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zzz Griechische Münze Objectnummer: 1400141990433799 viewssold on ebay by mobile_aktuell on 08-aug-06 for Euro40.50epmunt
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Abdera3772 viewsObv: - Griffin seated l.
Rev: - ΑΒΔΗ / ΡΙΤΕΩΝ either side of laur. hd. of Apollo r.
Greek Stater of Abdera copymihali84
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zzz Griechische Münze ebay Objectnummer: 1400141905882994 viewsMorden cast.
fake seller : mobile_aktuell sold on ebay.de.
08-aug-06 epmunt
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Athens, silver dekadrachm1572 viewsOffered for sale on ebay in May 2005 (item no. 3973958279) at a starting price of $400,000 by someone in the Netherlands. Reid Goldsborough reported on Moneta-L that he has an identical Athenian decadrachm to this one, which is a declared replica with COPY below the owl on reverse. On this specimen the word COPY on the rev. has been scratched out. Only 14 of these coins are known to exist. Almost all are accounted for in various public and private collections. 42 g and 35 mm.wolfgang336
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Aigina, Aegina, silver stater1438 viewsAR stater, 480 - 456 BC
Smooth-shelled turtle, with row of dots down the middle and across top of shell, in the form of a'T'. / Large incuse square, of 'skew' pattern, divided by strait lines into five compartments.
Sear 2594
For sale on eBay 11/13/2004 by Toronto Group, ID priapuslarge.
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Athens "Old Style" Tetradrachm with O instead of Theta1307 viewsAt least one forger of Athens "Old Style" tets does not seem to know the second letter on the reverse is theta, not O. Some forgeries, including this one are missing the center dot. On this example the owl is also missing its tail.
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Athens, silver tetradrachm, old style1152 viewsAthens, Old Style Tetradrachm, silver coated pewter, marked copyJoe Sermarini
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Abdera, silver tetradrachm1139 viewsObv: ABΔH, Griffin to the left seated before him a bee
Rev: EΠIΦΙΛAΔOΣ, Herakles seated on rock left, holding club and lion-skin. Whole in incuse square
Ref: AMNG II, 1, p. 73, no. 106, May 396 A277/P322
Submitted to Forum for verification in March 2006.
Submitted by Maridvnvmmaridvnvm
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Abdera, silver tetradrachm1105 viewsObv: ABΔH
Griffin to the left seated before him a bee
Rev: EΠIΦΙΛAΔOΣ
Herakles seated on rock left, holding club and lion-skin. Whole in incuse square
Ref: AMNG II, 1, p. 73, no. 106, May 396 A277/P322
Dangerous struck fake sold as genuine.
THE TOP THREE COINS ARE FAKE. THE BOTTOM COIN IS GENUINE.
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Athens, silver tetradrachm, old style1084 viewsAR tetradrachm, 17g
Offered for sale at auction
hcole_1989: I think it is the same fake. You can see the crest ending early right after the vine on the helmet. See the curved line.
Joe Sermarini: I believe this coin and others like it were made using lost wax casting. A mold was made from a genuine coin. The edges of the mold were enlarged so wax casts could be made with flans larger than the original coin. Many wax casts were made. These wax casts were then be carved and modified to remove the edge seams and to make slightly different coins. They were modified so not all the fakes would look the same. The most common change was the flan shape (which is why the original mould was enlarged). Then these different wax coins were used to make another mold. Instead of making a mold that had two halves and a seam, the wax was melted out of the mold (no seam, no edge filing required). In this case the forger missed something. On the original coin, much of the crest was off the flan. The forger didn't consider this when making the fake. The flan was made larger above the head but the area was left blank.
It is possible a genuine coin could have a missing crest like this. A broken die or bad strike could possibly have these results. However, we have seen many examples like this coin, some we know are fake.
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Athens, silver tetradrachm, old style, #D1067 viewsAthens Old Style Tetradrachm Toronto Group forgerywhitetd49
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Athens, silver dekadrachm1007 viewsAthens dekadrachm All collector know this item EXTREMLY RARE pieces in the world coinage
in the world only 13 pieces!!! (REAL ONE)
all my product 925K fine silver
Diameter 34mm
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Athens, silver dekadrachm1003 views-Athens dekadrachm All collector know this item EXTREMLY RARE pieces in the world coinage
-In the world only 13 pieces!!! (REAL ONE)
-REPRODUCTION From 925K Sterling silver
-Diameter 34mm
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Aigina, Aegina, silver stater949 viewsAR stater, 404-340 BC
Obv: Land tortoise, head turned, seen from above
Rev: Rev: "Skew" patterned incuse square with A - IΓΙ in two upper divisions and dolphin in lower rectangular division
Date: After 404 BC
Ref: SNG Copenhagen 524; Sear 2604
Toronto Group forgery
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Athens, silver tetradrachm, old style886 viewsAR tetradrachm
Obv: Athena Rev: Owl 500-479 BC. Sold on Ebay as a Rosa copy. "COPY" stamped on rim. silver-plated pewter. 2nd photo courtesy of Pavel at Aquanova. 3rd and 4th images courtesy of Kevin at Barry & Darling Coins
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Corinth Colony, Akarnania, Argos Amphilochikon, silver stater, #B862 viewsAR stater, badly cast, 350-250 BC
Pegasos flying left, A beneath / Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet over a leather cap, AP behind
Sear 2258var
This Toronto Group forgery has beened offered on ebay under at least six different names.
Very soft features due to casting. I hope this would not fool our regular board readers! Note that the shape and edge defects of the many examples of this type do not match. Toronto group uses techniques to modify the edge features. whitetd49
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Athens, silver didrachm852 viewsesnible noted and quoted from Coin Archives: Athens didrachms are very rare. One sold two years ago for $15,000. Four will be worth at least $60,000! "the total of known Athenian didrachms is 42, with only 10 in private hands and three unaccounted for." "among the most sought after of Greek Coins"
Curtis Clay noted: Style of owl in particular is not right, and incuse square surrounding owl is not deep enough. Surely modern dies.
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Athens, silver tetradrachm, old style844 viewsATHENS Circa 449 BC. TETRADRACHMY
REPRODUCTION SILVER COINS 925K
Helmeted head of Athena / Owl standing right
21 mm
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Athens, silver tetradrachm, old style837 viewsThis coin was being sold alongside many other copies made from forged dies.maridvnvm
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Athens, silver tetradrachm, old style, #A833 viewsIncorrect style eliminates any possibility that this is an Athens mint issue. Evidence that it is a modern fake includes: The metal does not look ancient, the weakness of the helmet profile at top, the blobs on surface in l. reverse field, the weakness of the l. edge of incuse square on reverse.Joe Sermarini
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Zeugitana, Carthage, Siculo-Punic, late 5th century BC823 viewsAR tetradrachm made or plated with gold coloured metal
24mm diameter, about 4 mm thick, 11-13 grams
Obv: Horse forepart crowned by Nike flying above.
Rev: Palm tree with two bunches of dates, Phoenician legend.
Sear 6426
Cast replica in wrong metal.
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Athens, silver tetradrachm, old style821 viewsSeveral specimens, not identical but from the same dies, sold in April 2005 on German Ebay by seller sanfoura852. Wrong style.
submitted by rupertRupert
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Athens, silver tetradrachm, old style820 viewsCast replica sold as such on eBay.
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Athens, silver tetradrachm, old style790 viewsATHENS Circa 449 BC. TETRADRACHMY
REPRODUCTION SILVER COINS 925K
Helmeted head of Athena / Owl standing right
23 mm
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