| Item : 5381 | | Description |
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| Description : Ancient Greek Macedonia Silver Tetradrachm Pella Philip II | | OBV:Laureate head of Zeus right
REV: FILIPPOY - Philip II on horseback left, seated on blanket with stippled texture, wearing kausia, chlamys, tunic, and boots, raising right hand and holding reins in left, star under horse's raised foreleg |
| Authenticity: Forgery - Published |
| Category : Ancient Greek Macedonia - Coins | | Series Date: 354 bce - 348 bce |
| Category Details | | Source |
| Category : Ancient | | Sold as: Unknown |
| : Greek | | Source : IBSCC Bulletin on Counterfeits BOCS Vol 22 No.1 1997 Page 13 Fig 2a Entered by : Mac |
| : Macedonia | | http://www.iapn-coins.org |
| Key Info | | Item Details |
Ruler : Philip II
| | Catalog SNG Berry 61 |
Region : Pella
| | Weight : 14.5g |
Denomination : Tetradrachm
| | Condemnation |
Content : Silver
| | This coin has been condemned by the IBSCC Photo/ by permission International Bureau for the Suppression of Counterfeit Coins. Refer Bulletin on Counterfeits reference above. Allegedly from a hoard in Greece from the 80's. Extremely neatly struck, from modern dies on old metal, with bright surfaces - the counterfeiter seems to have used steel dies. Forgery Type: struck |
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