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Akragas Hemidrachme58 views2,04 g
SNG Kop. 56.
Withdrawn as fake, November 2013.Manuel
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Akragas Hemidrachme40 views1.07 g.
SNG ANS 1014.
Modern forgery.Manuel
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Antinous 100 viewsAntinous - Alexandria hemidrachm sold on eBay in August 2018 as authentic, 27mm for 14 grams.
It appears to be a cast forgery copied from the authentic specimen in the Markoff collection (NAC 62, lot 2034), another cast copy from the same type is also present in Paris at BnF (http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/6074/)
For more information look at this discussion: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=116323Cliff
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Antinous Hemidrachm - Alexandria120 viewsAE Hemidrachm, Alexandria
Obv: ANTINOOV HPOC Bareheaded and draped bust of Antinous to left, seen from behind.
Rev: Antinous on horseback riding to right, holding reins in his left hand and caduceus with his right; to left and right, date of struck in fields
Seller desc:
This is a reproduction of a Roman hemidrachm of Atinous, a favorite of Hadrian. The obverse shows the bust of Antinous facing left. The reverse shows Atinous as Hermes on horsebackfacing right. The coin was struck in Alexandria in 136 CE. (Sear 3900). These pieces are NOT ancient coins. Each coin is stamped 'COPY' on the reverse.
Offered as Copy/reproduction on ebay
Dec/2011mdelvalle
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Cherronesos, THRACE, Marmara Sea Area, Hemidrachm. 88 viewsSequence of pictures exposed by one of their members in the Spanish Forum Imperio-Numismático in Jul_2011, like study of a Fake hemidrachm that he had bought as genuine.
AR Hemidrachm, 14 mm, Circa 350-300 BC.
Obv: Forepart of lion right, head reverted.
Rev: Quadripartite incuse square; wreath/grape ? in one quadrant, pellet in opposite quadrant.
An obvious fake due to the clear casting seam.mdelvalle
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Chersonesos, Thrace Lion. Silver/AR Hemidrachm 43 viewsCast fake AR Hemidrachm on eBay July 2015 for sale by notorious fake antiquities sellerCurtis JJ
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Chersonesos, Thrace Lion. Silver/AR Hemidrachm 42 viewsCast fake AR Hemidrachm on eBay July 2015 for sale by notorious fake antiquities seller
Curtis JJ
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EGYPT, Alexandria, Antinous, struck under Hadrian, 63 viewsRPC III 6074; Egypt, Alexandria, under Hadrian; L ƐΝΝƐΑΚ·Δ or L ΙΘ = year 19; Date: 134/5 AD; Obverse inscription: ΑΝΤΙΝΟΟΥ ΗΡWΟС; Obverse design: bare-headed and draped (on l. front shoulder) bust of Antinous wearing hemhem crown, right; Reverse inscription: L ΙΘ; Reverse design: Antinous galloping on horse, right, holding caduceus; Metal: Bronze; Average diameter: 27 mm; Average weight: 15.08 g
This specimen, belonging to the BnF collection, is a cast fake. A casting mother has been located (original coin from which the cast was taken); together with a casting twin, both of which sharing the same defects not originating from the dies themselves i.e. those defects (edge splits) have been transferred in the casting process onto this cast coin, not struck onto the coin from the dies in antiquity.
Refer discussion: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=116323
Refer Fake Coin entry: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pos=-19459
Refer BnF specimen: http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/6074/
peterpil19
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Fake Babylonia Uncertain Mint 6A (Mrathus of Newell and Price) Hemidrachm24 viewsThis is a Bulgarian fake hemidrachm imitating that of Seleukos I (type SC 70.1) struck at Babylonia Uncertain Mint 6A (Marathus of Newell and Price). Although struck in the name of Alexander the authentic coin type was issued during the second satrapy of Seleukos 311-305 BC and bore his distinctive anchor insignia on the reverse, a sign of his issuing authority.
The reverse style is a giveaway, with everything wrong including modern stylistic cues in the anchor.
The EP mint control also appeared as a ligature (monogram) on the authentic issue
The weight at 1.58 grams is far too low for the condition of the coin with genuine items weighing c. 2.1 grams.
