Item : 4114 | | Description |
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Description : Ancient Greek Oriental Gold Octadrachm Ptolemy V for Ptolemy IV | | |
Authenticity: Forgery - Published |
Category : Ancient Greek Egypt - Coins | | |
Category Details | | Source |
Category : Ancient | | Sold as: Unknown |
: Greek Oriental | | Source : IBSCC Bulletin on Counterfeits BOCS Vol 9 No. 1 Page 3 Fig 10 Entered by : Mac |
: Ptolemiac Egypt | | http://www.iapn-coins.org |
Key Info | | Item Details |
Ruler : Ptolemy V
| | Catalog Svoronos 1 Svoronos 12 |
Region : --
| | Weight : 27.76g |
Denomination : Octadrachm
| | Condemnation |
Content : Gold
| | This coin has been condemned by the IBSCC Photo/ by permission International Bureau for the Suppression of Counterfeit Coins. Refer Bulletin on Counterfeits reference. Part of a series of struck counterfeits from Beirut. Modern die copied from a recent Syrian hoard Tetradrachm. The reverse legend of gold coins of Ptolemy IV read "Ptolemaiou Philadelphou" and not "Basileos Ptolemaiou" |
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