Fake Ancient Greek Coins: Archaic and Classical
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Athens, silver tetradrachm, archaic516 viewsReproduction silver tetradrachm 22mm, 17.1gm of Athens 454-449BC. Obv. Helmeted head of Athena. Rev. Owl standing right, with tufted tail.
Joe Sermarini
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Athens, silver tetradrachm, archaic339 viewsObv: Head of Athena, right, wearing crested helmet ornamented with three olive leaves and flora.
Rev: Owl standing, right, head facing, to right AOE; to left olive twig and crescent moon, all within incuse square.
Sold as a reproduction on ebay July 2006.
Submitted by Maridvnvm maridvnvm
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Athens, silver tetradrachm, archaic303 viewsOBVERSE: Head of Athena of archaic style, her helmet adorned in front with three olive-leaves erect, and at the back with a floral scroll; her hair in bands across her temples, and indicated by dots under the neck-piece of the helmet
REVERSE: Incuse square, within which, "the Owl" (symbol of wisdom), head facing, wings closed; behind, olive-spray and small decrescent moon. Letters ΑΘΕ (standing for Atheneon - Athens) are on the right on a vertical stance DATE: 465BC – 443BC
Sold in December 2006 on Ebay by 'apollonians' as a . 999 silver exact copy
Submitted by Maridvnvmmaridvnvm
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Athens, silver tetradrachm, new style395 viewsAthens, silver tetradrachm. A flat strike such as this is rare (non-existent?) for this type and thus suspicious. Other oddities and the origin confirm this is fake. Joe Sermarini
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Athens, silver tetradrachm, new style49 viewsAttica, Athens
gold plated tetradrachm
38mm
sold as replica ebay on march 2013
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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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Athens, silver tetradrachm, old style886 viewsAR tetradrachm
Obv: Athena Rev: Owl 500-479 BC. Sold on Ebay as a Rosa copy. "COPY" stamped on rim. silver-plated pewter. 2nd photo courtesy of Pavel at Aquanova. 3rd and 4th images courtesy of Kevin at Barry & Darling Coins
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Athens, silver tetradrachm, old style711 viewsModern copy offered on Ebay.
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Athens, silver tetradrachm, old style820 viewsCast replica sold as such on eBay.
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Athens, silver tetradrachm, old style700 viewsLipanoff - Athens silver tet, 14.6g, 24mm
Lipanoff, page 11, plate 1
Eyes on both Athena and the owl are far off from the genuine style
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Athens, silver tetradrachm, old style844 viewsATHENS Circa 449 BC. TETRADRACHMY
REPRODUCTION SILVER COINS 925K
Helmeted head of Athena / Owl standing right
21 mm
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Athens, silver tetradrachm, old style790 viewsATHENS Circa 449 BC. TETRADRACHMY
REPRODUCTION SILVER COINS 925K
Helmeted head of Athena / Owl standing right
23 mm
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Athens, silver tetradrachm, old style550 viewsAthens "Old Style" Tetradrachm, Reproduction
SIZE: 28MM DIA.
WEIGHT: 17.0 GRAMS
Joe Sermarini
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Athens, silver tetradrachm, old style389 viewsAthens, silver tetradrachm. Another odd replica.Joe Sermarini
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Athens, silver tetradrachm, old style821 viewsSeveral specimens, not identical but from the same dies, sold in April 2005 on German Ebay by seller sanfoura852. Wrong style.
submitted by rupertRupert
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Athens, silver tetradrachm, old style497 viewsAthens Classical Owl, wrong style, sold by a seller who normally sells real coins on German Ebay in July 2005 for 510€.
submitted by rupertRupert
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Athens, silver tetradrachm, old style530 viewsAthens Classical Owl, wrong style, sold without comment but with the papers telling clearly that it is a reproduction on German Ebay in July 2005 for 145€. The same seller sold an identical "coin" a short time later for 9.70€.
submitted by rupertRupert
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Athens, silver tetradrachm, old style403 viewsAr tetradrachm, 10.74g
Modern forgery
"Uncleaned"
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Athens, silver tetradrachm, old style1084 viewsAR tetradrachm, 17g
Offered for sale at auction
hcole_1989: I think it is the same fake. You can see the crest ending early right after the vine on the helmet. See the curved line.
Joe Sermarini: I believe this coin and others like it were made using lost wax casting. A mold was made from a genuine coin. The edges of the mold were enlarged so wax casts could be made with flans larger than the original coin. Many wax casts were made. These wax casts were then be carved and modified to remove the edge seams and to make slightly different coins. They were modified so not all the fakes would look the same. The most common change was the flan shape (which is why the original mould was enlarged). Then these different wax coins were used to make another mold. Instead of making a mold that had two halves and a seam, the wax was melted out of the mold (no seam, no edge filing required). In this case the forger missed something. On the original coin, much of the crest was off the flan. The forger didn't consider this when making the fake. The flan was made larger above the head but the area was left blank.
It is possible a genuine coin could have a missing crest like this. A broken die or bad strike could possibly have these results. However, we have seen many examples like this coin, some we know are fake.
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Athens, silver tetradrachm, old style729 viewsAR tetradrachm, one inch, 16.2g
Fake "dirt" patina with fingerprints
Typical "test cut" through owl
"Theta" missing dot
Sold Oct 2005 at auction by known fake seller bidancient / EFTIS as genuine
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Athens, silver tetradrachm, old style234 viewsObv: Head of Athena, right, wearing crested helmet ornamented with three olive leaves and flora.
Rev: Owl standing, right, head facing, to right AOE; to left olive twig and crescent moon, all within incuse square.
Sold as a reproduction on ebay July 2006.
Submitted by Maridvnvm maridvnvm
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Athens, silver tetradrachm, old style458 viewsSold in September 2006 on Ebay by 'apollonians' as:
'ATHENIAN GREEK SILVER TETRADRACHM 465BC - 443BC. 999 silver. Exact copy
OBVERSE: Head of Athena of archaic style, her helmet adorned in front with three olive-leaves erect, and at the back with a floral scroll; her hair in bands across her temples, and indicated by dots under the neck-piece of the helmet
REVERSE: Incuse square, within which, "the Owl" (symbol of wisdom), head facing, wings closed; behind, olive-spray and small decrescent moon. Letters ΑΘΕ (standing for Atheneon - Athens) are on the right on a vertical stance DATE: 465BC – 443BC
SPECIFICATIONS: Diameter: 2.50cm - Weight: 17.0gr - Material: Silver .999'areich
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Athens, silver tetradrachm, old style242 viewsOBVERSE: Head of Athena of archaic style, her helmet adorned in front with three olive-leaves erect, and at the back with a floral scroll; her hair in bands across her temples, and indicated by dots under the neck-piece of the helmet
REVERSE: Incuse square, within which, "the Owl" (symbol of wisdom), head facing, wings closed; behind, olive-spray and small decrescent moon. Letters ΑΘΕ (standing for Atheneon - Athens) are on the right on a vertical stance DATE: 465BC – 443BC
Sold in December 2006 on Ebay by 'apollonians' as a . 999 silver exact copy
Submitted by Maridvnvmmaridvnvm
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