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Macedonia, First Region113 viewsAR Tetradrachm, 16.5 gm
Obv. Macedonian shield with diademed bust of Artemis right at centre, quiver over shoulder.
Rev. MAKEDONWN / PRWTHS, club right, all within oak-wreath, 3 monograms.
Cast.Ilya Prokopov

Macedonia, Philip V and Perseus time.146 viewsAR Tetrobol
Cast, "Blagoevgrad Studio".Ilya Prokopov

Macedonian Kingdom, Philip III Arrhidaios, AR Drachm, 323-317 BC - Cast Fake65 viewsHead of Herakles in lion skin headdress right / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, semi-facing, holding sceptre, torch in left field, monogram below throne. Imitating Sardes Mint, Price P68.

Cast fake

Macedonian Kingdom, Philip III Arrhidaios, AR Tetradrachm, 323-317 BC - Cast Fake66 viewsHead Herakles right wearing lion skin headdress / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΦIΛIΠΠOY, Zeus seated left holding eagle and sceptre. M in left field, ΛY beneath throne above strut. Imitating Babylon Royal Mint, Price P181.

"Modern Forgeries of Greek and Roman Coins," Dimitrov, et al, Sofia, 1997, page 21, #53. A cast from 'dies' of modern style and a direct match to http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pos=-866

Macedonian Kingdom, Alexander III 'the Great', Silver Drachm107 viewsObv:- Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress.
Rev:- Zeus seated left, holding eagle and scepter; in left field, crescent above head of lion left; below throne, N.
Kolophon, under Lysimachos, ca. 301/0-300/299 BC.
Price 1805; Thompson -; Muller 339.
4.4 gms

Modern cast fakemaridvnvm

Macedonian Kingdom, Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC), Drachm, Lampsakos27 viewsMacedonian Kingdom, Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC), Drachm, Lampsakos
Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.
Rev: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and scepter, in left field, forepart of Pegasos left above No monogram.
Price -

Cast.Joe Sermarini

Macedonian Kingdom, Alexander III 'the Great' Tetradrachm. Odessos, Price 118024 viewsMacedonian Kingdom, Alexander III 'the Great' (336-323 BC). Tetradrachm. Odessos. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin. Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ / AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and scepter. Controls: ΔΗ to inner left field, monogram below throne. Price 1180

Cast. Many casting bubbles, filed edges.Joe Sermarini

Macedonian Kingdom, Alexander the Great, 336 - 323 B.C., Tetradrachm, cf. Price 82347 viewsMacedonian Kingdom, Alexander the Great, 336 - 323 B.C.
Tetradrachm, cf. Price 823, 16.794g, 27.4mm, 0
Obv: head of Herakles right, wearing Nemean Lion skin, scalp over head, forepaws tied at neck
Rev: Zeus Aëtophoros enthroned left, eagle in extended right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, right leg drawn back, feet on a footstool, uncertain monogram in wreath left, E and symbol below throne

Cast fake. Joe Sermarini

Macedonian Kingdom, Alexander the Great, Tetradrachm53 viewsMacedonian Kingdom, Alexander the Great, Tetradrachm

Price F90

Cast. From Egypt.

9.929 - 11.5 grams, 24.1mmJoe Sermarini

Macedonian Kingdom, Demetrius I Poliorketes, Bronze22 viewsMacedonian Kingdom, Demetrius I Poliorketes, Bronze
weight 19.862 g, maximum diameter 29.6 mm, die axis 0o

CastJoe Sermarini

Macedonian Kingdom, Fantasy Coin Based on the Philip II Gold Stater Type22 viewsMacedonian Kingdom, Fantasy Coin Based on the Philip II Gold Stater Type
Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo left
Reverse: Charioteer driving a racing biga left

Pressed with modern dies, has edge casting seam but from flan casting before pressing. Style and fabric are entirely unconvincing. Genuine original is gold and has types right. Joe Sermarini

Macedonian Kingdom, Perseus or Philip V, 187 - 168 B.C., Tetrobol - Series of Fake Dies112 viewsMacedonian Kingdom, Perseus or Philip V, 187 - 168 B.C., Tetrobol - Series of Fake Dies

Chart assembled by Lacedaemon, he wrote:

The weights of the coins seem to be in generally the right area for coins of this type, about 2.4g.

