Fake Ancient Greek Coins: Hellenistic Period
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Ptolemy III Drachm, SNG Cop 17162 viewsModern cast. Filled edges.
39-40 mm, 58.8 g.Manuel
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Lysimachos, Tetradrachm78 viewsKINGS OF THRACE. Lysimachos (305-281 BC). Tetradrachm. Lampsakos.
Obv: Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, wearing horn of Ammon.
Rev: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛYΣIMAXOY.
Athena seated left, holding Nike and spear over shoulder, resting elbow on shield. Controls: aplustre to outer left, monogram to inner left.
Thompson 48; Müller 356. Joe Sermarini
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Alexander the Great Tetradrachms Cast88 viewsAlexander the Great Tetradrachms Cast
Identified on facebook as a days production by a forger. Joe Sermarini
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Smyrna Tetradrachm56 viewsCast of BRITISH MUSEUM Electrotype.
Copying Ionia, Smyrna. AR Tetradrachm.
Turreted head of Tyche right.
Ethnic in two lines, monogram (magistrate) below; all within wreath.Pekka K
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Phoenicia, Arados 172-109 BC35 viewsBee with straight wings; monogram (retrograde) across upper field.
Rev: APAΔIΩN, Stag standing right before palm.
Offered by reputable auction house but removed when i confirmed them to be modern fakes and not ancient counterfeits.
This is the description of the lot by the auction house / Lot no. 2 x AR Drachms, ancient counterfeits
Arados
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Ptolemy V Epiphanes40 viewsPtolemy V, AR tetradrachm (14.27g) Tyre Mint, Svoronos 1297. A deceptive fake from dies noted in the Bulletin on Counterfeits.Matt Kreuzer
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Kingdom of Macedon24 viewsMacedonia
Silver drachm
Philip III arrhidaios
Kolophon mint
4.12gr
17.1mm
Modern fake being sold on ebay by notorious fake seller coinauction12mihali84
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Kingdom of Macedon31 viewsAlexander the Great
silver "hemidrachm"
"uncertain mint"
2.17gr
14mm
Modern cold struck fake being sold on ebay by notorious fake seller coinauction12
mihali84
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Sikeliotes, Litrae, HGC 90734 viewsObv: Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet; two dots behind neck, thunderbolt behind head.
Rev: SIKELIWTAN, Owl standing half right, head facing, wings closed. TIS or HS monogram in right field.
Hoover HGC 907, Morgantina mint.
Top row: fake coin.
Middle row: original.
Bottom row: fake reverse superimposed on original. The arrows point where the border was wrongly executed, with traces of the original run still visible.Manuel
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Bactria, Eukratides I Tetradrachm32 viewsBASILEUS MEGAS EUKRATIDHS, heroic bust left, wearing helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear, seen from behind, brandishing spear in his right hand / HLIOKLEOUS KAI LAODIKHS, jugate draped busts of Heliokles and Laodike, diademed, right; monogram behind. Bopearachchi Série 16A; SNG ANS 529.
Cast copy.Manuel
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Rhodes Hemidrachm19 views11 mm.
Cast forgery.Manuel
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Athens New Style Tetradrachm45 viewsPosted by a forum member who bought the item at an estate sale. The obverse style is very off; the reverse symbols are wrong; the silver plating has worn off the high points on the reverse, revealing a copper core.TIF
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Phoenicia, Arados 170-169 BC33 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 (15/12/2015) by dodonis598 as "PHOENICIA ARADOS , DRACHM , GREECE"Arados
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Nikokles, King of Paphos, Cyprus, c. 325 - c. 317 B.C35 viewsNikokles, King of Paphos, Cyprus, c. 325 - c. 317 B.C
tetradrachm, Price 3119
Wrong style (obverse is imitating an issue from Arados) and fabric (pressed) and flan shape.Din X
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Phoenicia, Arados 170-169 BC32 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 for £320 (19/12/2015) by 2rooks as "PHOENICIA ARADOS , DRACHM , GREECE"
Reoffered on eBay for £320 (18/01/2015) by 2rooks.Arados
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Amisos as Peiraesos51 views400-350 BC, good copies are made of silver (4.3 g.), cheaper examples are made of tin. both types 17 mm
Obv: Turreted head of Tyche left, wearing necklace and trident-shaped earring, flowers on the crown.
Rev: AI-DN (or correctly DI-AN) across fields, PEIRA below, eagle standing front in typical Amisos fashion, wings spread.
Rarely stamped as a Copy or Replica.
Copying Weber 4761. Genuine examples are about 19mm and ca. 5.7 g.
Offered by the manufacturers, antiquanova.com, as replicas.helvetica
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Perseus, silver tetradrachm21 viewsObv:- Diademed head of Perseus right with close beard
Rev:- 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
Cast fake.ddwau
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SICILY, Entella, Punic Tetradrachm28 viewsSicily, Entella, Punic issues, circa 300-289 BC, AR Tetradrachm (22.5mm, 17.07 g, 7h). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Head of horse left; palm tree to right, [Punic MSHBM below], 10.432 grams, 22.80 mm. cf. SNG Cop 984, SNG ANS 100, HGC 2 293.
Joe Sermarini
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KALLATIS, THRACE 3 c. BC45 viewsAR Drachm
Obv. Head of Heracles in lion-skin headdress to r.
Rev. ΚΑΛΛΑΤΙΑ, wheat stalk and club above, bow in quiver below.
SNG Cop. 176
Cast.
Ilya Prokopov
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Taras, Calabria, Italy AR "drachm"26 viewsSold on ebay january 2016, (73euros) as genuine, size 14mm, weight 1,2g
Augustin Caron
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KINGS of MACEDON, Alexander III The Great 315-294 BC37 viewsObverse: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress.
Reverse: AΛEΞANΔΡOΥ, Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, footstool beneath feet, lower limbs wrapped in Himation, Eagle in right hand, sceptre in left hand, in left field torch with Λ above, M over star below throne.
Modern imitation: Listed in Price as F67 on page 513.
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=105336.msg646351;boardseen#newArados
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Alexander III56 viewsAlexander III tetradrachm, Tourist fake from Athen, " From Athens - counterfeiter has a skilled hand but no eye for style. " IBSCC Bulletin on Counterfeits BOCS Vol 4 No.4 Page 86
Din X
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Alexander III43 viewsObv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.
Rev: AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus seated left with sceptre and eagle, in left field, monogram.
Cast!
Ilya Prokopov
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Alexander III96 viewsAR drachm, 3.8g, Lampsakos mint, c. 310-301 BC
Obv.: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress.
Rev.: AΛEXANΔΡOY, Zeus seated left, forepart of Pegasos in left field.
Pressed from cast dies, probably Dimitrovgrad Studio. The coin is underweight, exhibits casting bubbles and traces of a seam. The reverse is a match to another Dimitrovgrad forgery listed on this site.John Anthony
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