Fake Ancient Greek Coins: Archaic and Classical
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AEGINA84 viewsAegina
24.5 mm. 4.2 mm height. 10.47 g. Sharp edge.
Cast with a strong seam. Joe Sermarini
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Aegina Silver Stater - Turtle / Incuse Punch22 viewsAegina Silver Stater - Turtle / Incuse Punch
A convincing cast fake, known to be fake only from IDENTICAL copies from multiple sellers including NFSL saxbys-coins and coinauction12.
18.0 mm, 9.66 gJoe Sermarini
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Aegina Stater63 viewsAegina Stater being sold by Bulgarian fake seller mangizite-2008.
Ebay Jan/2014
No references or size or weight given.
SRukke
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Aegina Stater80 viewsSellers desc:
Replica
Obverse: Tortoise with segmented shell A - I either side.
Reverse: "Skew" patterned incuse square with A - IG in two upper divisions and dolphin in lower rectangular division.Diameter: 22 mmWeight: 6 gSRukke
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Aegina Stater88 viewsAegina Stater 12,26g sold as genuine by NFS
francemonnaies2015 on Ebay Nov/2015Martin B4
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Aegina Staters89 viewsSellers desc:
3pcs. of STATER AEGINA, TORTOISE COIN
c. 404-340 B.C.
Museum quality restrike replica coins.
In diameter from 21.8 to 22.7mm
Obv: Turtle with segmented shell A - I either side.
Rev: 'Skew' patterned incuse square with A - IGI in two upper divisions and dolphin in lower rectangular division.
SRukke
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Aegina Steter69 viewsSellers desc:
STATER AEGINA ,,TORTOISE COIN´´
c. 404-340 B.C.
Museum quality restrike replica coin.
In diameter: 21.9mm.
Obv: Turtle with segmented shell A - I either side.
Rev: 'Skew' patterned incuse square with A - IGI in two upper divisions and dolphin in lower rectangular division.SRukke
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Aegina Tortoise museum copy of Sear 2600459 viewsMuseum (?) copy of Aegina AR Stater
Land tortoise with segmented shell
Small incuse square of "skew" pattern divided by straight lines into five compartments
(CL) stamped on rim. (Anyone know the source of this stamp?)
Coin was cast in two halves (visible around the rim) and glued or otherwise stuck together
Museum (CL?) copy of Sear 2600, SNG Del 1535
Sold as a replica by a Munich dealer.
Submitted by Helvetica
helvetica
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Aegina Turtle Stater74 viewsSellers desc:
THIS IS A GENUINE MUSEUM ELECTROTYPE RESTRIKE REPLICA COIN OF THE EXACT AUTHENTIC REAL ANCIENT COIN !!!
SLAND OF AEGINA
TURTLE STATER
TURTLE/INCUSE SQUARE
THIS IS A GENUINE MUSEUM ELECTROTYPE !SRukke
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Aegina Turtle Stater61 viewsSellers info:
ISLANDS off ATTICA, Aegina. Circa 480-457 BC. AR Stater (19mm, 12.48 g, 3h). Sea turtle, head in profile, shell with line of pellets down center / Large square incuse with skew pattern. Milbank pl. I, 15; SNG Copenhagen 507; SNG München 548-9; Dewing 1674-8; Gulbenkian 523; Kraay & Hirmer 336; HGC 6, 435. EF. Well struck and centered.
THIS COIN IS A MUSEUM ELECTROTYPE RESTRIKE REPLICA COIN OF THE ACTUAL ANCIENT COIN !
AEGINA STATER COIN
SIZE 20 MM AND WEIGHT 6.2 GRAMS
condition is perfect ! UNC.
SRukke
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Aenus Tetradrachm63 viewsSellers desc:
AENUS TETRADRACHM 5.century BC
Museum quality replica coin.
In diameter: 24mm. Nice patina.
Obv: Head of Hermes
Rev: Goat and Owl
SRukke
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Aeolis, Kyme69 viewsPublished fake from IBSCC Bulletin on Counterfeits Volume 5 No 12 1980 page 8, figure 1.
No explanation is provided but appears to be a transfer die fake as both dies matches the (authentic) dies of Oakley 58.
Aeolis, Kyme; AR Tetradrachm; Silver; circa 165-140 BC; Obverse: Head of the Amazon Kyme right, wearing taenia; Reverse: Horse walking right, skyphos (one-handled cup) below, KYMAIΩN left, ΣEYΘHΣ (magistrate) in exergue, all within laurel-wreath.
From BOC report: Copies from the Cilicia hoard (1975-76), from Beirut. Struck peterpil19
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Agathokles66 viewsSicily, Syracuse. Agathokles, 317-289 BC. Electrum 50 or 25 Litrai. 3,61 g, 14 mm.
