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Rhodes AR Didrachm58 viewsRadiate, facing head of Helios
ΡΟΔΙΟΝ above rose with two buds.
5.86 gr, modern forgery.
1. Rhodian Didrachms bearing the reverse legend ΡΟΔΙΟΝ (as this coin do) are almost always matched with un-radiate obverses. There are very few exceptions (Δ+Star, ΔΙ+Star, EY+Harpa, ΕΥΚΡΑΤΗΣ+Anchor, AΜΕΙΝΙΑΣ+Prow, probably among few other emissions) but these exceptions are really very few into the vast Rhodian Didrachm series and this coin does not look as being one of these exceptions.
2. In the exceptions to the "rule" I just described above, the reverse design as a whole is placed inside a border of pearls; the reverse of this coin does not bear a border of pearls.
3. The complete lack of field symbols, letters or a magistrate's name is strange and I am not aware of other Rhodian Didrachm issues showing this paradoxical phenomenon.
Instead, there are two buds here, which rarely appear and only at other certain Rhodian issues, totally unrelated to this particular issue the coin in question purports to be part of. Besides, the style of both buds is much away from the usual and typical style of these types.
4. The weight is certainly light for a Rhodian Didrachm; at 5.86 is well on the light side. The coin looks to be in aEF condition and the very little wear does not justify such loss of weight.
rover1.3Sep 28, 2013
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Rhodes AR Tetradrachm 230 - 205 BC48 viewsRhodes, Tetradrachm, c.230-205 BC, Μagistrate ΕΥΚΡΑΤΗΣ.
Radiate head of Helios facing, slightly right.
ΡΟΔΙΟΝ above rose with bud to right, thunderbolt on left, ΕΥΚΡΑΤΗΣ magistrate.
18.406 gr, 24.08 - 26.03 diameter.
SNG Keckman 547, sammlung Karl 492
The edges are odd, the unnaturally thick fabric is strange for the type.
Genuine Rhodian tetradrachm emissions of this late era are on fairly thin flans.
Way overweight, listed as having the weight of 18.406gr while genuine examples of the type are more or less 5 grams lighter.
Odd surfaces showing mould transfer errors, (particularly noticeable around the thunderbolt), casting pearls, overall a " mushy", unnatural, porous reverse look, are typical of inferior quality cast fakes.
The engraving style of the dies is good and exactly the way it should be for the type; it appears that this fake comes from moulds originally taken from a genuine, ancient struck coin.rover1.3Aug 23, 2013
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Rhodes. Islands off Caria, AR Didrachm 304 - c.265 BC57 viewsRadiate profile hd. of Helios r.
ΡΟΔΙΟΝ above Rose, buds left and right, EY left field.
5.76g.
Wrong style both sides, low weight, evidence of casting.
This coin purports to be a very rare Rhodian AR didrachm type of 304 - c.265 BC.
For the type check R. Ashton's 'Rhodian Coinage and the Colossus'
(RN 30, 1988),
SNG Keckman 474, Sammlung Karl 434 - 436rover1.3Feb 07, 2013
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Philip II AR Tetradrachm67 viewsLaureate head of Zeus right
ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ, Youth on horseback right, holding palm branch.
Symbol and monogram above and below horse.
12.05 gr.
Wrong weight.rover1.3Oct 03, 2012
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Macedonian Kingdom Philip II Tetradrachm42 viewsLaureate head of Zeus right
ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ, Youth on horseback right, holding palm branch.
Symbol and monogram above and below horse.
16.8gr, 25mm diameter.
Wrong metal.rover1.3Oct 01, 2012
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athenian1 1 grm64 viewsHelmeted head of Athena r.
Owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent behind; all within incuse square.
1.10 gr, about 10 mm
rover1.3Jul 25, 2012
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Seleukid, Alexander I, ( Balas)77 viewsSeleukid Kings of Syria, Alexander I, ( Balas), 150-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm Tyre mint. 14,04g.
Draped bust, diademed head of king facing to the right.
Eagle with palmbranch on prora.
Obverse/reverse match to a published fake. (BOC Vol 16, 1991), flatness.rover1.3Jul 25, 2012
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Ptolemy V57 viewsDiad. head of Ptolemy r.
ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, Eagle stg. l, seated on thunderbolt
For sale on Ebay as being an AE of Ptolemy VIII, it looks like a bronze imitation of a Ptolemy V AR Tetradrachm (Sear 7856)
Bronze cast of a known fake type.rover1.3Jul 06, 2012
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Athens Classical AR Tetradrachm207 views17g, wrong style.rover1.3Apr 18, 2012
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Athens Archaic tetradrachm Eastern imitation190 viewsAthens before 490 b.c.
Published fake Bulletin on Counterfeits BOCS Vol 18 No.1 1993 Page 28 Fig 3
24mm, 16.7
This fake imitates an archaic eastern imitation.
rover1.3Sep 23, 2010
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