sold on ebay August 2006.

Submitted by Maridvnvm
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