Verdadera o falsa, esa es la cuestión

Mirar que engendros se cuelan por Internet, da absolutamente miedo intentar hacer alguna compra por la web sin pensar que dicha pieza pueda ser totalmente falsa. No te puedes fiar de nada ni de nadie, nada bueno se vende barato y algunas piezas caras son copias de buena calidad, solo los especialistas pueden diferenciarlas y evidentemente no al cien por cien por foto. Un saludo

Thasos, after 146 BC. Tetradrachm
Head of Dionysos rt., wreathed with ivy. / Herakles standing lt., leaning on a club and holding a lion's skin.



Cast fakes sold by fakes sellers 'empire_gallery' and 'imperatorial' on eBay. The top one sold for $116.50 (Feb. 2006 by empire_gallery) and the bottom one sold for $185.00 (Jan. 2006 by imperatorial). The bottom one weighs 16.82g, according to the auction description.

Cherronesos hemidrachm



Cast fakes sold by fakes sellers 'empire_gallery' and 'victoriantiquities' on eBay. The top one sold for $21.50 (Dec. 2005 by empire_gallery) and the bottom one sold for $20.50 (Jan. 2006 by victoriantiquities).

Kallatis hemidrachm
Head of Herakles right in lionskin / KALLA grain ear, club, and quiver; monogram 'M'



Cast fakes sold by fakes sellers 'empire_gallery' and 'spes-pvblica' on eBay. The top one sold for $27.99 (Nov. 2005 by empire_gallery) and the bottom one sold for 27.26 EUR (Feb. 2006 by spes-pvblica).

Alexander III Drachm. Sardes mint. c323-319 BC
Head of Herakles right in lionskin / ALEXANDROU, Zeus seated left with eagle and scepter



Cast fakes sold by fakes sellers 'empire_gallery' and 'spes-pvblica' on eBay. The top one sold for $36.00 (Dec. 2005 by empire_gallery) and the bottom one sold for 19.99 EUR (Jan. 2006 by spes-pvblica).

Alexander III Tetradrachm.
Head of Herakles right in lionskin / Zeus seated left with eagle and scepter



Cast fakes sold by fakes seller 'empire_gallery' on eBay. The top one sold for $167.50 (Nov. 2005) and the bottom one sold for $123.50 (Feb. 2006).

Alexander III Tetradrachm.
Head of Herakles right in lionskin / Zeus seated left with eagle and scepter



Cast fakes sold by fakes sellers 'imperatorial' and 'spes-pvblica' on eBay. The top one sold for $134.05 (Jan. 2006 by imperatorial) and the bottom one sold for 64.88 EUR (Mar. 2006 by spes-pvblica).

Alexander III Tetradrachm.
Head of Herakles right in lionskin / Zeus seated left with eagle and scepter



Cast fakes sold by fakes sellers 'empire_gallery', 'spes-pvblica', and 'imperatorial' on eBay. The top one sold for $122.50 (Feb. 2006 by empire_gallery), the middle one sold for 199.00 EUR (Jan. 2006 by spes-pvblica), and the bottom one sold for $249.75 (Feb. 2006 by imperatorial). (The mark at around 12 o'clock on the reverse of the middle one is just an edge knock.)

Alexander III Tetradrachm. Amphipolis
Head of Herakles right in lionskin / Zeus seated left with eagle and scepter



Cast fakes sold by fakes sellers 'spes-pvblica' and 'imperatorial' on eBay. The top one sold for 78.00 EUR (Dec. 2005 by spes-pvblica) and the bottom one sold for $112.50 (Feb. 2006 by imperatorial). According to their auction descriptions, they both weigh 17.10 g each.

Alexander III Tetradrachm.
Head of Herakles right in lionskin / Zeus seated left with eagle and scepter



Cast fakes sold by fakes sellers 'empire_gallery' and 'imperatorial' on eBay. The top one sold for $141.51 (Dec. 2005 by empire_gallery) and the bottom one sold for $120.27 (Mar. 2006 by imperatorial). According to the auction description, the bottom coin weighs 16.85 g.

Lysimachos. 323-281 BC. Gold Stater
Horned head of Alexander the great right / Athena seated left, holding Nike in extended right hand, left arm resting on shield.



Cast fakes sold by fakes sellers 'imperatorial' and 'alexandriacoins' on eBay. The bottom one sold for $1,050.00 (Nov. 2005 by alexandriacoins) and according to the auction description weighs 8.40 g.

(Thanks to Cliff Laubstein for providing the match and supplying the 'imperatorial' image.)

Macedon under Roman rule after 168 BC, Tetradrachm
Diademed head ofArtemis right in the center of a Macedonian shield / MAKEDONWN PRWTHS, club of Herakles within oak wreath.



Cast fakes sold by fakes sellers 'imperatorial' and ' empire_gallery' on eBay. The top one sold for $150.07 (Feb. 2006 by imperatorial) and the bottom one sold for $121.03 (Nov. 2005 by empire_gallery). The top one weighs 16.35 grams, according to the auction description.

Link:http://mriess.acm.jhu.edu/castfakes/greek.html

La verdad es que creo que NADIE es capaz de diferenciar las originales de una buena copia.

He llegado a esa conclusión después de que NGC, la mayor empresa de calificación de USA, me asegurara que en moneda antigua, ellos, hacen clasificaciones por estilo e identifican determinadas falsificaciones en base a su base de datos, pero aún después de considerararte esa pieza como auténtica, si se probara que su juicio fue erróneo, para las piezas antiguas NO se hacen responsables.

Por tanto, puedes tener un tetradracma ático encapsulado, calificado y autentificado por NGC y según ellos mismos afirman, dado que no conceden garantía alguna, ser falso!!!!.

Con esas premisas, prefiero seguir coleccionando piezas de 8 reales. En estas piezas, NGC, sí da garantías. Por algo será.