Sometime around January I gathered as many images of this type of coin as I could find to see if there were die links between them. I found links between 9 obverse dies and 10 reverse dies.

I’ll upload the die comparison image I made. I hope it makes sense to others. It’s arranged so coins with the same obverse die run horizontally and reverse dies run vertically. The coins on red backgrounds were sold by notorious fake sellers, the ones not on red backgrounds are mostly from dealers.1 commentsJoe Sermarini

Macedonian Kingdom, Philip II, 359 - 336 B.C., Silver Tetradrachm, Cast, BOCS Vol 22 No.1 1997 Page 14 Fig 2c, 16.82g30 viewsSilver tetradrachm, cf. Le Rider 114 (different obv. die, same rev. die: R91); SNG ANS 358, 16.82g, 24.2mm, 180o, Pella mint, c. 354 - 348 B.C.; obverse laureate head of Zeus right; reverse ΦIΛIΠΠOY, king riding left, wearing causia and cloak, raising right hand in salute, Δ center below above exergue lines, star under raised right foreleg

Old cast fake. Weight standard of Philip II Macedonian tetradrachms was 14.4g. See Hyla A. Troxell's, Studies in the Macedonian coinage of Alexander the Great, page 17-18. Fakes from same dies with too high weight are published and it is one of these fakes see IBSCC Bulletin on Counterfeits BOCS Vol 22 No.1 1997 Page 14 Fig 2d Forgery Type: cast, 16.82Joe Sermarini

Macedonian Kingdom, Philip II, 359 - 336 B.C., Silver Tetradrachm, Cast, BOCS Vol 22 No.1 1997 Page 14 Fig 2d, 15.72g23 viewsSilver tetradrachm, cf. Le Rider 114 (different obv. die, same rev. die: R91); SNG ANS 358, 15.72g, Pella mint, c. 354 - 348 B.C.; obverse laureate head of Zeus right; reverse ΦIΛIΠΠOY, king riding left, wearing causia and cloak, raising right hand in salute, Δ center below above exergue lines, star under raised right foreleg

Old cast fake. Weight standard of Philip II Macedonian tetradrachms was 14.4g. See Hyla A. Troxell's, Studies in the Macedonian coinage of Alexander the Great, page 17-18. Fakes from same dies with too high weight are published and it is one of these fakes see IBSCC Bulletin on Counterfeits BOCS Vol 22 No.1 1997 Page 14 Fig 2d Forgery Type: cast, 15.72gJoe Sermarini

Macedonian Kingdom, Philip II, 359 - 336 B.C., Silver Tetradrachm, IBSCC BOCS Cast Fake32 viewsSilver tetradrachm, cf. Le Rider 114 (different obv. die, same rev. die: R91); SNG ANS 358, 15,75g, Pella mint, c. 354 - 348 B.C.; obverse laureate head of Zeus right; reverse ΦIΛIΠΠOY, king riding left, wearing causia and cloak, raising right hand in salute, Δ center below above exergue lines, star under raised right foreleg

Old cast fake. Weight standard of Philip II Macedonian tetradrachms was 14.4g. See Hyla A. Troxell's, Studies in the Macedonian coinage of Alexander the Great, page 17-18. Fakes from same dies with too high weight are published and it is one of these fakes see IBSCC Bulletin on Counterfeits BOCS Vol 22 No.1 1997 Page 14 Fig 2c and 2d Forgery Type: cast, 15.75gJoe Sermarini

Macedonian Kingdom, Philip II, 359 - 336 B.C., Silver Tetradrachm, IBSCC BOCS Cast Fake33 viewsSilver tetradrachm, cf. Le Rider 114 (different obv. die, same rev. die: R91); SNG ANS 358, bumps and scratches, many shallow cuts on edge, 12.558g, 24.2mm, 180o, Pella mint, c. 354 - 348 B.C.; obverse laureate head of Zeus right; reverse ΦIΛIΠΠOY, king riding left, wearing causia and cloak, raising right hand in salute, Δ center below above exergue lines, star under raised right foreleg

Old cast fake. Weight standard of Philip II Macedonian tetradrachms was 14.4g. See Hyla A. Troxell's, Studies in the Macedonian coinage of Alexander the Great, page 17-18. Fakes from same dies are published - IBSCC Bulletin on Counterfeits BOCS Vol 22 No.1 1997 Page 14 Fig 2c and 2d Forgery Type: cast.

