Fake Ancient Greek Coins: Archaic and Classical
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Philisto-Arabian drachm, Athenian type81 viewsObv:- Helmeted head of Athena right, on cheek Aramaic letter
Rev:- Owl standing facing, to left, olive sprig
A group of 27 of these drachms was offered in Switzerland as coming from Israel. They are all cast copies from two molds. All have identical flan shape and wear within their groups. The weights are correct, between 3.5 and 4.5 grams. This is all of Group 11B.
Published in the IAPN BOC Vol 18, No. 1 in 1993 - group 11B
Image used with permission of IAPNmaridvnvm
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Phillip II Tetradrachm43 viewsPhilip II AR Tetradrachm. 359-336 BC. Head of Zeus right / FILIPPOU, naked jockey with palm branch on horse trotting right,
Sold by Bulgarian NFS mangizite-2008 in Jan 2014. No size or weight given.SRukke
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Phocis drachm83 viewssold on eBay by platon12345frederic W
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Phoenicia, Arados 170-169 BC21 viewsAR Drachm
Obv: Bee with straight wings, P(retrograde) and B across upper field.
Rev: ARADIWN, Stag standing right before palm.
Duyrat Pg.409 No.2633-53.
Offered on ebay by dodonis598 as "PHOENICIA ARADOS , DRACHM , GREECE"Arados
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Phoenicia, Arados 170-169 BC19 viewsAR Drachm
Obv: Bee with straight wings, P(retrograde) and B across upper field.
Rev: ARADIWN, Stag standing right before palm.
Duyrat Pg.409 No.2633-53.
Offered on ebay by dodonis598 as "PHOENICIA ARADOS , DRACHM , GREECE"Arados
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Phoenicia, Arados 172-109 BC25 viewsObv: Bee, D and M across upper field.
Rev: ARADIWN, Stag standing right before palm.
Diameter 17mm, weight 3.8g
Duyrat Pg.409-411 No.2573-2991.
Offered on E-Bay by cpcoins as ARADOS, Phoenicia silver drachmArados
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PHOENICIA, Arados, Drachm39 viewsPHOENICIA, Arados. 174-110 BC.
AR Drachm (4.58 g). Dated year 90 (170/169 BC).
Obv: Bee with straight wings; P(retrograde)-B across upper field.
Rev: ARADIWN, Stag standing right before palm.
Duyrat #2633-53; BMC p. 20, #150; AUB #42; HGC 10, #63
Offered on ebay by NFS mangizite-2008 as "Greek Coin"
Dec.2011mdelvalle
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Phoenicia, Arados, Drachm, 2nd Century BC77 viewsDrachm
Obv:- bee, AP in monogram to left and RE to right,
Rev:- ARADIWN, stag standing right in front of palm tree
SNG Cop 32
Modern reproduction
Sold without warranty on ebay May 2009maridvnvm
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PHOENICIA, Byblos (Gebal). Addirmilk. Circa 352-340 BC. 35 viewsCast Modern Fake
Obverse: Three hoplites, holding shields, on galley left above waves, prow ending in lion's head; below, hippocamp left above murex shell, AD (in Phoenician) above dorsal fin /
Reverse: Lion attacking bull left; ADRMLK MLK GBL (in Phoenician) above. Betlyon 18; Rouvier -; HGC 10, 136. Good VF, obverse adjustment marks.
Shekel = Carrying three hoplites.
"The piont where the metal was poured is evident in image".Arados
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Phoenicia, Sidon 372-359 B.C29 viewsHalf Shekel
Obverse: War galley sailing left over three bands of waves below, above date.
Reverse: Slow chariot driving left, carrying driver and Persian King.
Betylon 43.
Offered on ebay by dodonis598 as "PHOENICIA SIDON , 1/2 SHEKEL , GREECE , MÃœNZEN".Arados
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Phoenicia, Sidon 372-359 B.C 1/8 Shekel22 views1/8 Shekel 1,08 g
Purchased on ebay as genuine by seller colchester1986.
Looks same, but without vase, as:
Phoenicia, Sidon 372-359 B.C
Half Shekel
Obverse: War galley sailing left over three bands of waves below, above date.
Reverse: Slow chariot driving left, carrying driver and Persian King.
Betylon 43.
Offered on ebay by dodonis598 as "PHOENICIA SIDON , 1/2 SHEKEL , GREECE , MÃœNZEN".
