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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zadie, post: 7927799, member: 114699&quot;]Leisurely browsing Biddr last week I noticed this coin:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1370199[/ATTACH]</p><p style="text-align: center"><font size="3"><a href="https://www.biddr.com/auctions/daramuseum/browse?a=1985&amp;l=2183637" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.biddr.com/auctions/daramuseum/browse?a=1985&amp;l=2183637" rel="nofollow">https://www.biddr.com/auctions/daramuseum/browse?a=1985&amp;l=2183637</a></font></p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s being offered by a rather new auction house, Dara Antiques Museum FZE. (Company is based out of Dubai and is not an actual museum). </p><p>Me being an enjoyer of Alexander, I&#039;ve spent many a nights looking through the IBSCC-published forgeries of his coinage.. The obverse portrait of Herakles immediately stood out to me. I had seen it before! </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1370200[/ATTACH] </p><p style="text-align: center"><font size="3">Obverse and reverse die match: IBSCC Bulletin on Counterfeits BOCS Vol 5 No.1/2 1980 Page 2 Fig 8</font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p>Published multiple times by IBSCC (The authoritative voice on forged coins); This coin originates from a series of pressed forgeries made in Lebanon during the 1970&#039;s. Multiple die links are known, the coin above tries to imitate Price 3426 (An issue of Ptolemy I from Arados). Here, the engraver has misinterpreted the monogram as being just an A (It&#039;s supposed to be AP for Arados, see genuine example below). Interestingly, looking through acsearch this coin has fooled multiple major auction houses in the last 10 years.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1370202[/ATTACH] </p><p style="text-align: center"><font size="3">Genuine example of the type: Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy I Soter, as satrap, AR Tetradrachm. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Arados, circa 320/19-315 BC. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; AΛEΞANΔPOY to right, AP (civic) monogram in left field. Price 3426 (Byblos); Müller 1375 (same)</font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><br /></p><p>As I said, multiple die links exists of this forgery. Below is an obverse die match coupled with a reverse die of SC 117.1c, an issue of Seleucus I:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1370211[/ATTACH] </p><p style="text-align: center"><font size="3">Obverse die match to the Dara coin, coupled with a reverse die of SC 117.1c: IBSCC Bulletin on Counterfeits BOCS Vol 5 No.1/2</font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font size="3"><br /></font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1370210[/ATTACH] </font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font size="3">Genuine example of SC 117.1c: Seleukos I Nikator (312-281 BC). Tetradrachm. Sardes.</font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font size="3">Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.</font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font size="3">Rev: ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ / BAΣIΛEΩΣ.</font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font size="3">Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: Monogram in left field, ΔΙ below throne.</font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font size="3">SC 117.1c</font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve already reported the Dara coin as fake via Biddr&#039;s internal system but no response has yet been received by the auction house. After reading this thread, help out your fellow collectors by reporting it! It has unfortunately gotten some new bids recently...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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