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Pontos, Mithradates III, Tetradrachm Cast in Bronze19 viewsAsia Minor Pontos Mithradates III, King of Pontos, c. 220-196/5
Silver Tetradrachm Type Cast in Bronze
Obv. Diademed and draped bust of Mithradates IV to right
Rev. Zeus seated left on facing throne, holding eagle
Genuine specimens of this type are silver. This fake is also found cast in silver. Joe Sermarini
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Plato19 viewsBAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Plato. Circa 145-140 BC. AR Tetradrachm
Obv : Diademed and draped bust right, wearing helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear
Rev : BAΣIΛEΩΣ EΠIΦANOYΣ ΠΛATΩNOΣ, Helios standing facing in quadriga; MT monogram to upper right, PMT in exergue.
Bopearachchi Série 3A, MIG Type 197, SNG ANS 631, Qunduz 381
Modern cast fakeMartin B4
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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 C8
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Sicily, Tauromenium18 viewsSicily, Tauromenium
AV 20 Litrai
1,18g
Laureate head of Apollo l., bee behind / TAUROME-NITAN; Tripod
SNG ANS 1115
Sold as replica InAsta 24 lot 5850
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Sicily, Tauromenium18 viewsSicily, Tauromenium
AV 20 Litrai
1,08g
Laureate head of Apollo l., bee behind / TAUROME-NITAN; Tripod
SNG ANS 1115
Sold as replica InAsta 24 lot 5851
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Rhodos18 views27mm, 11 grams
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Demetrius Poliorcetes. 306-283 BC. Macedonian Kingdom. 18 viewsDemetrius Poliorcetes. 306-283 BC. Macedonian Kingdom.
AR Tetradrachm - fake, Amphipolis mint, c. 294-288 BC.
Obv. Diademed and horned head of the young Demetrius right.
Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ, Poseidon standing left, foot on rock, monograms in left and right fields.
Pressed with couple of cast dies – “Dimitrovgrad Studio”.
Ilya Prokopov
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Calabria Tarentum Stater18 viewsSellers desc:
GREEK COLONIES ITALY CALABRIA TARENTUM TARAS GOLD STATER
SIZE: 15 MM AND 1.7 GRAMS WEIGHT
THIS IS A GENUINE MUSEUM ELECTROTYPE !
States it's gold although it looks silver. SRukke
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Samos. ISLANDS off IONIA.18 viewsAR Octobol. Circa 270-240 BC.
Obv. Facing lion scalp.
Rev. SAMIWN, Forepart of ox right; krater to lower left, trident to lower right.
Pressed. well known “Haskovo 1 Studio”.
See: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?album=search&cat=0&pos=5
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?album=search&cat=0&pos=10
Ilya Prokopov
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Prusias II Becker Lead Tetradrachm18 viewsPrusias II
Carl Wilhelm Becker, German, 1772 - 1830
Forgery of Prusias II
ca. 1820
Sir George F. Hill, Becker the Counterfeiter (Chicago: Obol International, 1977), 68, no. 83, pl. 5.
Top coin: 26.2 grams. Max diameter about 33mm
Bottom coin: Yale 2001.87.30783, 20.4 gm, 31.7 mm, 06:00
Joe Sermarini
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Sicily, Akragas, Phintias, Tyrant, 287-279 BC AE20 CAST18 viewsGreek SICILY, Akragas. Phintias, Tyrant. 287-279 BC. Æ 20mm
Obv: Laureate head of Zeus left
Rev: Eagle left, wings spread, about to devour hare held in talons
CNS I 116, SNG ANS 1113
Dangerous cast spotted by Din X from multiple examples, c. 5.6 - 7.2 g, on Coin Archives. Discussion here: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=112331.0Joe Sermarini
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Sicily, Akragas, Phintias, Tyrant, 287-279 BC AE20 CAST18 viewsGreek SICILY, Akragas. Phintias, Tyrant. 287-279 BC. Æ 20mm, c. 5.6 - 7.2 g.
Obv: Laureate head of Zeus left
Rev: Eagle left, wings spread, about to devour hare held in talons
CNS I 116, SNG ANS 1113
This example is the exact same centering and flan shape as other cast examples that are missing the legend. The inscription however does not look correct. It appears to have been added to the fake mold.
Dangerous cast spotted by Din X from multiple examples on Coin Archives. Discussion here: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=112331.0Joe Sermarini
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Sicily, Syracuse. Struck under Dionysius I AE Drachm18 viewsSicily, Syracuse. Struck under Dionysius I AE Drachm
AE Drachm 29,85g
SYPA; Head of Athena l., wearing olive-wreathed Corinthian helmet / Sea-star between two dolphins.
