Ancient Greek Coins
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Ancient Greek Coins 27 items Search Options 27 All Ancient Greek Coins 1 Asia Minor Coins 1 Celtic Coritan 2 Cilicia and Cappadocia 4 Ionia 2 Lycia Phrygia and Lydia 3 Macedonia 2 Phoenicia and Ptolemaic Kingdom 3 Sicilia 4 Syria, Seleucid Kingdom. The drachma (Greek: δραχμή Modern:, Ancient: drakʰmέː; pl. Drachmae or drachmas) was the currency used in Greece during several periods in its history:. An ancient Greek currency unit issued by many Greek city states during a period of ten centuries, from the Archaic period throughout the Classical period, the Hellenistic period up to the Roman period under Greek Imperial Coinage.
Do you want to know if a coin is genuine? I give you the keys in this article to know how to effectively spot a counterfeit coin. This article will be in several chapters, presenting and explaining in detail each technique. (if you do not know the numismatic terms like dies or other, click here: https://www.all-your-coins.com/en/blog/antique/romaines/comment-identifier-les-monnaies-romaines.)
Summary:
Ancient Greek coins are one of the most popular ancient coin types to collect. Many different kinds of coins are considered ancient Greek coins, including Ptolemaic bronzes and Athenian silver Owls. They span hundreds of years and thousands of miles across the ancient world. Ancient Greek Coin Beads, Replica Greek Coins,Antique Bronze Charm, Athena Owl Pegasus Greek Coin, Old Antique Coin, Athens Tetradrachm Coin EthnicModernDesign 4.5 out of 5 stars (41). Ancient Greek Coins Facts. If you were from Corinth, then you would have a coin which had the picture of Pegasus, which was a flying horse.Now the small coins used to be called obolus.
Introduction: the points to remember.
chapter 1: the diameter.
chapter 2: the weight.
chapter 3: the metal.
chapter 4: the style and quality of engraving.
chapter 5: the patina.
chapter 6: the surface.
chapter 7: the blank.
chapter 8: the edge.
chapter 9: the same coin in several copies.
chapter 10: missing details.
chapter 11: the same die.
chapter 12: the wear.
chapter 13: the hybrids.
chapter 14: the mold fakes.
chapter 15: the electrotypes.
chapter 16: the tooling.
chapter 17: the problem of the contemporary fakes.
chapter 18: the ancient fakes.
chapitre 19: the fake coins for tourist.
Conclusion.Introduction: the points to remember.
First of all, some very important points that will allow you to take a big step right away: put yourself in the head of a forger. Why imitate, how and what are the constraints. One imitates a coin for three reasons:
- to fool a collector and win money.
- to create replicas of extremely rare coins and to be able to show them to the public.
- to sell them as fake to collectors who want to plug a hole in their collection (when a coin is very rare).
For the last two reasons, there is always one or more details showing you that a coin is a replica. Because the people who created these currencies are honest. They do not wish to deceive a collector. And most importantly, they do not want anyone, with one of their copies, to try to sell this one as a genuine coin. In this case the coin may have the mention ’copy’ on the slice or in the middle of the coin. As the little ’R’ on top left, indicate here: ’Replica’ on this coin:
Photo of a coin posted on forumnumismatique.com, link to the website and the topic: http://www.numismatique.com/forum/topic/28344-lettre-r-sur-une-monnaie-ancienne/?tab=comments#comment-141940.
The metal can be other than the authentic coins, we can also add or remove details .. or change the legend. For a connoisseur to make the difference right away. What are also called ’fake tourists’ are the easiest to detect: poor print quality, unusual weights and diameters ..
For fakes used to deceive the collector or the investor, two cases: rare coins and commons coins. The more rare the coin is, the more likely the buyer will be to have a minimum of knowledge and many specialists will see the sale, because it is the kind of coins they are looking for. In this case the work of the forger will be very well done. It will probably respect weight, diameter, style.. He will try to make a copy as perfect as possible. On the other hand, it will inevitably use modern manufacturing techniques which will leave traces and will make it possible to know that it is a forgery (one will come there later in the article). Given the profit made if the coin is sold, the forger will take the time to work long on his replica. He will also have a substantial material and be able to recreate the conditions of a real antique mint. Heat the blank, engrave dies.. I let you imagine. This is therefore for a very small category of counterfeiters. We are talking here about coin on sale at several thousand euros ..