It was struck from modern dies by a Bulgarian school of fakers.n.igma
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Lokris Hemidrachms Noted by BCD148 viewsModern Cast Fakes - 110.1 & 110.2
LOKRIS
LOKRI OPUNTII
Lot of five coins. 110.1 : AR 2.25 g., 11¢ and 110.2 : Æ 1.95 g., 11¢. Two modern (early 20th century?) cast hemidrachm forgeries, the first one in silver and the second one in bronze. Both from the same casting mould, copying group 12 dies. 110.3 : AR 2.48 g., 5¢. A hemidrachm of unusual “provincial” style, listed after group 12 in the corpus as “false?” 110.4 : AR 2.01 g., 5¢. Another hemidrachm of different fabric but struck from dies bearing some stylistic similarity to the previous coin. Corpus group 12, 357b corr. [not same dies (as noted) to the BCD piece listed as 357a]. 110.5 : AR 1.99 g., 6¢. A tetrobol of unusually coarse style, especially on the obverse where there are also traces of overstriking.
A varied and very interesting lot. Generally very fine. 110.1 : Acquired from Münzen und Medaillen AG, October 1985, for CHF 280 and said to be from an old English collection. This fake, being the silver version, is more carefully crafted and also has artificially added deposits. The obverse die was copied from an obverse as SNG Lockett 1703.
110.2 : The casting mould has deteriorated and this is obvious when this bronze cast is compared to its silver sibling above. There are edge splits at 10¢ and 12¢ on the reverse, as well as a die flaw between the right knee of Ajax and the monogram.
110.3 : Acquired from Spink’s, October 1986, for £ 120. Ex CH VIII, 338, pl. XLIII, 4 (this coin). A fascinating item that, if the hoard burial date is correct, could have been struck as late as the early 2nd century BC. The silver quality looks excellent and the obverse is beginning to tone in a pleasing manner.
110.4 : Ex Spink-Noble (Australia) 44, 23 March 1994, 2480 ($A 100). Another very interesting oddity, nicely toned and along the same lines as the above coin but with dies engraved by different artists. The weight of this one is too low to pass as a legitimate triobol but any fourth century triobols still circulating during the second century BC were probably worn down to similar weights. The silver content looks good and the pronounced concavity of the flan should also be noted.
110.5 : A lightweight tetrobol that does not stylistically belong to the group 1 tetrobols in spite of the trident symbol. Probably a later imitation, but in good silver.
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Lokris, Hemidrachms noted by BCD154 viewsAR Hemidrachms,
Modern and Ancient Forgeries of Lokris
NAC 55 (8 October 2010) Lot 108
Modern Fake 108.2
LOKRIS
LOKRI OPUNTII
Lot of six coins.
108.1 : Plated hemidrachm, circa 350 BC or later. AR (Æ) 2.51 g., 7¢, having as a prototype a coin similar to lot 46 above (corpus group 1).
108.2 : A modern cast forgery, AR 2.08 g., 11¢, imitating a hemidrachm belonging to group 2 of the corpus (see lot 47 above).
108.3 : An ancient forgery, circa 350 BC or later. Æ (AR) 2.31 g., 11¢, in the form of the core of a plated coin, with traces of silvering remaining, mostly on the reverse, imitating a hemidrachm belonging to group 3 of the corpus (see lot 49 above).
108.4 : An ancient hemidrachm of good silver, circa 350 BC or later. AR 1.99 g., 7¢, being an unofficial or clandestine issue with a style and fabric very different to that of normal group 3 coins.
108.5 : A coin of the same pair of dies as the previous but less well struck and with more wear, AR 2.04 g., 5¢.
108.6 : An ancient plated hemidrachm forgery, circa 350 BC or later. AR (Æ) 2.64 g., 12¢, with an obverse test cut, imitating a hemidrachm belonging to group 4 of the corpus.
An interesting and instructive group. Various conditions,
from about fine to very fine.
108.1 : A gift of a good friend who appreciates and shares the excitement that “off beat’ coins offer to the inquisitive collector. The style is fairly close to some of the original dies of group 1, with the addition of a wheatear above the forehead on the obverse. The engraver of this false die was obviously aware of the subsequent issues and especially group 4 (see lot 50 above, where the wheatear is prominent).
108.2 : Ex Christie’s London, 9 October 1990, lot 460 (part). This coin has the wrong style for group 2 and is of course cast rather than struck. It probably dates to the first half of the 20th century, when the production of cast fakes of low value common coins was quite popular in the eastern Mediterranean source countries.
108.3 : This coin proves that, on certain occasions such as this, plated forgeries were struck in ancient times using official dies. It is entered in the corpus as group 3, 78c, its obverse die matching O 16 and its reverse die matching R 23. There are three more coins known from this pair of dies, two of them coming from documented hoards, “Zakynthos” and “Thessaly 1979”.
