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Istros, silver stater412 viewsOBV: Two male heads facing, right inverted.
Rev: ΙΣΤΡΙΗ Sea-eagle grasping dolphin "H" below
Date: 400-350 BC
Sold in one day private auction by "bricklayeranc", a Toronto Group Forgery.
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Athens, silver tetradrachm, old style 409 viewsAttica Athena & Owl (AOE) (AR) Tetradrachm
Obverse: Athena wearing Crested Helmet with Floral Scroll & earring.
Reverse: Athenian Owl, facing, AOE & Olive branch & crescent (in incuse square).
Sold on ebay. June 2007 for $535. Documented in the 2003 book by Ilya Prokopov, et al., Modern Counterfeits and Replicas of Ancient Greek and Roman Coins from Bulgaria as No. 93
Submitted by Maridvnvm maridvnvm
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Syracuse, silver dekadrachm, 175407 viewsAR dekadrachm, by Euainetos, 405-380 BC
ΣY PAK O ΣI ΩN, head of Persephone left, wearing earring and necklace; hair turned up behind, arranged in wavy curls, and bound with wreath of corn leaves; four dolphins around; traces of EY AINE: border of dots / Qaudriga left; above, Nike flying right, about to crown charioteer; horses in hogh action; in exg, a ledge or step, on and against which is placed a suit of armour: border of dots
BMC Sicily 175
Struck / pressed forgery sold by meanwhile suspended seller 9722louis on German Ebay in Oct. 2005 for 1,899€. Note that the forger misunderstood the artist's signature as a second ethnic and transformed it into SYROK!
submitted by rupertRupert
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Athens, silver tetradrachm, old style, #E407 viewsObv:- Head of Athena, right, wearing crested helmet ornamented with three olive leaves and flora.
Rev:- Owl standing, right, head facing, to right AOE; to left olive twig and crescent moon, all within incuse square.
"Modern Forgeries of Greek and Roman Coins," Dimitrov, et al, Sofia, 1997, pg 12, #13
Athena appears to have a masculine sideburn instead of just a loop of hair. Feathers on the owl are wrong.
Die match available here
Submitted to Forum for identification in January 2006.
Submitted by Maridvnvm maridvnvm
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SYRACUSE, SICILY-Silver DEKADRACKM404 viewsSolid .999 Silver replica bought in July 2009, 44.04gr.
SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysios I. 405-367 BC. AR Dekadrachm (35mm, 42.05 g, 12h). Unsigned dies by Kimon. Struck circa 405-400 BC. Charioteer driving fast quadriga left, holding kentron in right hand, reins in left; above, Nike flying right, crowning charioteer; in exergue, a military harness, shield, greaves, cuirass, and Attic helmet, all connected by a horizontal spear; ???? below / Head of Arethusa left, wearing single-pendant earring and necklace, hair restrained in an open-weave sakkos; surrounded by four swimming dolphinsAntonivs Protti
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Ainos, silver403 viewsObv: Head of Hermes
Rev: Goat standing right, serpent before
Sold in one day private auction by "power of love", a Toronto Group Forgery
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Athens, silver tetradrachm, old style403 viewsAr tetradrachm, 10.74g
Modern forgery
"Uncleaned"
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Amyntas III, silver stater, #A402 viewsAmyntas III. Circa 393-370/69 BC. AR Stater. REPLICA 24 mm Kingdom of Macedonia, Amyntas III. Circa 393-370/69 BC. AR Stater. Aigai mint. Obv: Bearded head of Herakles right, in lion's skin headdress / Rev: AMY-NTA-SA, horse standing right within linear border in shallow incuse square. AMNG III 1, Sear 1508.
Joe Sermarini
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Tarsos, silver stater, #A401 viewsAR stater
Under satrap Mazaios
Baal of Tarsos enthroned left, head facing, holding eagle, corn ear, and bunch of grapes in right hand, lotus-tipped scetre in left; behind, Aramaic legend / Lion left on the back of bull kneeling left which it attacks with teeth and claws; above, Aramaic legend; all within circle of dots
Sear 5650
For sale on eBay 01/29/2005 by Toronto Group, ID "babylonruinz". Different image of apparently the same coin as other incarnations.