The second case, that of the current coins, is more complex. Indeed, who says common coin says: low selling price. It will therefore be necessary to manufacture a quantity large enough for the activity to be profitable. And there, the problems begin for the forger. He wants to make money easily and spending as little time as possible .. he has also turned to common coins because we are less wary of a coin sold 30 Euros than a coin sold 2000 euros. Probably also because he does not have the ability to create a fake of excellent quality to sell it very expensive. His work will cause several things: for example, there will be 100 times the same coin with the same centering .. which is impossible. If you see two coins of the same type with the same centering: no doubt it is a modern fake. I will detail all this further down in the article.
Before looking at the chapters below, you must understand several more things. The, diameter, weight and patina, alone, are not elements allowing to eliminate a coin of the authentic category. Indeed, an authentic coin can have a large diameter or a heavy weight. And a patina may have been made on a authentic coin but that had been cleaned. The ’repatinage’ as they say, is common, to restore its antique appearance to the coin.
The fake antique coins, that is to say made in antiquity, also have a low weight, the diameter can be also. The quality of engraving will often be of very poor quality. To summarize, you can have a coin with a degenerate style, a weight and a small diameter, a metal other than that of the official coins, which is a fake antique. An imitation made on the same period. Of course, for metal, if you see a steel or tin coin, it is obvious that it is not antique.
Concerning errors and hybrids, as well as diameter and weight, this does not rank a coin in the category of modern fakes. A mistake of legend can happen during the engraving in an antique mint. Antique hybrids also exist. When we speak of hybrids, we designate an obverse and a reverse that should not be associated because of a different period. Example, an obverse mentioning that the emperor is consul for the third time and a reverse mentioning that he is consul for the fourth .. This is an example to show you that a hybrid combines two different periods. Modern counterfeit coins are sometimes hybrids because of a bad knowledge of antique numismatics from the forger. It can also be a desire of the engraver to create an original coin, so to sell it more expensive and to have fewer points of comparison available. The problem being that counterfeiters in antiquity also unwittingly created hybrids or their coins included legend errors. Why? Because many of them could not read, so it was difficult to copy the legends correctly. The other point and this can also be true for modern fakes: copy techniques. For example, when one practices the molding, it is common to mold several coin at the same time: one will thus take a mold presenting the obverse of a coin and a mold with the reverse of another. This creates the unlikely mixes that can be observed next.
That being said, perfect authentic coins coming out of an official mint, are sometimes hybrids, made by mistake by re-using an old die coin with a new one.
We must remain vigilant with all these parameters. If you are not used to seeing ancient coins, proceed as follows: Once you have identified the denomination (denarius, Antoninian etc.), the emperor or the region of strike, the period. Read the chapters of this tutorial and then compare your coin with others that are the same. I specify: same denomination, same legend (writings on the coin), same clothes, same type of reverses. Everything must match. I add in addition, the same mint. From one mint to another, the style of representation sometimes changes a lot. An emperor will have a large portrait with a small eye, and in a more distant mint he will be slim with a really big eye. This will prevent you from being disturbed by comparing coins.Chapter 1: the diameter.
The diameter of an antique coin varies slightly, from one to two millimeters. Large diameter differences become suspicious. It is even possible for the diameter to become that of a lower or higher denomination for counterfeit coins. Even though real antique coins may have a larger diameter. We are talking about ’ large blank ’.
An antique engraver create a die, it is the name given to the tool whose end is engraved in hollow and which prints the drawing in relief during the striking. We put a blank on one of the two dies and we come to crush the blank by hitting it with the second die of the top. The blank is printed on both sides. When engraving, we add small dots that create a circle surrounding the entire drawing. We call this the ’grenetis’ (french term). Therefore if the blank is wider than the drawing, we will see virgin metal outside the grenetis. You understand then that a coin whose blank would be wide with a sticky drawing at the edges would be abnormal. Of course, I’m talking about a really large blank .. The width of the drawing may vary slightly.
Once again, one must have the habit to being sure that the coin is fake if only this detail is unusual. On the other hand this detail added to others leaves no more doubts. Remember that if the diameter is really too small or too big, you can already study the track of a counterfeit coin. Look for example this fake modern whose design is very small compared to the size of the blank:
Photo of a coin posted on forumnumismatique.com, link to the website and the topic: http://www.numismatique.com/forum/topic/28430-monnaie-antique-inconnue/.Chapter 2: the weight.
