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Kings of Skythia, Charaspes9 viewsReplica, marked as such with kantharos symbol.
This kantharos can be found on many replicas of this Bulgarian workshop but genreally not on an authentic coin of this types. Sold by reputable British auction house as authentic. Din XMay 26, 2021
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Mysia, Kyzikos, Hekte 44 viewsSixth Stater, ca. 500-450 BC; EL (g 2,67; mm 9). Ram standing l. on tunny l.;
Rv. Quadripartite incuse square.
Returned by NGC as NOT GENUINE. Cast copyDominic TMar 08, 2021
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Morgantina19 viewsCast identical sprues and flan shape, centering, die axist etc.
Bottom coins is published as cast in IBSCC Bulletin on Counterfeits BOCS Vol 10 No.2 1985 Page 28 Fig 8
SICILY, Morgantina. Circa 339/8-317 BC. Æ Hemilitron (19.5mm, 8.21 g, 1h). Laureate head of Sikelia right; [tiny retrograde Γ to left, monogram below chin] / Eagle standing left on coiled serpent. Erim & Jaunzems Issue 7, 1 (O1/R1); CNS 3; HGC 2, 905Feb 26, 2021
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Selinos34 viewsCast fakes, one could be the authentic host, same centering, edge crack at 7 o'clock on obverse and 2 o'clock on reverse (closed or partly close on some), same flan shape and wear + die axis. Artificial patinas
SICILY. Selinos. Hemilitron (Circa 415-409 BC).
Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.
Rev: ΣΕ.
Bow and quiver.
CNS 11; SNG ANS 71; HGC 2, 1238.
Condition: Extremely fine.
Weight: 3.23 g.Din XFeb 10, 2021
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Attic the coins in egypt with me owner11 viewsATHENS ATTIC TETRADRACHM
449/413 BC
Jan 23, 2021
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Attic the coins in egypt with me owner12 viewsATHENS ATTIC TETRADRACHM 449/413 BC
Jan 23, 2021
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Calabria, Baletium39 viewsThe coinage of Baletium is extremely rare, and was minted in Calabria, Magna Grecia. This is a modern restrike which was offered as genuine by Lansky auction house on July 6, 2020. The action house refused to remove it when told it was fake. It sold for EUR 8000.Enrico VonghiaJul 29, 2020
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Thasos, Thrace, Drachm, Satyr and Nymph, c. 480 - 463 B.C.52 viewsSilver drachm, McClean 4201; Le Rider Thasiennes 3; Rosen 143; HGC 6 332; BMC Thasos -; SNG Cop -, c. 3.881g, 15.7mm, Thasos mint, c. 480 - 463 B.C.; obverse nude ithyphallic satyr kneeling-running right, carrying in his arms a struggling nymph, satyr's and nymph's long hair indicated with lines, satyr sometimes with with horse ear, raising her right hand in protest, nymph's hand with palm facing and five fingers clear; reverse quadripartite incuse square, very rare.
Struck or pressed with modern dies.
Joe SermariniJul 24, 2020
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Thasos, Thrace, Silver Stater, c. 480 - 463 B.C., Satyr and Nymph51 viewsSilver stater, Le Rider Thasiennes 5; SNG Cop 1010; Rosen 142; McClean 419; Svoronos HPM p. 96, 9 and pl. X, 13-17; Dewing 1323; Kraay 520; SNG Ash 3660; HGC 6 331, weight 8.962g, maximum diameter 22.1mm, Thasos mint, c. 480 - 463 B.C.; obverse nude ithyphallic satyr kneeling-running right, carrying in his arms a struggling nymph, raising her right hand in protest, both with long strait hair indicated with lines, she wears a long chiton, her palm is facing; reverse quadripartite incuse square
Struck or pressed with modern dies. Joe SermariniJul 24, 2020
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Thasos, Thrace, Silver Drachm, c. 525 - 463 B.C.44 viewsThasos, Thrace, Silver Drachm, c. 525 - 463 B.C., 3.770g, 18.0
Le Rider Thasiennes 3 5; SNG Cop 1014, SGCV I 1361; Rosen 143; HGC 6 332; Klein -
Obv: nude ithyphallic satyr in kneeling running attitude right carrying in his arms a struggling nymph who raises her right hand in protest
Rev: quadripartite incuse square
struck or pressed with modern dies.Joe SermariniJul 24, 2020
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Tauric Chersonesos39 viewsObv : Head of Pan facing
Rev : Bull butting left on horizontal club, XEP above
18mm. 3.2gDominic TJul 17, 2020
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Tauric Chersonesos41 viewsObv: Bearded head of Pan right
Rev : Artemis Parthenos seated on throne, bow at shoulder & arrow in right hand ANOAAA / XEP
23mm. 5.5gDominic TJul 17, 2020
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Alexander III, Amphipolis mint107 viewsTop coin is transfer die fake and bottom coin authetnic mother.
Transfer die fake has a ghost line where the planchet of the mother ends adn identical scratch on reverse as the mother.