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Ex Numismatic Fine Arts, Fall 1988 (12 October), lot 165; ex Dr. George Brauer Collection

YES, THIS FAKE COIN IS EX NFA! FORVM RECEIVED IT ON CONSIGNMENT WITH THE NFA TAG AND IT MATCHES THE NFA CATALOG PLATE PHOTOS!

Joe Sermarini

Macedonian Kingdom, Philip II, 359-336 BC, AR tetradrachm24 viewsObv:- Laureate head of Zeus right
Rev:- ΦIΛIΠ - ΠOY, naked youth on horse pacing right, holding long palm-branch

Modern cast fakemaridvnvm

Macedonian Kingdom, Philip II, Silver Tetradrachm, Published Fake3 viewsMacedonian Kingdom, Philip II, Silver Tetradrachm, Published Fake, 14.092g, 23.1mm, 180, The Philip tetradrachm is condemned in IBSCC Bulletin on Counterfeits BOCS Vol 16 No.1 1991 Page 18 Fig 4.Joe Sermarini

Macedonian Kingdom, Philip III and Alexander IV, c. 323 - 317 B.C., Tetradrachm, In the Name of Alexander the Great47 viewsMacedonian Kingdom, Philip III and Alexander IV, c. 323 - 317 B.C., In the Name of Alexander the Great
Tetradrachm, Price 112, Müller Alexander 854, Demanhur 1344- 1455, SNG Cop 684, SNG Alpha Bank 499, SNG Mün 283, SNG Ash 2594, Newell Reattribution 43, Troxell H2
Obv: head of Herakles right, wearing Nemean Lion skin, scalp over head, forepaws tied at neck
Rev: Zeus Aëtophoros seated left on throne without back, right leg forward (archaic lifetime style), eagle in extended right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, Phrygian cap inner left

Cast fake. This coin is from a published collection and sold at auction. Joe Sermarini

Macedonian Kingdom, Philip V Tetradrachm Petar Petrov Fake0 viewsMacedonian Kingdom, Philip V Tetradrachm Petar Petrov Fake
Petar Petrov 3_Catalogue_Greek_Tetradrachm number 6790 A , 15.281g, 28.0mm, 0
Joe Sermarini

Magnesia, silver drachm, #A162 viewsAR drachm, 14mm
Diademed head of Artemis right / MAΓNHTΩN - EYΦHMOΣ ΠAYΣANIOY, either side of naked Apollo standing left on meander pattern, holding branch and resting left elbow on tripod surmounted by quiver; all within laurel wreath
Sear 4486

Sold as tetradrachm in error, size and legend make this a drachm
Magnesia, silver tetradrachm, Artemis-Apollo. 190-133 BC. Hill #96. 14mm. Sold as Rosa reproduction of Becker coin. Electro-plated silver over pewter. “Copy” stamped on rim. Image courtesy of Charlie at the Coin Replica Store.

Magnesia, silver drachm, #A194 viewsAR drachm, 2nd century BC
Diademed head of Artemis right / MAΓNHTΩN - EYΦHMOΣ ΠAYΣANIOY, either side of naked Apollo standing left on meander pattern, holding branch and resting left elbow on tripod surmounted by quiver; all within laurel wreath
Sear 4486

Sold as tetradrachm: reverse legend is that of a drachm
For sale on Ebay in 1 day private auction by poweroflove. A Toronto Group coin.

Magnesia, silver drachm, #A154 viewsAR drachm
Diademed head of Artemis right / MAΓNHTΩN - EYΦHMOΣ ΠAYΣANIOY, either side of naked Apollo standing left on meander pattern, holding branch and resting left elbow on tripod surmounted by quiver; all within laurel wreath
Sear 4486

Obv: Bust of Artemis. Rev: Apollo. 190-133 BC. Sold on Ebay as a Becker Replica.

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