As for the diameter, the weight varies but there is an average for each denomination (even if in very rare cases, it happens that the currency is very heavy compared to the theoretical weight). A counterfeit currency will most often have a low weight. The metal used may not be the same as that of an antique coin, an alloy for example. Which explains that the weight will be different. If the metal used is the right one, the weight may be different because of the manufacturing methods.Chapter 3: the metal.
Always look if it’s the good metal. Modern fake denarius will not necessarily be in silver but for example in tin. Similarly for gold .. why invest in gold if you can make a gold plating or even use brass. Some are trying to sell 2000 euros a coin whose metal is worth 1 euro. Always compare a coin with others, if the color is not good there is a problem or it is a patina .. yes except that silver and gold will not change as much as bronze that can be black, green or brown. In addition, it joins the chapter about weight, if the metal used is different, the weight will not be the same.Chapter 4: the style and quality of engraving.
A forger can do the engraving himself, in which case all kinds of work can bet met. From mediocre to almost perfect. In addition to the quality of the engraving, the style can come into play. We speak of a ’modern’ style. This modern style is distinguished by fine details on small elements. For example a child, exclusively represented in a simplistic way on the ancient coins. This child on modern fake will have very well represented hair, a mouth or something else. While on the real coins of one is satisfied with a head, a torso, two arms and two legs. No hair, no clothes .. It’s the same for the portrait of the emperor who can have a very worked hair. Of course, you have to be a bit used to seeing antique coins to make a difference. Let’s look some examples below.
We will start with a very simple example. Some Roman emperors, called ’usurpers’ have struck very few coins and in a very archaic engraving quality. In this case, when we see a coin with very good detail and quality representation, we can already conclude that our coin is very doubtful. Unless it is an exceptional strike .. Below we will see the first coin that is an authentic Antoninian of Regalianus and a second coin that is a modern fake.
Photo of an authentic anotninian of Regalianus sold by Classical Numismatic Group, link to the sale and their website: https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=240371.
Photo of a fake antoninian of Regalianus sold as modern fake by London Ancient Coins, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3221532, link to their website: https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/london_ancient_coins-89/ancient-coins/Default.aspx?#!/Home.
No need to analyze the coin more thoroughly, we see immediately that this is a modern fake. The opposite case exists too. A counterfeit coin can have a low quality of representation compared to genuine coins. This happens often when the coin is cast from an original. The details do not print well and sometimes even, a part of the drawing disappears during the detachment of the coin from its mold. In this case the forger corrects himself and I let you imagine the quality of his work. Some counterfeiters have them, a true artistic talent and the quality of representation is excellent.
Let’s move on to a coin of Faustina. Do not look at the changing bust orientation, just the engraving. Here, the modern coin displays a drapery whose style differs from that of genuine coins. In general, for the entire drawing, the details are deeper.
Photo of an authentic denarius of Faustina II sold by Numismatik Naumann, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2520121, link to their website: http://www.numismatik-naumann.at/.
Photo of a fake denarius of Faustina II sold as modern fake by London Ancient Coins, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3221500, link to their website: https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/london_ancient_coins-89/ancient-coins/Default.aspx?#!/Home.
*WARNING: this chapter shows you coins that are easy to detect. Other coins will be more difficult to detect and will require advanced knowledge about antique numismatics. If you do not know anything about ancient coins, type the name of the emperor, the region, etc. on the internet and compare with the usual style. Attention, you must compare the same coins, therefore the exact portrait with the crown, the clothes, as well as the writings (which one names legend) and the drawing of the reverse must be the same as the writings ( except for mint marks). Indeed, several cases of figures can appear. The drawing is degenerate: it may be an antique imitation made by a forger in antiquity. The coin can also come from a local mint (very common for emperors in Gaul) where the engravers were less talented. In this case, we say ’barbarian style’ because the engravers were not from the empire.Chapter 5: the patina.
One obvious thing: a modern counterfeit coin did not have time to have a patina (unless the coin is a fake old enough). You understand then that a forger must artificially give a patina to his currency to give it an antique appearance. Once again, you must be used to seeing real antique patinas to differentiate between the two. In addition, I now specify that an artificial patina is not always a proof that a coin is not ancient. For example, some authentic coins are cleaned with products to remove the patina and then, another person will try to restore its antique appearance by applying an artificial patina.
