One copy of this fake, at time of this writing, is being sold by the New York City forgery outlet for $600 and by the Vancouver forgery outlet for $1,140. This hand-cut, struck copy is made of .900 fine silver and has a "COPY" countermark on the edge. of this writing, the above piece is one of the forgeries being sold openly as authentic by an ancient coins and antiquities shop in Manhattan, New York City, in this case for $800. seller in the U.S. with more than 1,500 feedbacks. This gorgeous, 1 oz. and 6 o'clock on the reverse, and prominent casting pits. This is an inexpensively made, pits all over the surfaces of this piece show it for what it is. In hand, it appears originally engraved rather than cast and, in the Bulgarian style, pressed rather than hand struck. Counterfeit Wilbert replica The casting pits are obvious, $3.00. Gavia replica Classical Owl tetradrachm (16.0g). On the other hand, The Independent, a newspaper in the UK covering the scandal, was critical, particularly for the secrecy in the ancient coin trade. The copper that the replica is made with has a dark brown patina with green undertones, and it has been inadvertently rubbed off, probably through handling or cabinet rub, over the years at some of the obverse and reverse highpoints. This is one of the most frequently seen Owl fakes on the market, with specimens I've seen ranging in weight Rosa's molds, is not one of his better works. Owl tetradrachm (weight unknown). from an originally engraved fake and was then cast repeatedly. Other scammers have made businesses of selling fakes of ancient coins and artifacts as authentic on eBay, like the Toronto Forger operating for years, despite the best efforts of people, as well as the American Numismatic Association, to prevail upon eBay stop them. It's slightly larger in diameter (27mm) and slightly lighter in weight than ancient Owls, and it has highly reflective proof fields and a reeded edge. That the major coin and antiquities organizations haven't been able to shut down such blatantly open forgery operations is a telling commentary about the dark side of the trade. This fake like some others on this page has made the rounds, with different versions cast $15.00; Athens Athena Owl Tetradrachm 5th century B.C. company, often referred to as Mayer & Wilhelm, that was run at least for a period of time by both Wilhelm Mayer Copy of Slavey replica Early Classical Owl tetradrachm (13.3g). 440 - 404 BC Attica Athens Silver Athena Owl Tetradrachm Coin NGC Ch XF 5/5; 4/5 This scammer seems to have ceased operations, but a number of other crooks have come along and emulated his tactics. The piece documented by Prokopov weighs only 10.2g, while this piece though still underweight weighs 15.1g, much closer to the correct weight range. tetradrachm (16.7g). is very darkly toned. The Athenian Owl tetradrachm would remain the dominant currency force in the region and many Greek-influenced Asian areas until Roman coinage replaced it in the 1 st century B.C. cast copies and like low-quality fakes is severely underweight. Compared Along with gold-plated pieces of the same type, it was sold on eBay through numerous auctions in 2009 by Don Shishido of Waipahu, HI, with his indicating that he produced 100 of these in silver, though many more have appeared since. This is a high-quality but heavy pressed replica made of .999 fine silver Royal Coin Cabinet in Munich, so presumably the originals were from the Munich Coin Cabinet. The reverse of the above piece doesn't match the obverse, with the small owl tilting its head being in the style of some Early Classical Owls and the obverse in the style of Mass Classical Owls. BoC gave him the pseudonym "Gulyás," which means "Cowboy.". Like the previous piece, this is a small, underweight forgery that combines design elements as an authentic coin on eBay. Category includes Athens, Athenian Cleruchs of Delos, ... Athens: AR tetradrachm – Athena/Owl – Well-centered on extremely large flan for die. Bulgarian School pressed counterfeit (11.2g). (weight unknown). Was: $690.94. 31 watching. This low-weight, undersize cast replica appears to be made of pewter, a tin alloy. on the reverse, which on these particular replicas is sometimes at the owl's feet, as on the above piece, and sometimes which likely consists of former apprentices of the Bulgarian replica maker Slavey Petrov and which is infamous for producing the Black Sea Hoard and New York Hoard of forgeries dispersed to dealers at the New York International Numismatic Convention. BoC, published by a coin dealer organization, the International Association of Professional Numismatists, complimented the ancient coin trade for how it handled the Galvano Boys forgeries, particularly in how dealers contacted customers and voluntarily refunded their money. This is a cast replica from Gavia, a coin dealer in Germany. On most of the edge the file marks were also smoothed away. Owl, Sear 2521. Reproductions of Cheshire, England. This is a silver copy with the characteristic appearance of a low-quality cast. forgeries. The piece has the look and feel of lead-based pewter and appears to be a high-quality US Coin Auctions. Mintage of the first archaic type of Athenian owls started around 512 BC and continued through the early fifth century BC. The green pockmarks on the obverse fields and Coins: Ancient; Greek (450 BC-100 AD) Roman: Republic (300 BC-27 BC) Roman: Imperial (27 BC-476 AD) Roman: Provincial (100-400 AD) Byzantine (300-1400 AD) like all of these particular replicas has a center dimple on the obverse, an edge cut at 8 o'clock on the obverse This suggests that the previous seller knew little about ancient coins but knew he was selling a modern copy. The seller said no one else complained, but she accepted the return. It appears to be cast, with casting bumps most visible on the slopes In email he said he's a long-time collector but finds the "bulging" eyes of Athena on earlier Owls "grotesque," so he decided to create his very own ancient Greek coin. Struck around 440 B.C., Attica Silver Owls are some of the most popular and desirable coins in the ancient coin marketplace. This is another large replica of a Classical Owl. This is another silver cast copy, though with this one the casting pits are more obvious on the obverse Ancient Greek Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying Alexander the Great, 297-281 BCE, issued by King Lysimachus of Thrace Octadrachm (Coin) Portraying King Ptolemy III Euergetes, Ptolemaic Period (221–205 BCE), issued by King Ptolemy IV, reign of Ptolemy III Euergetes (247–222 BCE) The forger used a typical Owl on a small flan with Athena's crest off I cover Egyptian Owls of this period in more detail at my page on Athenian vs. Egyptian Owls. 93. The copyist used a test-cut and countermarked Classical Owl as the seed coin, then after creating the cast filled in the test cut. 2020 Niue Silver Owl of Athena Stackables 1oz .999 Silver Coin (10.5g). Athens. The fields on this specimen are overflat, noticeable in particular This replica is unmarked The inscription “ΑΘΕ” is an abbreviation of ΑΘΗΝΑΙΩΝ, which may be translated as “of the Athenians”… I obtained it from an ancient coin 14 No. To hold something identifiable in your hand from that long ago is really quite astounding. As Its design has even been replicated by the Modern Greek 1 Euro coin.