Alexander the Great AV Stater, Amphipolis mint
Kings of Macedon. Alexander III "the Great" (336-323 BC). AV Stater (8.60 g), c. 323-317 BC, Amphipolis mint.
Obv. Head of Athena wearing Corinthian helmet to right.
Rev. ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Nike standing facing, head left, holding wreath in extended right hand and stylis in left, Kantharos in left field.
Price 168; Müller 193.Din XJun 23, 2020
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Kroton Croton Bruttium29 viewsObv: Head of Hera facing front. Rev KROTWNIATAN, Herakles sitting left (on rock covered with lionskin), should be holding a one-handled cup, bow below.
Copying SNG ANS 374. Sent to wildwinds for identification.
Link to the genuine version on the wildwinds Kroton page:
https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/bruttium/kroton/t.html
On this modern fake:
1. The details of Hera's hair on the obverse are nothing like they should be.
2. The necklace is just a line.
3. The mouth is very poorly made.
4. On the reverse, Herakles should be holding a one-handled cup, on this fake, his hand is empty with just two dots to left.
5. There is no sign of the rock on which he is sitting - he appears to be sitting in the air.
6. There is no sign or details of the lionskin on the rock on which he is supposed to be sitting.
7. The club has no details.
8. You can see the joint of the two cast halves on the sideways view that the owner sent me.
9. The obverse has a raised rim, something that is never seen on genuine coins.
10. The obverse also has file marks on the right where the fakers had removed what was probably an even higher part of the rim.
helveticaJun 23, 2020
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Sicily, Aitna AE Tetras 354-344 BC46 viewsGreek SICILY, Aitna. 354/3-344 BC. Æ Tetras (25mm, 14.30 g, 3h). Helmeted head of Athena right / Horse with trailing rein prancing right; M above. Castrizio series I, 1 (D1/R3); CNS 1; SNG ANS 1301.
Identical casts sold by different dealers. Joe SermariniJun 05, 2020
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Athens tetradrachm67 viewsHelmeted head of Athena right.
AQE Owl standing right, head facing, olive sprig behind.
Athens AR tetradrachm., 449 - 420 BC
Modern dies.Jay GT4May 27, 2020
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Athens tetradrachm68 viewsHelmeted head of Athena right.
AQE Owl standing right, head facing, olive sprig behind.
Athens AR tetradrachm., 449 - 420 BC
Modern dies.Jay GT4May 27, 2020
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Athens tetradrachm52 viewsHelmeted head of Athena right.
AQE Owl standing right, head facing, olive sprig behind.
Athens AR tetradrachm., 449 - 420 BC
Modern dies.Jay GT4May 27, 2020
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Athens tetradrachm73 viewsHelmeted head of Athena right.
AQE Owl standing right, head facing, olive sprig behind.
Athens AR tetradrachm., 449 - 420 BC
Modern dies.Jay GT4May 27, 2020
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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. MarcanticaFeb 03, 2020
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Kyzikos, Mysia Electrum Hekte31 views'Greek, Mysia. Kyzikos circa 450-375 BC 2.42gr;10mm. Hekte EL / Zeus, laureate and nude to waist, kneeling to right, holding scepter with his right hand and with an eagle taking flight from his extended left, tunny fish right below / Quadripartite incuse square'
Its a match for one identified as a modern forgery and withdrawn from sale by CNG in 2006 which is already on the fake coin reportsJoe SermariniJan 26, 2020
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Klopatra Thea and Antiochos VIII (120s BC)31 viewsObject: Impression from dies engraved by Carl Wilhelm Bopatra Thea and Antiochos VIII (120s BC)ecker struck in an alloy of tin and lead
Model: Silver tetradrachm of Kleopatra Thea and Antiochos VIII (120s BC)1
Period: The dies: between c. 1806 and 1830 AD; the impression: c. 1830s AD
17.28g. 27.1~29.6mm Obv: Jugate busts of Kleopatra Thea, diademed and with stephane2 and veil, and Antiochos VIII, diademed, to right; dotted border
Rev: ‘ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ ΚΛΕΟΠΑΤΡΑΣ’ curving in two lines on right (“of Queen Kleopatra”), ‘ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ’ curving in two lines on left (“of King Antiochos”); eagle standing left on prow, palm branch under far wing; control mark in left field, quasi-Seleukid date ‘ΞΠΡ’ in right field; dotted border
The reverse of this Becker’s coin is a combination of reverse designs used by Ake-Ptolemais mint and by Sidon mint. Moreover, the date ΞΠΡ is non-compatible with the numeral system which was used on Seleukid coins. It seems that Becker (or his assistant W. Zindel) mistook Ζ for Ξ, so that the correct date on his original model was probably ΖΠΡ (year 187 of the Seleukid Era, i.e. 126/5 BC).ddwauDec 15, 2019
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Thasos, Stater36 viewsThasos, Stater, Sear 1746. Thasos 463-411 BC AR Stater Ithyphallic Satyr bearing nymph. / Quadripartite incuse punch gVF. Sold on ebay in January 2004 by Quality Auctions. HGC 6 #334; Sear 1746.AnaximanderOct 29, 2019
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