In this tutorial I will show two coins that are easy to analyze. Artificial patinas are often black and give a powdery appearance. In addition the highest reliefs are often very bright or clear while the edges of all the details are very black. In the example below, we see that around the letters, the field and the drawing, the patina is very dark. The field of the coin, that is to say the smooth, ungraved bottom, is clearer as we move away from the engraved elements.
Patinas too uniform are also common on fake coins. When one knows the normal patina of a coin having spent time buried, one immediately makes the difference with a worked patina. In addition, the coins we saw are supposed to be in silver . without looking at how the patina is deposited, we understand that these black traces should not be there on money ..
Photo of a fake didrachm of Velia Here is an example of the effect produced London Ancient Coins, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3221399, link to their website: https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/london_ancient_coins-89/ancient-coins/Default.aspx?#!/Home.
Red dog casino no deposit bonus codes 2021. It is obvious that this patina is false and that it is a deposit made by the forger, the black and uniform area around the drawing of the two sides leaves no doubt.
Another more glaring example:
Photo of a fake denarius of Aquilia Severa sold as modern fake by London Ancient Coins, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3221520, link to their website: https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/london_ancient_coins-89/ancient-coins/Default.aspx?#!/Home.Chapter 6: the surface.
Depending on the manufacturing methods, traces can be seen on the blank. I had already explained to you at the beginning of the article, that a large blank coupled to a drawing going to the edge was abnormal. What else to analyze?
The luster: ancient manufacturing techniques occasioned what is known as the ’radiations’: that we see particularly on silver coins. These are fine lines that radiate and are only obtained under certain conditions. Conditions that counterfeiters can not reproduce. If you see a coin with these lines, it’s a very good sign. On the other hand, their absence does not necessarily justify classifying a coin as ’modern fake’, but questions. Indeed, a heavily cleaned coin will have removed these lines. Moreover, on photo, it is difficult to make these lines appear.
Photo of a denarius sold by iNumis, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2670045, link to their website: https://www.inumis.com/.
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A granular surface: this may indicate that the coin has been created by a spark erosion matrix. The small details will also disappear because of this technique. A poor quality mold can also give this kind of surface. However, an authentic coin will sometimes have a granular surface because of the c
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Ancient Greek Coins 27 items Search Options 27 All Ancient Greek Coins 1 Asia Minor Coins 1 Celtic Coritan 2 Cilicia and Cappadocia 4 Ionia 2 Lycia Phrygia and Lydia 3 Macedonia 2 Phoenicia and Ptolemaic Kingdom 3 Sicilia 4 Syria, Seleucid Kingdom. The drachma (Greek: δραχμή Modern:, Ancient: drakʰmέː; pl. Drachmae or drachmas) was the currency used in Greece during several periods in its history:. An ancient Greek currency unit issued by many Greek city states during a period of ten centuries, from the Archaic period throughout the Classical period, the Hellenistic period up to the Roman period under Greek Imperial Coinage.
Do you want to know if a coin is genuine? I give you the keys in this article to know how to effectively spot a counterfeit coin. This article will be in several chapters, presenting and explaining in detail each technique. (if you do not know the numismatic terms like dies or other, click here: https://www.all-your-coins.com/en/blog/antique/romaines/comment-identifier-les-monnaies-romaines.)
Summary:
Ancient Greek coins are one of the most popular ancient coin types to collect. Many different kinds of coins are considered ancient Greek coins, including Ptolemaic bronzes and Athenian silver Owls. They span hundreds of years and thousands of miles across the ancient world. Ancient Greek Coin Beads, Replica Greek Coins,Antique Bronze Charm, Athena Owl Pegasus Greek Coin, Old Antique Coin, Athens Tetradrachm Coin EthnicModernDesign 4.5 out of 5 stars (41). Ancient Greek Coins Facts. If you were from Corinth, then you would have a coin which had the picture of Pegasus, which was a flying horse.Now the small coins used to be called obolus.
Introduction: the points to remember.
chapter 1: the diameter.
chapter 2: the weight.
chapter 3: the metal.
chapter 4: the style and quality of engraving.
chapter 5: the patina.
chapter 6: the surface.
chapter 7: the blank.
chapter 8: the edge.
chapter 9: the same coin in several copies.
chapter 10: missing details.
chapter 11: the same die.
chapter 12: the wear.
chapter 13: the hybrids.
chapter 14: the mold fakes.
chapter 15: the electrotypes.
chapter 16: the tooling.
chapter 17: the problem of the contemporary fakes.
chapter 18: the ancient fakes.
chapitre 19: the fake coins for tourist.
