| Item : 13500 | | Description |
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| Description : Ancient Greek Oriental Ptolemiac Egypt | | Ptolemaios I. als Satrap von Ägypten, 323 - 305 v.Chr. Tetradrachme (17,05g). 320/319 - 315 v. Chr. Mzst. Arados. Vs.: Kopf des vergöttlichten Alexanders als Herakles im Löwenskalp, Zeus mit Zepter und Adler auf persischem Diphros n. l. sitzend, im Feld l. Stadtmonogramm AP. Price 3426 (Byblos); SNG Saroglos 592 (Byblos) |
| Authenticity: Forgery - Modern |
| Category : Ancient Greek Egypt - Coins | | |
| Category Details | | Source |
| Category : Ancient | | Sold as: Authentic |
| : Greek Oriental | | Entered by : Amentia |
| : Ptolemiac Egypt | | http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?album=search&cat=0&pos=173 |
| Key Info | | Item Details |
Ruler : Ptolemy I
| | Catalog Price 3426 |
Region : --
| | Condemnation |
Denomination : Tetradrachm
| | It is published but missing here but available at Forum so I add it here, too.
Fig 1 is the false coin - 17.04g
Belongs to an issue of Beirut forgeries. It imitates a tetradrachm struck at Byblos. The braod flan appears to have been hammered at the edges suggesting a much later date.Published in the IAPN BOC Vol 11, No. 1 in 1986 - example 1
Image used with permission of IAPN Forgery Type: pressed |
Content : Silver
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