Submitted by Maridvnvm maridvnvm
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Kyzikos400 viewsReplica sold on ebay of c. 6th Century B.C. Poseiden and a dolphin obverse and a punched reverse.
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Corinth, silver stater400 viewsAR stater, 350-306 BC
Modern cast in good style
Pegasos with pointed wing flying left, koppa below / Head of Athen left, wearing Corinthian helmet over leather cap; in lower fields Δ - I; behind, Artemis running right carrying torch
Sear 2631v
Buyer received coin in upper image. Removed fake patina as shown middle image. Coin edge in lower image.
Pitting, edge seam, and edge filing marks
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Thasos, silver stater, #A395 viewsAR stater, flat fabric
Naked ithyphallic satyr in kneeling-running attitude right, carrying in his arms a struggling nymph who raises her right hand in protest / quadripartite incuse square, sometimes resembling swastika pattern
Sear 1357; Prokopov, Modern Counterfeits..., 2003, #12
Obv: Nude, ithyphallic satyr carrying off protesting nymph to right
Rev: Quadripartite incuse.
Ref: SNGCop 1008.1 - SNGCop 1019
Sold on Ebay in a one day private auction by the Toronto Group.whitetd49
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Athens, silver tetradrachm, new style395 viewsAthens, silver tetradrachm. A flat strike such as this is rare (non-existent?) for this type and thus suspicious. Other oddities and the origin confirm this is fake. Joe Sermarini
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Kroisos, Lydia395 viewsAR half-stater or siglos
Time of Kroisos
Foreparts of lion right and bull left, face to face / oblong punch divided into two squares, one much larger than the other
Sear 3420
Cast fake being sold as authentic on Ebay
11.12.05 private auction by seller "middle.earth"
Weight given as 4.9 gm.
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Athens, Attica, Tetradrachm395 viewsObv: Head of Athena, right, wearing crested helmet.
Rev: Owl standing, left, head facing, to left AOE in deep incuse square.
Fig 9a is the false coin - 17.10g
Fig 9b is genuine from London - 16.94g
Fig 9c is genuine from Athens (image from Svornos) - 16.88g
This coin is part of what IAPN/BOC coined as the British Museum Forgers (BMF) production. These are coins based on electrotypes of coins from the British Museum (BM) that have been used to create new dies that have been enhanced in various ways. These coins are considered dangerous counterfeits and caused a lot of embarrassment amongst dealers in the mid-late 1980s when they made it through onto the market.
Whilst being dangerous they all share certain characteristics:-
a) the relief on the coin type is much more rounded and fuller than on the original coin and is often higher
b) many of the coins show no sign of any real wear but lack sharpness giving the impression of being weakly struck
c) the coin is known in an example from the same dies in the BM collection
d) the coin differs in very small ways and these changes are areas of either wear or damage on the BM coin
e) the area of join between the coin type and the flan is never really sharp
f) on gold coins the fields tend to be perfectly flat with some wavyness or convexity on the reverse. The surfaces are so perfect they look like melted chocolate
g) the pattern of wear makes no sense with very clear details on areas which are higher in relief than more flat or worn ones
This coin was identified as showing several mistakes that the BMF made when using defective models. The corrosion, strike and metal were odd. The coins is from the same dies as the London piece and the same obverse die as the Athens piece. With this series the dies differed in large degrees but here we have dies that are almost but not quite identical which clearly identify the coin as a forgery. When comparing the crest the false coin and the London coin show the crest ending behind the ear but the Athens coin shows the crest finishing much further down, this can be accounted for in that the London coin had an attenped piercing behind the ear and this was copied. The Athens coin shows the crest attached by a row of studs, this is double struck on the London coin but has been transformed into two rows of dots on the counterfeit.