Conclusion.Introduction: the points to remember.
First of all, some very important points that will allow you to take a big step right away: put yourself in the head of a forger. Why imitate, how and what are the constraints. One imitates a coin for three reasons:
- to fool a collector and win money.
- to create replicas of extremely rare coins and to be able to show them to the public.
- to sell them as fake to collectors who want to plug a hole in their collection (when a coin is very rare).
For the last two reasons, there is always one or more details showing you that a coin is a replica. Because the people who created these currencies are honest. They do not wish to deceive a collector. And most importantly, they do not want anyone, with one of their copies, to try to sell this one as a genuine coin. In this case the coin may have the mention ’copy’ on the slice or in the middle of the coin. As the little ’R’ on top left, indicate here: ’Replica’ on this coin:
Photo of a coin posted on forumnumismatique.com, link to the website and the topic: http://www.numismatique.com/forum/topic/28344-lettre-r-sur-une-monnaie-ancienne/?tab=comments#comment-141940.
The metal can be other than the authentic coins, we can also add or remove details .. or change the legend. For a connoisseur to make the difference right away. What are also called ’fake tourists’ are the easiest to detect: poor print quality, unusual weights and diameters ..
For fakes used to deceive the collector or the investor, two cases: rare coins and commons coins. The more rare the coin is, the more likely the buyer will be to have a minimum of knowledge and many specialists will see the sale, because it is the kind of coins they are looking for. In this case the work of the forger will be very well done. It will probably respect weight, diameter, style.. He will try to make a copy as perfect as possible. On the other hand, it will inevitably use modern manufacturing techniques which will leave traces and will make it possible to know that it is a forgery (one will come there later in the article). Given the profit made if the coin is sold, the forger will take the time to work long on his replica. He will also have a substantial material and be able to recreate the conditions of a real antique mint. Heat the blank, engrave dies.. I let you imagine. This is therefore for a very small category of counterfeiters. We are talking here about coin on sale at several thousand euros ..
The second case, that of the current coins, is more complex. Indeed, who says common coin says: low selling price. It will therefore be necessary to manufacture a quantity large enough for the activity to be profitable. And there, the problems begin for the forger. He wants to make money easily and spending as little time as possible .. he has also turned to common coins because we are less wary of a coin sold 30 Euros than a coin sold 2000 euros. Probably also because he does not have the ability to create a fake of excellent quality to sell it very expensive. His work will cause several things: for example, there will be 100 times the same coin with the same centering .. which is impossible. If you see two coins of the same type with the same centering: no doubt it is a modern fake. I will detail all this further down in the article.
Before looking at the chapters below, you must understand several more things. The, diameter, weight and patina, alone, are not elements allowing to eliminate a coin of the authentic category. Indeed, an authentic coin can have a large diameter or a heavy weight. And a patina may have been made on a authentic coin but that had been cleaned. The ’repatinage’ as they say, is common, to restore its antique appearance to the coin.
The fake antique coins, that is to say made in antiquity, also have a low weight, the diameter can be also. The quality of engraving will often be of very poor quality. To summarize, you can have a coin with a degenerate style, a weight and a small diameter, a metal other than that of the official coins, which is a fake antique. An imitation made on the same period. Of course, for metal, if you see a steel or tin coin, it is obvious that it is not antique.
Concerning errors and hybrids, as well as diameter and weight, this does not rank a coin in the category of modern fakes. A mistake of legend can happen during the engraving in an antique mint. Antique hybrids also exist. When we speak of hybrids, we designate an obverse and a reverse that should not be associated because of a different period. Example, an obverse mentioning that the emperor is consul for the third time and a reverse mentioning that he is consul for the fourth .. This is an example to show you that a hybrid combines two different periods. Modern counterfeit coins are sometimes hybrids because of a bad knowledge of antique numismatics from the forger. It can also be a desire of the engraver to create an original coin, so to sell it more expensive and to have fewer points of comparison available. The problem being that counterfeiters in antiquity also unwittingly created hybrids or their coins included legend errors. Why? Because many of them could not read, so it was difficult to copy the legends correctly. The other point and this can also be true for modern fakes: copy techniques. For example, when one practices the molding, it is common to mold several coin at the same time: one will thus take a mold presenting the obverse of a coin and a mold with the reverse of another. This creates the unlikely mixes that can be observed next.
