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Lysimachos drachm27 viewsKINGS OF THRACE. Lysimachos (305-281 BC). Drachm. Uncertain mint.
Obv: Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, wearing horn of Ammon.
Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛYΣIMAXOY.
Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background.star and torch; K in exergue.
Müller - (cf. 381: Tetradrachm); Thompson -; cf. See Numismatik Naumann Auction 10, lot 77 with K in exergue.
4.30 gr. 20 mm
Shares same obverse and reverse die as the fake Pecunem10 lot 77 example.PavlosJun 08, 2021
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Fake Parthian Drachm19 viewsThe coin is an impossible mule of a Sellwood type 84 (his Vologases IV) obverse and a Sellwood type 27 (his Mithradates II) reverse - types that appeared about 250 years apart. The surfaces of the coin are strangely flat and the weight given for this example (4.66 g) is too high. A couple of other examples with the same dies can be seen on the fakes page at http://parthika.fr/Faux.html (numbered 65 & 66).Michael C8Jun 08, 2021
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Kings of Galatia, Amyntas, 37 - 25 B.C., AE24, Herakles / Lion12 viewsKings of Galatia, Amyntas, 37 - 25 B.C.
11.677g, 23.6mm, 0 deg die axis.
Obv: head of Herakles right, bearded, club in field behind - not over shoulder - the genuine type has club over shoulder
Rev: Nemean lion walking right, BAΣHΛEΩ (sic) above, AMYNTOY in exergue
An old fake (pre-1970) struck from modern dies. Condemned by NGC.Joe SermariniJun 02, 2021
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Agathokles, Syracuse, Syrakus, Slavey35 viewsSlavey fake, for sale currently buy Slavey himslef in his store
Sicily, Syracuse AR Stater. Time of Agathokles, circa 317-306/5 BC. Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with griffin on the bowl; [trophy] to left / ΣYPA[KOΣIΩ]N, Pegasos flying to left; triskeles above. Pegasi 16; BAR Issue 3; HGC 2, 1402. 7.12g, 24mm, 12h.
Here another one good picture
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pid=1712
Din XMay 29, 2021
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Agathokles, Syracuse, Syrakus, Slavey38 viewsSlavey fake after cleaning currently for sale by British auction house
Sicily, Syracuse AR Stater. Time of Agathokles, circa 317-306/5 BC. Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with griffin on the bowl; [trophy] to left / ΣYPA[KOΣIΩ]N, Pegasos flying to left; triskeles above. Pegasi 16; BAR Issue 3; HGC 2, 1402. 7.12g, 24mm, 12h.
Here another one good picture
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pid=1712Din XMay 29, 2021
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Agathokles, Syracuse, Syrakus49 viewsSlavey fake before cleaning
Sicily, Syracuse AR Stater. Time of Agathokles, circa 317-306/5 BC. Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with griffin on the bowl; [trophy] to left / ΣYPA[KOΣIΩ]N, Pegasos flying to left; triskeles above. Pegasi 16; BAR Issue 3; HGC 2, 1402. 7.12g, 24mm, 12h.
Here another one good picture
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pid=1712Din XMay 29, 2021
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Calabria Tarentum (Taras) AR diobol10 viewsListed by seller Troyanka on EBay (Russia). Casting seams are clearly visible in the images. Several identical coins for sale over several years. Still active.Enrico VonghiaMay 28, 2021
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Fake Baktrian Diodotos II AV Stater33 viewsVendor description:
Antike: Baktrien: Stater GOLD Diodotos II, vor ca. 255 v. Chr.: VF+
Grade: VF+
Weight: 8.25 g
Kopf mit Diadem nach rechts / Zeus mit Blitzbündel und Ägis nach links, zu seinen Füßen Adler, im Feld ein Kranz
Style, iconographic details and blundered legend give the game away!n.igmaFeb 16, 2021
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Lysimachos 46 viewsModern two-piece cast, glued together. Unusual style, unlisted mint monogram (HPK or HKP).
Weight ca. 17 g, diameter 26 mm.DzikiZdebJan 27, 2021
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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.
CLICK THE IMAGE FOR A VERY LARGE PHOTO.
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 SermariniJan 17, 2021
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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 SermariniJan 16, 2021
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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 SermariniJan 16, 2021
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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 SermariniJan 16, 2021
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Rhodos, Carian Islands, c. 205 - 190 B.C.32 viewsRhodos, Carian Islands, c. 205 - 190 B.C.
Silver hemidrachm, SNG Keckman 584; Ashton Rhodes 288; SNG Cop 783; BMC Caria p. 245, 164; HGC 6 1453, NGC condemned as fake, Rhodos (Rhodes, Greece) mint, weight 2.286g, maximum diameter 14.3mm, die axis 0o, magistrate Gorgos, 205 - 190 B.C.; obverse head of Helios facing slightly right; reverse rose with bud to right, ΓOPΓOΣ above, uncertain control symbol left, P-O flanking stem
Cast. From before 1980. Joe SermariniJan 02, 2021
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Myrina, silver tetradrachm68 viewsAR tetradrachm, 31mm, weight not given, 2nd century BC
Obv: Laureate head of Apollo of Grynion right.
Rev: Apollo of Grynion standing holding a phiale and laurel-branch with fillets; omphalos and amphora at feet; monogram and the word ΜΥΡΙΝΑΙΩΝ (Myrina) all within laurel-wreath.
Sear 4216.
Sold as genuine on VCoins, December 2020.
