Fake Ancient Greek Coins: Archaic and Classical
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Aigina, Aegina, silver stater949 viewsAR stater, 404-340 BC
Obv: Land tortoise, head turned, seen from above
Rev: Rev: "Skew" patterned incuse square with A - IΓΙ in two upper divisions and dolphin in lower rectangular division
Date: After 404 BC
Ref: SNG Copenhagen 524; Sear 2604
Toronto Group forgery
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Maussollos, 377-353 BC, Satraps of Caria507 viewsAR tetradrachm
Laureate head of Apollo ¾ to right / MAYΣΣΩΛΛO, Zeus Labraundos standing right, holding labrys and spear
Caria, silver tetradrachm, cast, Toronto Group Forgery
Sear 4954
Cast of a genuine coin in BM. See [ (...) ] #33.
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Corinth, silver stater, #C529 viewsAR cast stater, 500-480 BC
Pegasos, with curled wing, flying right; koppa beneath / Head of Athena right, in Corinthian helmet; all within incuse square
Sear 1869
Corinth, silver stater, cast, Toronto Group Forgery
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Athens, silver tetradrachm, old style1152 viewsAthens, Old Style Tetradrachm, silver coated pewter, marked copyJoe Sermarini
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Athens, silver tetradrachm, old style837 viewsThis coin was being sold alongside many other copies made from forged dies.maridvnvm
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Thasos, silver stater, #A395 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.whitetd49
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Athens, silver tetradrachm, old style, #D1067 viewsAthens Old Style Tetradrachm Toronto Group forgerywhitetd49
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Philip of Macedon, Philip II, silver tetradrachm, #A257 viewsAR tetradrachm [Sofia II]
Laureate head of Zeus right / ΦIΛIΠ- ΠOY, naked youth on horse pacing right, holding long palm-branch.
Prokopov, Modern Counterfeits..., 2003, #97
Toronto Group forgerywhitetd49
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Aspendos, silver stater, #A376 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
Toronto Group forgerywhitetd49
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Corinth Colony, Akarnania, Argos Amphilochikon, silver stater, #B862 viewsAR stater, badly cast, 350-250 BC
Pegasos flying left, A beneath / Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet over a leather cap, AP behind
Sear 2258var
This Toronto Group forgery has beened offered on ebay under at least six different names.
Very soft features due to casting. I hope this would not fool our regular board readers! Note that the shape and edge defects of the many examples of this type do not match. Toronto group uses techniques to modify the edge features. whitetd49
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Thourioi, Thurium, silver stater243 viewsLucania, Thourio (Thurium) AR stater (or nomos), 425-400 BC
Head of Athena right, wearing crested Athenian helmetbound with olive wreath / ΘOYPIΩN, bull walking left, head lowered; tunny fish left in exg
Sear 436v
For sale on Ebay in 1 day private auction by poweroflove. A Toronto Group coin.
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Velia, silver didrachm205 viewsAR didrachm, 350-281 BC
Head of Athena left, wearing crested Athenian helmet decorated with Pegasos; A above; IE within square frame behind / YEΛHTΩN, stag kneeling left, being attacked by lion left, which stands on his back and bites the base of his neck
Sear 461
For sale on Ebay in 1 day private auction by poweroflove. A Toronto Group coin.
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Larissa, silver drachm, #B170 viewsObv: : Head of nymph Larissa three-quarter left, hair confined by fillet and floating loosely.
Rev: Horse grazing right, ΛΑΡΙΣ above
Ref: BMC 56; Sear 2124
For sale on Ebay in 1 day private auction by "poweroflove". A Toronto Group Forgery.
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Ainos, bronze672 viewsBronze Heracles / goat standing left, rhyton to left, AIN and star above
A Bulgarian or Turkish bronze fake of tetradrachm / diobol: diademed head of Zeus / goat standing left, SNG 0101a0139 of Aenos.
The original type of coin also has the goat standing left although most stand to right, I was unable to find an original with a star above. Also there is usually more letters for Aenos than simply AIN. The bust and diadem is very poorly executed.
The reverse has possibly been reversed for the fake (if they used a "goat standing right" type to make the fake, in order to get round laws forbidding the copying of genuine coins (if it's reversed, it's not a copy of a genuine coin, see?)
Bought as genuine by a friend on holiday in Turkey.
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Abdera, silver tetradrachm1105 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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Opus, silver stater270 viewsAR stater, 369-338 BC
Head of Persephone left, wreathed with corn / OΠONTIΩN, Ajax, naked but for helmet, advancing right, holding sword and large shield decorated with serpent; broken spear on the ground
Sear 2326
For sale on Ebay in 1 day private auction by poweroflove, believed to be a Toronto Group coin.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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Lete, silver stater, #A203 viewsAR stater, 530-480 BC
Naked ithyphallis satyr advancing right, seizing by her right wrist a nymph, who looks back at him and raises her left arm; six pellets in field around / Incuse square roughly divided into four triangles.
BMC Macedon 1; Sear 1297
c.500 BC For sale on Ebay in 1 day private auction by poweroflove, believed to be a Toronto Group coin
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Carthage, Siculo-Punic, silver tetradrachm286 viewsAR cast tetradrachm, 325-300 BC
Head Herakles right wearing lion skin knotted at neck / Head and neck of horse left, palm tree behind
Sear 6439
300 BC One day auction by power of love, believed to be Toronto Fake.
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Syracuse, silver tetradrachm, 195244 viewsAR tetradrachm, by Eukleidas
Galloping quadriga driven left by charioteer holding goad, about to be crowned by Nike flying right above; in exg, dolphin / ΣYPAKOΣIΩN, head of Artemis left; four dolphins around
BMC Sicily, 195; Sear 955
405BC One day auction by power of love, believed to be Toronto Fake. 2nd photo sold on Ebay by "bricksoftime" (Toronto Group)as an original coin in 1 day private auction.
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Ainos, silver403 viewsObv: Head of Hermes
Rev: Goat standing right, serpent before
Sold in one day private auction by "power of love", a Toronto Group Forgery
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Thasos, silver stater261 viewsAR stater, 490-480 BC
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, divisions clearly visable
Sear 1361
Obv: Nude, ithyphallic satyr carrying off protesting nymph to right
Rev: Quadripartite incuse.
Ref: SNGCop 1008.1 - SNGCop 1019
Sold in one day private auction by "power of love", a Toronto group Forgery.
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Olynthos, Chalkidian League, silver tetradrachm252 viewsAR tetradrachm, c. 379-348 BC
Laureate head of Apollo right / XAΛKIΔEΩN around lyre; [EΠI APIΣTΩNOΣ] in small letters beneath.
Sear 1430v
Chalkidian League Olynthos. One day auction by Power of love, believed to be Toronto Fake.
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Kyzikos, silver tetradrachm, #A200 viewsAR tetradrachm, 390-330 BC
Head of Persephone left / KYI(=z)I, Lion's head left; tunny left beneath
Sear 3853-3855v
One day auction by Power of love, believed to be Toronto Fake.
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Gela, silver tetradrachm228 viewsAR tetradrachm, 425-420 BC
Young head of river god Gelas left, with short horn, diademed; three river-fishes around / ΓEΛΩION, quadriga right driven by Nike; horses trotting; olive wreath above: plain border
BMC Sicily, pg 71, #54; Sear 798
Good Gelas Rev. One day auction by Power of love, believed to be Toronto Fake.
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