That being said, perfect authentic coins coming out of an official mint, are sometimes hybrids, made by mistake by re-using an old die coin with a new one.
We must remain vigilant with all these parameters. If you are not used to seeing ancient coins, proceed as follows: Once you have identified the denomination (denarius, Antoninian etc.), the emperor or the region of strike, the period. Read the chapters of this tutorial and then compare your coin with others that are the same. I specify: same denomination, same legend (writings on the coin), same clothes, same type of reverses. Everything must match. I add in addition, the same mint. From one mint to another, the style of representation sometimes changes a lot. An emperor will have a large portrait with a small eye, and in a more distant mint he will be slim with a really big eye. This will prevent you from being disturbed by comparing coins.Chapter 1: the diameter.
The diameter of an antique coin varies slightly, from one to two millimeters. Large diameter differences become suspicious. It is even possible for the diameter to become that of a lower or higher denomination for counterfeit coins. Even though real antique coins may have a larger diameter. We are talking about ’ large blank ’.
An antique engraver create a die, it is the name given to the tool whose end is engraved in hollow and which prints the drawing in relief during the striking. We put a blank on one of the two dies and we come to crush the blank by hitting it with the second die of the top. The blank is printed on both sides. When engraving, we add small dots that create a circle surrounding the entire drawing. We call this the ’grenetis’ (french term). Therefore if the blank is wider than the drawing, we will see virgin metal outside the grenetis. You understand then that a coin whose blank would be wide with a sticky drawing at the edges would be abnormal. Of course, I’m talking about a really large blank .. The width of the drawing may vary slightly.
Once again, one must have the habit to being sure that the coin is fake if only this detail is unusual. On the other hand this detail added to others leaves no more doubts. Remember that if the diameter is really too small or too big, you can already study the track of a counterfeit coin. Look for example this fake modern whose design is very small compared to the size of the blank:
Photo of a coin posted on forumnumismatique.com, link to the website and the topic: http://www.numismatique.com/forum/topic/28430-monnaie-antique-inconnue/.Chapter 2: the weight.
As for the diameter, the weight varies but there is an average for each denomination (even if in very rare cases, it happens that the currency is very heavy compared to the theoretical weight). A counterfeit currency will most often have a low weight. The metal used may not be the same as that of an antique coin, an alloy for example. Which explains that the weight will be different. If the metal used is the right one, the weight may be different because of the manufacturing methods.Chapter 3: the metal.
Always look if it’s the good metal. Modern fake denarius will not necessarily be in silver but for example in tin. Similarly for gold .. why invest in gold if you can make a gold plating or even use brass. Some are trying to sell 2000 euros a coin whose metal is worth 1 euro. Always compare a coin with others, if the color is not good there is a problem or it is a patina .. yes except that silver and gold will not change as much as bronze that can be black, green or brown. In addition, it joins the chapter about weight, if the metal used is different, the weight will not be the same.Chapter 4: the style and quality of engraving.
A forger can do the engraving himself, in which case all kinds of work can bet met. From mediocre to almost perfect. In addition to the quality of the engraving, the style can come into play. We speak of a ’modern’ style. This modern style is distinguished by fine details on small elements. For example a child, exclusively represented in a simplistic way on the ancient coins. This child on modern fake will have very well represented hair, a mouth or something else. While on the real coins of one is satisfied with a head, a torso, two arms and two legs. No hair, no clothes .. It’s the same for the portrait of the emperor who can have a very worked hair. Of course, you have to be a bit used to seeing antique coins to make a difference. Let’s look some examples below.
We will start with a very simple example. Some Roman emperors, called ’usurpers’ have struck very few coins and in a very archaic engraving quality. In this case, when we see a coin with very good detail and quality representation, we can already conclude that our coin is very doubtful. Unless it is an exceptional strike .. Below we will see the first coin that is an authentic Antoninian of Regalianus and a second coin that is a modern fake.
Photo of an authentic anotninian of Regalianus sold by Classical Numismatic Group, link to the sale and their website: https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=240371.
Photo of a fake antoninian of Regalianus sold as modern fake by London Ancient Coins, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3221532, link to their website: https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/london_ancient_coins-89/ancient-coins/Default.aspx?#!/Home.