Calciati II, 111, 62
Die break on false modern die. Joe Sermarini
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Fantasy coin, obverse of Apollo?18 viewsModern fake fantasy coin.
Laureate bust of (Apollo?) facing left / Unknown monogram or device within dotted border.peterpil19
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Modern fake, AE of AR tetradrachm, Ptolemy I as Satrap, in name of Alexander III18 viewsModern copper or bronze copy of:
Ptolemy I Soter as satrap. AR tetradrachm, Alexandria, 323-305 BC, struck ca 310-306 BC. 15.66 g.
Head of Alexander right, wearing elephant’s skin headdress. ALEXANDROY, Athena Promachos walking right, brandishing
spear and holding a shield on left arm, FH monogram to left,
EK monogram to right, eagle standing right on a thunderbolt
at foot right.
Svoronos 139; SNG Cop 23.
Sent to wildwinds for identification, Aug. 2021. No weight or size given, only that the owner believed it to be 2000 years old.
Very likely a souvenir from Egypt.helvetica
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Menander I Drachm, Baktria18 viewsObverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣΩTHΡOΣ MENANΔΡOY, helmeted, draped bust right
Reverse: Karosthi legend, Athena Alkidemos walking left, holding shield on left arm and brandishing thunderbolt, DFI monogram in right field.
Sold as authentic on ebay, August 2021. The two coins are identical. Edges are ground completely smooth. 1.9 and 2.2 grams.
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Fake Brundisium Biuncia18 viewsThis coin is a clear fake due to the poor style of Poseidon on the obverse and the soft, soapy details of Phalanthos on the reverse. The applied corrosion is also a poor attempt to age the metal.Enrico Vonghia
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Etruria, Populonia, 3rd century BC. Fake 5 Asses (14mm, 1.79g)17 viewsEtruria, Populonia, 3rd century BC. Fake 5 Asses (14mm, 1.79g). Diademed and bearded head r.; V to l. R/ Blank. Cf. Vecchi EC, 89. Modern fake for studyJoe Sermarini
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Pyrrhos. Sicily, Syracuse, Gold Stater, Cast17 viewsKingdom of Epirus, Pyrrhos (297-272 B.C.)
Gold Stater, Original Struck at Syracuse, 278 B.C.
Head of Athena facing to right, wearing a Corinthian helmet ornamented with Pegasos, a triple-pendant earring and a pearl necklace, her hair flowing down her neck, an owl behind, "A" below truncation. / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠYPPOY, Nike alighting to left, holding a wreath in her right hand and a trophy in her left, in field left, thunderbolt.
Cast fake.Joe Sermarini
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Philip I Philadelphos, Silver tetradrachm17 viewsObv:- Diademed head of Philip I Philadelphos right, bulging eye, pouting lips, pronounced aquiline nose, fillet border
Rev:- BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΦIΛIΠΠOY EΠIΦANOYΣ ΦIΛA∆EΛΦOY, Zeus seated left on high-backed throne, nude to the waist, himation around hips and legs, Nike presenting wreath in right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left, controls left and beneath
14.66 gms
Modern cast fakemaridvnvm
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Cleopatra VII Thea Notera, struck in Tripolis, dated RY 2 (of Cleopatra in Phoenicia, 36/5 BC). RPC I 451017 viewsSix examples below (some sold multiple times, two cited in RPC):
Dates of sales: 2005, 2010 (x2), 2012, 2022 (x3);
Sources: NAC (x2), CNG (x3), Naville, Oslo Myntgalleri, RPC (x2);
Reported weights: 9.26g, 9.66g, 9.78g, 9.82g, 9.99g, 10.10g;
Reported diameters: 20mm.
29 Aug 2022: RPC has been informed (via website) and one auctioneer, who I believe is in process of withdrawing before auction.
All appear to be from the same set of casts but with different false patinas applied.
There appear to be others of this same type (RPC 5410 var.) but from slightly different or modified casts.
I'm calling this "Type 1." For "Type 2" and "Type 3" (there may be others), see: https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pid=22445 Curtis JJ
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Sicily, Akragas, Phintias, Tyrant, 287-279 BC AE20 CAST16 viewsGreek SICILY, Akragas. Phintias, Tyrant. 287-279 BC. Æ 20mm, 7.24 g, axis 270
Obv: Laureate head of Zeus left
Rev: Eagle left, wings spread, about to devour hare held in talons
CNS I 116, SNG ANS 1113
Dangerous cast spotted by Din X from multiple examples on Coin Archives. Discussion here: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=112331.0Joe Sermarini
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Alexander III 'the Great' AR Drachm16 viewsObv:- Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress
Rev:- Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, holding sceptre; Symbol in left field, Monogram below throne, ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ to right
4.33 gms
Modern cast fakemaridvnvm
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Rhodos15 views27mm, 11grams
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