Fake Ancient Greek Coins: Hellenistic Period
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Parthia, Unknown King265 viewsAR drachm, 20mm, 3.05g
Parthian, Unknown King, silver drachm, Sellwood 30.15, Cast, 3.05 g, 20 mm. Identified by Forvm member Robert Brenchley
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Parthia, Orodes I, 80-77 BC472 viewsAR drachm, 20mm, 3.28g
Parthian, Orodes I, silver drachm, Sellwood 31.5, cast, 3.28g, 20 mm, Identified by Forvm member Robert Brenchley.
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Mithridates II, 123-88 BC - Parthian320 viewsAR drachm, 19mm, 3.11g
Parthian, Mithridates II, silver drachm, Sellwood 26.1, cast, 3.11 g, 19 mm, Identified by Forvm member Robert Brenchley.
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Perseus, silver tetradrachm, #A283 viewsAR tetradrachm, 33mm, 17.2g
Reduced weight c. 15.5g: Diademed head of Perseus right with close beard / Eagle, wings open, standing right on thunderbolt; BAΣI - ΛEΩΣ / ΠEP - ΣEΩΣ across field; monograms above, to right, and between eagle's legs; all within oak-wreath beneath which, plough
Sear 6804
Macedonian Kingdom, King Perseus, silver tetradrachm, 17.2 gms, 33 mm. Slavey pressed copy. Submitted by jimwho523.
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Philip V, silver didrachm181 viewsAR didrachm, 23mm, 8.9g
Diademed head of Philip right with close beard / BAΣIΛEΩΣ - ΦIΛIΠΠOY above and below club right. Three monograms in field, one above and two below; all within oak-wreath
Sear 6792
Macedonian Kingdom, Philip V, silver drachm, 8.9 g, 23 mm. Pressed Slavi copy. Submitted by jimwho523.
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Alexander the Great, Alexander III, silver tetradrachm, #E604 viewsAR tetradrachm, Mesembria
Head Herakles right in lion's skin headdress / Zeus seated left holding eagle and sceptre
Toronto Groupwhitetd49
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Side, silver tetradrachm, #A279 viewsAR tetradrachm, 2nd-1st century BC
Head of Athena right in crested Corinthian helmet / Nike advancing left and holding a wreath; pomegranate in left field, magistrate's mark spanning fields
Magistrate unrecorded but similar to BMC 19 (Lycia), pg 147, #27 and 28 [ΔEI - N]; Sear 5436v
Toronto Groupwhitetd49
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Perseus, silver tetradrachm, #A251 viewsAR tetradrachm, 34mm
Reduced weight c. 15.5g: Diademed head of Perseus right with close beard / Eagle, wings open, standing right on thunderbolt; BAΣI - ΛEΩΣ / ΠEP - ΣEΩΣ across field; monograms above, to right, and between eagle's legs; all within oak-wreath beneath which, plough
Sear 6804
Obv: King Perseus. Rev: Eagle in wreath clutching thunderbolt. 179-168 BC Sold on Ebay as a copy, hand made, tin/lead, no 2 alike, no stamp to denote copy. 2nd photo sold on Ebay by "bricksoftime" (Toronto Group)as an original coin in 1 day private auction.
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Perseus, silver tetradrachm, #A243 viewsAR tetradrachm
Reduced weight c. 15.5g: Diademed head of Perseus right with close beard / Eagle, wings open, standing right on thunderbolt; BAΣI - ΛEΩΣ / ΠEP - ΣEΩΣ across field; monograms above, to right, and between eagle's legs; all within oak-wreath beneath which, plough
Sear 6804
Obv: King Perseus. Rev: Eagle in wreath clutching thunderbolt. 179-168 BC Sold on Ebay as a copy, hand made, tin/lead, no 2 alike, no stamp to denote copy. 2nd photo sold on Ebay by "bricksoftime" (Toronto Group)as an original coin in 1 day private auction.
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Mostis, second century BC - Thracian King246 viewsAR tetradrachm
Cast tin/lead, 35.5g, 33 mm. Legend: BASILLIAS MOSTIDOS ETHOS Sold on Ebay as a copy, hand made, no 2 alike, no stamp to denote copy.
Sear 1728Joe Sermarini
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Lysimachos, silver tetradrachm461 viewsAR tetradrachm, c. 297-281 BC
Diademed head of Alexander the Great right, wearing horn of Ammon / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛYΣMAXOY, Athena enthroned left, holding Nike and resting left arm on shield; transverse spear resting against her right side, monogram in left field.
Sear 6814-6816
Struck. Image courtesy of Kevin at Barry & Darling Coins.
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Lysimachos, silver tetradrachm291 viewsAR tetradrachm, c. 297-281 BC
Diademed head of Alexander the Great right, wearing horn of Ammon / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛYΣMAXOY, Athena enthroned left, holding Nike and resting left arm on shield; transverse spear resting against her right side, monogram in left field.