No need to analyze the coin more thoroughly, we see immediately that this is a modern fake. The opposite case exists too. A counterfeit coin can have a low quality of representation compared to genuine coins. This happens often when the coin is cast from an original. The details do not print well and sometimes even, a part of the drawing disappears during the detachment of the coin from its mold. In this case the forger corrects himself and I let you imagine the quality of his work. Some counterfeiters have them, a true artistic talent and the quality of representation is excellent.
Let’s move on to a coin of Faustina. Do not look at the changing bust orientation, just the engraving. Here, the modern coin displays a drapery whose style differs from that of genuine coins. In general, for the entire drawing, the details are deeper.
Photo of an authentic denarius of Faustina II sold by Numismatik Naumann, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2520121, link to their website: http://www.numismatik-naumann.at/.
Photo of a fake denarius of Faustina II sold as modern fake by London Ancient Coins, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3221500, link to their website: https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/london_ancient_coins-89/ancient-coins/Default.aspx?#!/Home.
*WARNING: this chapter shows you coins that are easy to detect. Other coins will be more difficult to detect and will require advanced knowledge about antique numismatics. If you do not know anything about ancient coins, type the name of the emperor, the region, etc. on the internet and compare with the usual style. Attention, you must compare the same coins, therefore the exact portrait with the crown, the clothes, as well as the writings (which one names legend) and the drawing of the reverse must be the same as the writings ( except for mint marks). Indeed, several cases of figures can appear. The drawing is degenerate: it may be an antique imitation made by a forger in antiquity. The coin can also come from a local mint (very common for emperors in Gaul) where the engravers were less talented. In this case, we say ’barbarian style’ because the engravers were not from the empire.Chapter 5: the patina.
One obvious thing: a modern counterfeit coin did not have time to have a patina (unless the coin is a fake old enough). You understand then that a forger must artificially give a patina to his currency to give it an antique appearance. Once again, you must be used to seeing real antique patinas to differentiate between the two. In addition, I now specify that an artificial patina is not always a proof that a coin is not ancient. For example, some authentic coins are cleaned with products to remove the patina and then, another person will try to restore its antique appearance by applying an artificial patina.
In this tutorial I will show two coins that are easy to analyze. Artificial patinas are often black and give a powdery appearance. In addition the highest reliefs are often very bright or clear while the edges of all the details are very black. In the example below, we see that around the letters, the field and the drawing, the patina is very dark. The field of the coin, that is to say the smooth, ungraved bottom, is clearer as we move away from the engraved elements.
Patinas too uniform are also common on fake coins. When one knows the normal patina of a coin having spent time buried, one immediately makes the difference with a worked patina. In addition, the coins we saw are supposed to be in silver . without looking at how the patina is deposited, we understand that these black traces should not be there on money ..
Photo of a fake didrachm of Velia Here is an example of the effect produced London Ancient Coins, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3221399, link to their website: https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/london_ancient_coins-89/ancient-coins/Default.aspx?#!/Home.
Red dog casino no deposit bonus codes 2021. It is obvious that this patina is false and that it is a deposit made by the forger, the black and uniform area around the drawing of the two sides leaves no doubt.
Another more glaring example:
Photo of a fake denarius of Aquilia Severa sold as modern fake by London Ancient Coins, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3221520, link to their website: https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/london_ancient_coins-89/ancient-coins/Default.aspx?#!/Home.Chapter 6: the surface.
Depending on the manufacturing methods, traces can be seen on the blank. I had already explained to you at the beginning of the article, that a large blank coupled to a drawing going to the edge was abnormal. What else to analyze?
The luster: ancient manufacturing techniques occasioned what is known as the ’radiations’: that we see particularly on silver coins. These are fine lines that radiate and are only obtained under certain conditions. Conditions that counterfeiters can not reproduce. If you see a coin with these lines, it’s a very good sign. On the other hand, their absence does not necessarily justify classifying a coin as ’modern fake’, but questions. Indeed, a heavily cleaned coin will have removed these lines. Moreover, on photo, it is difficult to make these lines appear.
Photo of a denarius sold by iNumis, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2670045, link to their website: https://www.inumis.com/.
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A granular surface: this may indicate that the coin has been created by a spark erosion matrix. The small details will also disappear because of this technique. A poor quality mold can also give this kind of surface. However, an authentic coin will sometimes have a granular surface because of the c
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