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Phoenicia, Sidon. Uncertain king.38 viewsCirca 435-425 BC. AR 1/2 Shekel (7.89 g, 18 mm). Phoenician pentekonter sailing left over waves / King of Persia standing right, drawing bow, quiver over shoulder; behind, incuse facing head (Bes?); before, incuse head of goat right. VF+, well-centered, exceptional for issue. Betlyon 5 | Rouvier 1078 | BMC 2 | SNG Copenhagen 188-9. Very rare.
According to CNG this half shekel is a forgery. The design should be set in a deep incuse that should not have a border in relief. Also, the edge of the coin has cracks that are indicative of a restruck coin, and none of this series are known to have been overstrikes or restruck coins. Marcantica
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Phoenicia, Tyre 335-334 BC. AR Shekel (Ozmilk – Azemilkos).25 viewsObverse: Deity, holding reins in right hand, arched bow in left, riding hippocamp right above two lines of waves; below, dolphin right.
Reverse: Owl standing right head facing, crook and flail in background, –O above, era date ||||| in right field.
Ref: E&E-T Group II.2.2.26; HGC 10, 349; DCA 918.
Offered on Ebay February 2019 (Sold for $104).Arados
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Phokaia, Ionia (?)40 viewsModern cast fake of ancient Greek AR coin, identified by seller only as being an "obol," but evidently attempting to mimick a trihemiobol of Phokaia, Ionia, c. 500 BC
obv: archaic style helmeted head, r.
rev: incluse punch of rough quatrefoil form
Probably of Bulgarian manufacture
Offered on ebay by NFS singidunum-bg, May 2011
commodus
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Phokaia, IONIA, 5 c.BC ?98 viewsObv. Forepart of lion left; above.
Rev. Quadripartite incuse square.
Sold on ebay as a reproduction August 2006.
Submitted by Maridvnvm maridvnvm
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Phokia, Ionia, EL Hekte, ca. 390 B.C.60 viewsObv:- Head of Omphale left, wearing lion skin headdress, club over right shoulder, below, small seal
Rev:- Quadripartite incuse square
Fig 1a is the false coin - 2.62g
Fig 1c is genuine- 2.55g ex Pozzi 2510
Too yellow and incuse square is all wrong.
Published in the IAPN BOC Vol 21, No. 2 in 1996 - example 1a
Image used with permission of IAPNmaridvnvm
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Phokia, Ionia, EL Hekte, ca. 390 B.C61 viewsObv:- Head of Omphale left, wearing lion skin headdress, club over right shoulder, below, small seal
Rev:- Quadripartite incuse square
Fig 1b is the false coin - 2.55g
Fig 1c is genuine- 2.55g ex Pozzi 2510
Too yellow and incuse square is all wrong.
Published in the IAPN BOC Vol 21, No. 2 in 1996 - example 1b
Image used with permission of IAPNmaridvnvm
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Phokis Triobol noted by BCD - Another Fake 84 viewsNAC 55 Lot 260
Fake Coin noted by BCD = 260.3
PHOKIS
FEDERAL COINAGE
PHOKIAN LEAGUE
Lot of three triobols, two genuine and one modern cast bronze forgery that has been silver-plated. 445 - 420 BC.
260.1 : AR 2.90 g., 12¢. 260.2 : AR 2.91 g., 9¢. 260.3 : AR (Æ) 2.55 g., 12¢. Frontal bull’s head, the hair in vertical lines. Rev. Head of Artemis r. in incuse square, [F]-O-K-[I] and [F-O-K]-I from top l. clockwise for the first and second, O and Φ (?) to l. and r. below for the third coin.
The two genuine coins lightly toned, the forgery with dark toning and contrasting
light surfaces on the high relief points. About very fine.
260.1 : Williams - (O.- / R.151). Williams post 258. The reverse die R.151 is here seen at an earlier state, before retouching.
260.2 : Williams - (O.- / R.151). Williams post 258. The reverse die R.151 has now been retouched and shows a larger nose.
