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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Silphium Addict, post: 8166820, member: 116882&quot;]A fairly common &quot;SANDOZ&quot; copy of a Kyrenaika didrachm, BMC 260 was offered on VCoins today for Euro 3000. I contacted the seller. I thought I had seen a thread here about the topic, but I don&#039;t find one.</p><p><br /></p><p>Intriguing but somewhat sad that these are still offered as authentic. This specimen has &quot;SANDOZ&quot; below the silphium plant on the reverse. The weight is ~ 6 gm while real specimens are ~7 gm. It is a well known copy made by Sandoz in the 1960s for advertising:</p><p><a href="https://www.nummus-bibleii.com/t10185-reproduction-drachme-cyrenaique" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.nummus-bibleii.com/t10185-reproduction-drachme-cyrenaique" rel="nofollow">https://www.nummus-bibleii.com/t10185-reproduction-drachme-cyrenaique</a></p><p>Specimens with the SANDOZ removed like the first image in the nummus bible II thread are a little more challenging but still obvious:</p><p><a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?album=search&amp;cat=0&amp;pid=9135#top_display_media" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?album=search&amp;cat=0&amp;pid=9135#top_display_media" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?album=search&amp;cat=0&amp;pid=9135#top_display_media</a></p><p>They are still popular as copies and SANDOZ made other reproductions:</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/first-coins-of-2018-including-a-fake.308659/#post-2957173" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/first-coins-of-2018-including-a-fake.308659/#post-2957173">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/first-coins-of-2018-including-a-fake.308659/#post-2957173</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the real coin for comparison:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1426120[/ATTACH]</p><p>Kyrenaika, Euhesperides</p><p>AR didrachm <i>circa</i> 283-277 BC</p><p>7.02 gm, 19 mm, 6h</p><p>O: head Apollo Karneius right</p><p>R: silphium plant, ΒΑ-ΣΙ upper left &amp; right, branch lower left</p><p>Jameson 2139 (this coin); BMC 260(XXIV:7)</p><p><br /></p><p>These were probably struck by Magas after his independence from Ptolemaic Egypt 283 BC and before reconciliation with Ptolemy II several years later.&nbsp; The legend suggests Magas briefly proclaimed himself king.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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