Sear 6814-6816
Cast. Image courtesy of Kevin at Barry & Darling CoinsJoe Sermarini
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Ptolemy Philadelphos, Ptolemy II, silver tetradrachm, #B300 viewsAR tetradrachm, Tyre
Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis / ΣΩTHPOΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, Eagle standing left on thunderbolt. TYP monogram over club left field, regnal date monogram right field.
Sear 7773
Two coins being sold at the same time by the same seller from the same dies.maridvnvm
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Nikomedes II-IV, #A - Bithynian326 viewsAR tetradrachm
Modern forgery in poor style on obv.
Diademed head right / Zeus standing left holding wreath and sceptre, eagle on thunderbolt over monogram and date in inner left field. Sear 7273v
Sold as Nicomedes II, silver tetradrachm. Date I P not possible this series.
These two coins were being sold at the same time by the same seller alongside many other fakes. They come from the same obverse and reverse dies.maridvnvm
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Smyrna, silver tetradrachm231 viewsAR tetradrachm, 2nd century BC
Turreted head of Kybele right / IMYP NAIΩN in two lines, monogram beneath; all within oak wreath
Sear 4556
This coin was being sold alongside many other coins that had been made from fake dies.maridvnvm
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Alexander the Great, Alexander III, silver tetradrachm, #B543 viewsAR tetradrachm, c. 317-311 BC, Babylon
Head Herakles right in lion's skin headdress / Zeus seated left holding eagle and sceptre.
Price 3730; Prokopov, Modern Counterfeits..., 2003, #101
These coins were being sold at the same time by the same seller. All three coins come from the same obverse and reverse dies.maridvnvm
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Lysimachos, silver tetradrachm, #A508 viewsAR tetradrachm, c. 297-281 BC
Diademed head of Alexander the Great right, wearing horn of Ammon / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛYΣMAXOY, Athena enthroned left, holding Nike and resting left arm on shield; transverse spear resting against her right side, monogram in left field.
Sear 6814-6816
Toronto Group, note identical copy of first specimen in the posting of four Lysimachos forgerieswhitetd49
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Ptolemy Soter, Ptolemy I, silver tetradrachm, #A287 viewsAR tetradrachm
Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, P / ΠAP monogram in left field
Sear 7762
Toronto Group forgerywhitetd49
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Tyre, silver tetradrachm, #B287 viewsAR tetradrachm, 95 BC
Laureate head of Melqarth, lion's skin knotted at neck / TYPOY IEPAΣ KAI AΣYΛOY, eagle standing left on beak of ship; in left field club and date monogram, monogram right field
BMC Phoenicia, pg 241, #122; Sear 5918v
Bad copy of Biblical shekel with Melqart, Toronto Group forgerywhitetd49
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Maroneia, silver tetradrachm296 viewsAR tetradrachm, 148 BC or later
Head of young Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy and with band across forehead / ΔIONYΣOY ΣΩTHPOΣ MAPΩNITΩN, naked Dionysos standing left, holding grapes and two narthex wands. Monograms in lowere left and right.
Sear 1635
Toronto Group forgerywhitetd49
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Aesillas, Thessalonika, 90-75 BC, Macedonia under Roman rule. 543 viewsAR tetradrachm
Obv: Diademed head of Alexander right; Q behind
MAKEΔONΩN below bust
Rev: Money chest, club & chair, all in wreath, AESILLAS above
Date: 70 BC
Ref: SNGAsh_3306; Dimitrov, Modern Forgeries..., 1997, #63
Macedonia under Roman rule, Aesillas the Questor
Toronto Group forgerywhitetd49
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Macedon, Amphipolis, 158-149 BC, under Roman rule, #B634 viewsAR tetradrachm
First Macedonian Region
Bust Artemis Tauropolos right in center of Macedonian shield / MAKEΔONΩN ΠPΩTHΣ above and below club
Toronto Group forgerywhitetd49
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Antiochos Euergetes (Sidetes), Antiochos VII, Seleukid, silver tetradrachm, #A254 viewsAR tetradrachm, Tyre
Diademed head and draped bust right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY, Eagle standing left on beak of galley. TYP over club in left field.
Sear 7094
Toronto Group forgerywhitetd49
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Arados, silver tetradrachm, #A324 viewsAR tetradrachm, 62 BC
Draped bust of Tyche (city-goddess) right, her hair rolled and in chignon, over which veil falls to her shoulders, and wearing turreted crown / Nike standing left, holding aplustre in raised right hand and palm-branch at her side in left, APAΔIΩN behind, H9P (= year 198), Phoenician letter, and AΣ in field to left, all within laurel-wreath.
BMC Phoenicia, pg 33, #282, Sear GCV 5991v
Toronto Group forgerywhitetd49
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