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Thasos, after 146 BC. Tetradrachm
Head of Dionysos rt., wreathed with ivy. / Herakles standing lt., leaning on a club and holding a lion's skin.
Cast fakes sold by fakes sellers 'empire_gallery' and 'imperatorial' on eBay.
The top one sold for $116.50 (Feb. 2006 by empire_gallery) and the bottom one sold for $185.00 (Jan. 2006 by imperatorial).
The bottom one weighs 16.82g, according to the auction description.
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Cherronesos hemidrachm
Cast fakes sold by fakes sellers 'empire_gallery' and 'victoriantiquities' on eBay. The top one sold for $21.50 (Dec. 2005 by empire_gallery) and the bottom one sold for $20.50 (Jan. 2006 by victoriantiquities).
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Kallatis hemidrachm
Head of Herakles right in lionskin / KALLA grain ear, club, and quiver; monogram 'M'
Cast fakes sold by fakes sellers 'empire_gallery' and 'spes-pvblica' on eBay.
The top one sold for $27.99 (Nov. 2005 by empire_gallery) and the bottom one sold for 27.26 EUR (Feb. 2006 by spes-pvblica).
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Alexander III Drachm. Sardes mint. c323-319 BC
Head of Herakles right in lionskin / ALEXANDROU, Zeus seated left with eagle and scepter
Cast fakes sold by fakes sellers 'empire_gallery' and 'spes-pvblica' on eBay.
The top one sold for $36.00 (Dec. 2005 by empire_gallery) and the bottom one sold for 19.99 EUR (Jan. 2006 by spes-pvblica).
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Alexander III Tetradrachm.
Head of Herakles right in lionskin / Zeus seated left with eagle and scepter
Cast fakes sold by fakes seller 'empire_gallery' on eBay.
The top one sold for $167.50 (Nov. 2005) and the bottom one sold for $123.50 (Feb. 2006).
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Alexander III Tetradrachm.
Head of Herakles right in lionskin / Zeus seated left with eagle and scepter
Cast fakes sold by fakes sellers 'imperatorial' and 'spes-pvblica' on eBay.
The top one sold for $134.05 (Jan. 2006 by imperatorial) and the bottom one sold for 64.88 EUR (Mar. 2006 by spes-pvblica).
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Alexander III Tetradrachm.
Head of Herakles right in lionskin / Zeus seated left with eagle and scepter
Cast fakes sold by fakes sellers 'empire_gallery', 'spes-pvblica', and 'imperatorial' on eBay.
The top one sold for $122.50 (Feb. 2006 by empire_gallery), the middle one sold for 199.00 EUR (Jan. 2006 by spes-pvblica), and the bottom one sold for $249.75 (Feb. 2006 by imperatorial).
(The mark at around 12 o'clock on the reverse of the middle one is just an edge knock.)
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Alexander III Tetradrachm. Amphipolis
Head of Herakles right in lionskin / Zeus seated left with eagle and scepter
Cast fakes sold by fakes sellers 'spes-pvblica' and 'imperatorial' on eBay.
The top one sold for 78.00 EUR (Dec. 2005 by spes-pvblica) and the bottom one sold for $112.50 (Feb. 2006 by imperatorial).
According to their auction descriptions, they both weigh 17.10 g each.
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Alexander III Tetradrachm.
Head of Herakles right in lionskin / Zeus seated left with eagle and scepter
Cast fakes sold by fakes sellers 'empire_gallery' and 'imperatorial' on eBay.
The top one sold for $141.51 (Dec. 2005 by empire_gallery) and the bottom one
sold for $120.27 (Mar. 2006 by imperatorial).
According to the auction description, the bottom coin weighs 16.85 g.
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Lysimachos. 323-281 BC. Gold Stater
Horned head of Alexander the great right / Athena seated left, holding Nike in extended right hand, left arm resting on shield.
Cast fakes sold by fakes sellers 'imperatorial' and 'alexandriacoins' on eBay.
The bottom one sold for $1,050.00 (Nov. 2005 by alexandriacoins) and according to the auction description weighs 8.40 g.
(Thanks to Cliff Laubstein for providing the match and supplying the 'imperatorial' image.)
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Macedon under Roman rule after 168 BC, Tetradrachm
Diademed head ofArtemis right in the center of a Macedonian shield / MAKEDONWN PRWTHS, club of Herakles within oak wreath.
Cast fakes sold by fakes sellers 'imperatorial' and ' empire_gallery' on eBay.
The top one sold for $150.07 (Feb. 2006 by imperatorial) and the bottom one sold for $121.03 (Nov. 2005 by empire_gallery). The top one weighs 16.35 grams, according to the auction description.
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