Submitted by Callimachus.CallimachusDec 07, 2020
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Seleucid Tetradrachm47 viewsnote the softness
27mm and 13.53okidokiNov 18, 2020
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BAKTRIA, Agathocles (c. 185-170 BC), AR tetradrachm47 viewsAuctioneer's Description
Greek Coins, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom, Agathocles (c. 185-170 BC), AR tetradrachm, control mark Merv, diademed head of the deified Euthydemus I to right, citing younger Diodotus whose title is given as Theos, rev. Heracles seated to left, on a rock holding a club in right hand, wt. 14.55g (Mitchiner 1683/145), fine to very fine, rare
CONDEMNATION FACTORS:
Low weight, appallingly childish style, extremely unnatural surfaces and misspelled obverse legend.
Probably a pressed fake. Certainly from modern dies.n.igmaNov 16, 2020
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Alexander 75 viewsImpossible die links between different mints and emperors, some of these are published modern hand cut die fakes.
More die links exist. The problem ist not only that they are die linked, the problem ist that they share the same style especially if it comes to the depiction of Zeus on the reverse. And same style would mean same artist but that would be impossible if we consider that they are made at different times and mints and for different emperors.
I sadly can not add all die links because they are too many!
There are many more die links to other dies envolved with same style.Din XOct 03, 2020
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Egypt, Ptolemy I, Tetradrachm, Portrait of Alexander in Elephant Skin / Athena 35 viewsEgypt, Ptolemy I, Tetradrachm
15.96g
cf. Lorber CPE 69; Svoronos 162; SNG Cop 29; Noeske 6; Hosking 4; BMC Ptolemies p. 4, 33 (all struck at a reduced 15.71g standard)
Obv: Alexander the Great, head right, wearing elephant skin headdress and aegis, no inscription
Rev: Athena Alkidemos advancing right, holding shield and brandishing javelin, ALEXANDROY upward on left; Corinthian helmet right over XA monogram over eagle standing right on thunderbolt with wings closed in right field
Sold on eBay by Notorious Fake Seller rasney-0. Over weight and significant style differences. Other examples sold by several sellers on the NFSL. Joe SermariniSep 28, 2020
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Egypt, Ptolemy I, Tetradrachm, Portrait of Alexander in Elephant Skin / Athena38 viewsEgypt, Ptolemy I, Tetradrachm
16.54g, 29mm
cf. Lorber CPE 69; Svoronos 162; SNG Cop 29; Noeske 6; Hosking 4; BMC Ptolemies p. 4, 33 (all struck at a reduced 15.71g standard)
Obv: Alexander the Great, head right, wearing elephant skin headdress and aegis, no inscription
Rev: Athena Alkidemos advancing right, holding shield and brandishing javelin, ALEXANDROY upward on left; Corinthian helmet right over XA monogram over eagle standing right on thunderbolt with wings closed in right field
Sold on eBay by Notorious Fake Seller oldromancoins. Pressed with modern Bulgarian dies. Over weight and significant style differences. Other examples sold by several sellers on the NFSL. Joe SermariniSep 28, 2020
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Egypt, Ptolemy I, Tetradrachm, Portrait of Alexander in Elephant Skin / Athena 38 viewsEgypt, Ptolemy I, Tetradrachm
16.6g, 29.9mm, 12:00
cf. Lorber CPE 69; Svoronos 162; SNG Cop 29; Noeske 6; Hosking 4; BMC Ptolemies p. 4, 33 (all struck at a reduced 15.71g standard)
Obv: Alexander the Great, head right, wearing elephant skin headdress and aegis, no inscription
Rev: Athena Alkidemos advancing right, holding shield and brandishing javelin, ALEXANDROY upward on left; Corinthian helmet right over XA monogram over eagle standing right on thunderbolt with wings closed in right field
Pressed with modern Bulgarian dies. Over weight and significant style differences. Other examples sold by several sellers on the NFSL. Joe SermariniSep 28, 2020
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Egypt, Ptolemy I, Tetradrachm, Portrait of Alexander in Elephant Skin / Athena 47 viewsEgypt, Ptolemy I, Tetradrachm
17.1g, 28mm
cf. Lorber CPE 69; Svoronos 162; SNG Cop 29; Noeske 6; Hosking 4; BMC Ptolemies p. 4, 33 (all struck at a reduced 15.71g standard)
Obv: Alexander the Great, head right, wearing elephant skin headdress and aegis, no inscription
Rev: Athena Alkidemos advancing right, holding shield and brandishing javelin, ALEXANDROY upward on left; Corinthian helmet right over XA monogram over eagle standing right on thunderbolt with wings closed in right field
Sold on eBay by Notorious Fake Seller david.cardiff*. Over weight and significant style differences. Other examples sold by several sellers on the NFSL. Joe SermariniSep 28, 2020
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Egypt, Ptolemy I, Tetradrachm, Portrait of Alexander in Elephant Skin / Athena43 viewsEgypt, Ptolemy I, Tetradrachm
16.515g, 28.7mm, 12:00
cf. Lorber CPE 69; Svoronos 162; SNG Cop 29; Noeske 6; Hosking 4; BMC Ptolemies p. 4, 33 (all struck at a reduced 15.71g standard)
Obv: Alexander the Great, head right, wearing elephant skin headdress and aegis, no inscription
Rev: Athena Alkidemos advancing right, holding shield and brandishing javelin, ALEXANDROY upward on left; Corinthian helmet right over XA monogram over eagle standing right on thunderbolt with wings closed in right field
Pressed with modern Bulgarian dies. Over weight and significant style differences. Other examples sold by several sellers on the NFSL. Joe SermariniSep 28, 2020
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Calabria, Brundisium43 viewsThis is a second example of the fake semis of Brundisium, this time with a chocolate brown patina. The obverse is identical to the specimen previously posted (compare the tilt of the eyebrow, the moustache, and the hair behind the moustache), but the reverse is slightly different, with a fuller dolphin rider figure. Enrico VonghiaJul 29, 2020
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