Obv : Head of Apollo left, wearing laurel wreath; behind neck, amphora.
Rev : ΣYPAKOΣION,Tripod. SNG ANS 621; SNG Cop. 703. Jenkins group B (O4/R2).
Martin Griffiths :
"The symbol on the counterfeit is neither an amphora nor cantharus
but a combination of the two"Martin B4
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Agathopolis THRACE, Black Sea Area420 viewsSilver stater?
Obv:- Laureate male head right
Rev:- AΓAΘΩ (retrograde), Wol standing left, spear head beneath
Sold as "I think it might be a copy" on ebay April 2008.
Submitted by Maridvnvm
maridvnvm
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Agrigentum Litra121 viewsInasta Auction No. 43 of 22/2/2012 Type auction: Match The online auction ends on 22/2/2012
Lot No.: 8271 Category: FALSE (studio, modern, etc..) Storage: QSPL
False (studio, modern, etc..) - Agrigento - Emilitra - (AE g. 8.02)
Estimate: € 25 (Additional information is available only for registered users)SRukke
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AGYRION34 viewsDifferences fake to the fake die are due to striking, artificial wear and corrosion.
On the reverse over the legend is a borderline and over the borderline is another line because there was some material removed in the fake die which looks when transfered to a coin like another borderline.
Din X
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AGYRION38 viewsAGYRION. Æs, 344/336 v. Chr.; 29,44 g. Herakleskopf im Löwenfell r.//Androkephale Stierprotome r. Calciati 5.
Fake die to make it can be seen here:
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pos=-18221Din X
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Agyrion26 viewsSICILY, Agyrion, 343-317 B.C. AE Hemilitra
(Obv : Youthful head of river god right)
Rev : Horse standing r., left foreleg raised, AΓΥΡINAI in ex.
Campana 13; Calciati III.130-131; HGC 53;
Modern reverse die
Martin B4
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Agyrion, Sicily. Circa 430 BC. Æ 24mm 199 viewsObv:- Eagle standing right, olive spray behind
Rev:- Four-spoked wheel.
Calciati III pg. 117, 2; SNG ANS 1166; SNG Copenhagen 126; SNG Morcom 513.
Sold as a reproduction on ebay January 2009maridvnvm
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Aigina, 4th century94 viewsObv:- Turtle
Rev:- Incuse square
cf. Pozzi 1637 and 1641.
Struck from modern dies.
Published in the IAPN BOC Vol 10, No. 2 in 1985 - Examples 2
Image used with permission of IAPN maridvnvm
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Aigina, Aegina Silver DRACHM291 viewsTwo different coin replicas of the same vendor sold at the same time on Ebey in 2006 as .999 exact copies for $7.50 and $7.99. The weight is not the same! 4.02 gr. and 4.14 gr. Their rims and flans are also different!!
They both carry the same COUNTERMARK, that resembles a "61" or "Gi", but in Greek style. Probably the initials or mark in Greek of the maker or vendor.
These two STRUCK replicas came from Athens, Greece. All the coins sold by this vendor carry the same COUNTERMARK to indicate it is a replica.
Obv:- Sea turtle with row of dots down the middle of shell.
Rev:- quadripartite incuse square.Antonivs Protti
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Aigina, Aegina Silver Drachm Circa 456-431 BC285 viewsTwo different coin replicas of the same vendor sold at the same time on Ebey in 2006 as .999 exact copies. The weight is not the same! 3.87 gr. and 4.26 gr. Their rims and flans are also different!!
They both carry the same COUNTERMARK, that resembles a "61" or "Gi", but in Greek style. Probably the initials or mark in Greek of the maker or vendor.
These two STRUCK replicas came from Athens, Greece. All the coins sold by this vendor carry the same COUNTERMARK to indicate they are replicas.
Obv: Land tortoise with segmented shell and head seen from above.
Rev: Large skew pattern with five incuse sections, one has a dolphin ore a whale. letter A and N.Antonivs Protti
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Aigina, Aegina, silver drachm751 viewsAR drachm, 404-340 BC
Obv: Land tortoise, head turned, seen from above. A to left, I to right.
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 2606
Silver .999. Sold as reproduction. Picture courtesy of Pavel at Antiquanova.
Submitted by Bluefish
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Aigina, Aegina, silver drachm234 viewsAR drachm, 404-340 BC
Obv: Land tortoise, head turned, seen from above. A to left, I to right.
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 2606
Sold on Ebay as a replica April 2008.
Submitted by Maridvnvm maridvnvm
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