Published in the IAPN BOC Vol 17, No. 1 in 1992 - Example 8
Image used with permission of IAPNmaridvnvm
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Syracuse, silver dekadrachm, 200392 viewsAR dekadrachm, by Kimon
ΣYPAKOΣIΩN, head of Arethusa? left, wearing earring, necklace, and band tied above, and net; on front of bank, KI M; four dolphins around / Qaudriga left; above, Nike flying right, about to crown charioteer; horses in hogh action; in exg, a ledge or step, on and against which is placed a suit of armour, AΘΛA; on exg line, KIMΩN: border of dots
BMC Sicily 200
AR dekadrachm, Rosa replica of Becker modern counterfeit
reproduction of the famous 19th century German counterfeiter, Carl Becker. The Syracuse Dekadrachma of Kimon dates around 400 BC. (Becker-Hill #26). The obverse shows a portrait of Artemis-Arethusa I. The obverse shows a galloping quadriga driven by charioteer goad, growned by Nike flying right above. This double sided replica was made by Peter Rosa from plaster impressions of the Beckers in the collection of the British Museum in London. This piece is NOT an ancient coin. Each coin is stamped 'COPY' on the reverse or on its rim. Joe Sermarini
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Apollonia Pontika 5 c.BC392 viewsAR Drachms/triobols
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Struck/pressed, "Varna-1 Studio". Ilya Prokopov
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Apollonia Pontica392 viewsAR Drachm
Obv. Gorgoneion.
Rev. Inverted anchor, crayfish to right.
Fake coin – Varna I, " Studio.
Die matched to others in the Fakes Reports.
Withdrawn from auction in a highly reputable dealer's electronic auction.n.igma
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Athens, silver tetradrachm, archaic391 viewsAR tetradrachm, 515-510 BC
Reproduction silver tetradrachm 26mm, 17.2gm of Athens. Obv. Gorgon's head facing, with tongue out. Rev. Panther's head and paws facing within incuse square.
Joe Sermarini
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Akragas, silver tetradrachm390 viewsAR tetradrachm, 420-413 BC
AKRAΓANTINON, eagle, wings spread, standing left on dead hare lying on rock, on which, corn-grain and scallop shell / Crab, between scallop shell and conch; beneath, large fish (gurnard) left
Sear 747
480-415 BC. Hill #16. Sold as Rosa reproduction of Becker coin. Electro-plated silver over pewter. “Copy” stamped on rim. Image courtesy of Charlie at the Coin Replica Store. Alex
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Athens, silver tetradrachm, old style389 viewsAthens, silver tetradrachm. Another odd replica.Joe Sermarini
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Akragas, bronze hemilitron388 viewsSicily - Akragas (end of 5th cent. BC)
Hemilitron
11.5 g e 31 mm (wrong weight: too light for this specimen)
O/ Eagle with head raised, stg. r. on hare, AKRAGANTINON;
R/ Crab holding a serpent in its left clow, conch and cuttle fish below.
Probable die match found here: AncientCoinArt/FakesGallery
[Discussed on the Italian discussion board: considered a fake for wrong, modern syle; struck coin; probable die match found]Federico M
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Syracuse, silver dekadrachm, 175388 viewsAR dekadrachm, by Euainetos, 405-380 BC
ΣY PAK O ΣI ΩN, head of Persephone left, wearing earring and necklace; hair turned up behind, arranged in wavy curls, and bound with wreath of corn leaves; four dolphins around; traces of EY AINE: border of dots / Qaudriga left; above, Nike flying right, about to crown charioteer; horses in high action; in exg, a ledge or step, on and against which is placed a suit of armour: border of dots
BMC Sicily 175
OBSERVE: ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ. Head of Arethusa left, hair bound with wreath of corn-leaves; four dolphins around.
REVERSE: Galloping quadriga driven left by charioteer; in ex., panoply of armour.
To sell on German Ebay, the auction ends on 22.10.05 15:50:59, the seller "9722louis" lives in Eu, Normandy.
Khaemaat
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Ephesos, silver tetradrachm, #A386 viewsAR cast tetradrachm
Modern forgery in poor style
Obv: Bee with straight wings. E to left, Φ to right
Rev: Forepart of a stag right, palm tree left; magistrate ΔHMAΓOPHΣ to right.
Date: c324-319 BC
Ref: BMC 37; Sear 4372v (magistrate)
387-295 BC. Sold on Ebay by "bricksoftime" (Toronto Group) as an original coin in 1 day private auction.Alex
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