108.4 : It is difficult to think of this attractive coin (and the next one) as ancient forgeries although their weight is abnormally low. The silver does not seem to be debased as can happen in the case of other irregular issues (see for instance lot 262.1 below). As mentioned above, these two coins may be part of an unofficial or clandestine issue struck for a specific purpose although their style would make it difficult for them to be accepted anywhere else except in a context where Opuntian triobols would be practically unknown.
108.5 : Same dies as 108.4 above. Ex Viguier Fixed Price List, October 1986, no. 61 (FF 500).
108.6 : A reasonably convincing ancient forgery, imitating group 4 die combination 107 (corpus O 18 and R 37). See above, lot 51 for the genuine coin prototype. This fake though was found out for what it was as the gentle chop mark behind the head on the obverse testifies. Most of the silver plating is preserved and the coin has acquired a very dark tone (except in the high relief areas) making it difficult to distinguish between silver and bronze surfaces. It is interesting to note that the silver plating is thicker on the high relief part of the obverse, an area that is likely to be the first to wear out with circulation.
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Lokris, Noted by BCD123 viewsAR Hemidrachms,
Modern Cast and Ancient Imitation of Lokris
NAC 55 (8 October 2010) Lot 109
Modern Cast Fake 109.2
LOKRIS
LOKRI OPUNTII
Lot of three coins.
109.1 : Hemidrachm, 340’s BC or later. AR 2.11 g., 4¢. An underweight “barbarous” ancient imitation of group 5.
109.2 : Æ 1.87 g., 12¢. A modern cast copy of a group 7 hemidrachm. 109.3 : Hemidrachm, 340’s BC or later. AR 2.49 g., 7¢. An ancient imitation in poor style of a group 8 coin.
Fine to about very fine.
109.1 : The style is rather poor, the coin is very underweight but the silver seems to be reasonably pure. This coin is listed in the corpus as an “ancient forgery?” but this writer thinks it would be better described as an “ancient imitation” or even “an unofficial issue of a later date”.
109.2 : With an “old collection formed before WWII” provenance and therefore probably made in the early part of the 20th century, this modern forgery is a cast copy of dies O 32 and R 52 from group 7 of the corpus. Genuine triobols with these dies exist in Paris, Vienna, Berlin and the ANS. Today, unless this coin was silver plated or silver washed, it could not deceive anyone.
109.3 : Ex Wallace collection and IGCH 205. Lightly toned and of good silver. Although part of a hoard, this is an irregular issue imitating a corpus group 8 coin. It is listed in the corpus as no. 153, with dies O 32 and R 56. According to the corpus there was one more coin of the same dies in the “Thessaly 1979” hoard. It is not unusual to find such ancient spurious intruders amongst the genuine coins in legitimate hoards; it would be easier for an underweight coin of odd style to pass undetected in a group of similar looking coins than to avoid detection when offered on its own.
http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=419821
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Parion, Mysia, Hemidrachm, "Lipanoff Studio" no. 2 81 viewsAR Hemidrachm
Obv: Gorgoneion facing, surrounded by snakes
Rev: Bull standing left, head turned back to right
Modern fake, cast - No dims or weight stated
Sold on ebay Sept 2011 by NFS 'coin_pouch'
Seller wrongly described the item as Apollonia Pontika, Thrace, AR Diobol
"Lipanoff Studio" no. 2 bobbyhelmet
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PhilipII or Thasos: Celtic Danubian Hemidrachm181 views14 mm silver reproduction of a Danubian Celt hemidrachm between the third and second century BCE. Obverse shows Zeus as an imitation of Phillip II. the reverse shows a horse prancing left. Coin is stamped 'COPY' on the rim.
Sold on eBay Dec 2006
Submitted by gmazzaGustavo Mazzarollo
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Rhodes Hemidrachm19 views11 mm.
Cast forgery.Manuel
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SICILY Naxos21 viewsSICILY, Naxos. Circa 420-403 BC. AR Hemidrachm
Obv : Youthful head of the river god Assinos left, wearing wreath of selinon leaves; AΣΣINO-Σ around
Rev : Silenos, nude and bearded, squatting half-right, head left, on rocks, holding kantharos in right hand, thyrsos in left, tail behind; NAΞI-ΩN around.
Cahn 115 (V73A/R93); SNG ANS 528; SNG Lloyd 1160; Rizzo pl. XXVIII, 22; Basel 387; BMC 23; Boston MFA 310; Jameson 638; McClean 2476
Modern dies
"A" on the reverse is incomplete on fake die and coin but complete on all authentic specimens.Martin B4
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Syracuse Hemidrachm77 viewslisted as: Syracuse IV- III BC Hemidracma
Modern cast fake being sold on ebay June 2010 as authenticmihali84
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