260.3 : Ex Didier Dahirel Vente sur Offres March 1993, 110 (FF 1’000). Dies not in Williams. There is a gouge at the top of the head of Artemis that reveals the bronze core underneath. A peculiar modern forgery that has been copied from dies unknown to Williams at the time of the corpus (but now see lot 263.1 below). One would have thought that the forger would have picked a less ugly reverse as his model.
http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=419972
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Phokis Triobols Noted by BCD92 viewsPHOKIS
FEDERAL COINAGE
PHOKIAN LEAGUE
Lot of four coins: two silver triobols struck under Onymarchos (314.1) and Phayllos (314.3) plus two modern forgeries copied from the actual dies of these triobols. 314.1: AR 2.48 g., 3¢. 314.2: Æ 2.39 g., 7¢. 314.3: AR 2.60 g., 12¢. 314.4: AR 2.48 g., 6¢. Frontal bull’s head. Rev. Head of Apollo r., behind, lyre.
Of the genuine coins (314.1 and 314.3) the first has corroded areas and its condition is fine, the second is slightly rough and about very fine. The bronze forgery (314.2) is in good fine condition and the silver forgery (314.4) is about very fine and toned.
314.1: Williams - (O.- / R.216). This coin is a die duplicate of lot 295.2 above and is offered here for comparison with the next coin, 314.2, a bronze cast fake that was made by copying this pair of dies, unknown to Williams at the time. Now this combination is known (also in lot 295.2 above) and the genuine and fake coins can be compared next to one another.
314.2: Acquired in 1963 and probably of pre-WWII production. It could be that at some time in the past this coin was silvered or that it was meant to be silver washed but the forger never got round to it and passed it on to the tourist trade as a bronze fake. A physical comparison of this coin with 314.1 and 295.2 above can be quite instructive.
314.3: Williams - (O.264 / R.231). Williams post 394. This is the prototype for the next coin, which is a cast forgery copying dies that were known to Williams but separately, not on the same coin. Now a coin struck from these dies is known and a die duplicate of it obviously served as a model for the production of the cast forgery in silver offered below as 314.4.
314.4: Ex Buckland, Dix and Wood 6 October 1993, lot 41 (part). This must also be dated back to the first half of the 20th century when forgers aiming at modest profits could afford to spend time for the production of cheap imitations of common coins. Most of these fakes would be sold to the tourist trade for a small premium over the metal value and if a gullible and inexperienced collector took the bait as well, so much the better. Comparing this coin with its genuine prototype, 314.3 above, can again be quite instructive.
http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=420026
To see an authentic die duplicate coin of the master that was used for the mold to cast BCD Phokis 314.2 refer to http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=420007
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Phokis, Delphi30 viewsPhokis, Delphi. 336 b.C.
Silver Stater
25,7mm 11,39g
Veiled head of Demeter left / AMΦIKTIONΩN, Apollo seated on omphalos l., holding laurel branch with left hand, right arm resting on lyre, tripod in l. field.
Kraay Hirmer 147.462
Modern Slavey forgery. Image courtesy ancients.info
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PHOKIS, Delphi. Circa 520-460 BC. 99 viewsAR Trihemiobol
Obv. Head of ram right, dolphin below
Rev. Facing head of goat, flanked by dolphins, facing downwards, all within incuse square.
Sold in December 2006 on Ebay by 'apollonians' as a . 999 silver exact copy
Submitted by Maridvnvm maridvnvm
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PHOKIS, Delphi. Circa 520-460 BC. - Tetradrachm149 viewsObv. Head of ram right, dolphin below.
Rev. Facing head of goat, flanked by dolphins, facing downwards, all within incuse square.
Copy of an ancient greek coin (Tetradrachm).
Real 950 Silver - Weight: 14.2 gr. Perimeter: 9 cm.
Sold on eBay Feb 2007
Submitted by gmazzaGustavo Mazzarollo
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Piakos20 viewsPiakos
Onkia um 420 v. Chr. Kopf eines jugendlichen Flussgottes / Wolf, im Feld 2 Eichenblätter. Calciati III, S. 199, Em. 3 1.06 g.; Schwarzgrüne Patina Selten Sehr schön Felder geglättet
Made with fake obverse die
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pos=-18313
Din X
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Piakos23 viewsSICILY. Piakos. Ca. 425-420 B.C. Æ Tetras
Obv : Wreathed head of young river-god left; three pellets before /
Rev : Hound attacking hind to right, seizing her throat; barley grain before
CNS III p.198, Boehringer, Frühen, p. 165, 1–6; Campana 2; CNS 2; HGC 2, 1101.
Modern die, obverse die matchesMartin B4
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