Thrace, Ainos




Modern Fake

Tetradrachm

Head of Hermes right, goat with statue of Hermes and caduceus with crown.

Reference :
Weight: 13.75 grs
Metal: Silver
Diameter: 23.00 mm
Scarcity: Common

Obverse

Reverse

Bust

Anepigraph

Head of Hermes right with short hairs and wearing a petasos.

AINI

A goat standing right, in front of him a pillar of square stone topped with a head of Hermes, (used in ancient Greece as a boundary marker or signpost). Behind the statue, a long caduceus and a crown. Above the goat: AINI. All the drawing and the legend are contained inside incuse square.

Picture of type

Photos from coin sold as modern fake by Classical Numismatic Group, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4924194, link to their website: https://www.cngcoins.com/.

Imitation of a tetradrachm struck at the end of the 5th century BC (- 412 / - 409), reference: BMC 3, MAY 70. Informations of weight and diameter, die axis: 1h, from Classical Numismatic Group. Cette même maison de vente nous informe qu'il s'agit, citation: ''The Jonathan K. Kern Collection of Electrotypes and Forgeries...Ashmolean Museum electrotype (marked A on edge)''. Traduction: La collection d'électrotypes et de faux de Jonathan K. Kern...Électrotype du Ashmolean Museum (marqué A sur la tranche).



Tetradrachm

Head of Hermes right

Reference :
Weight: 14.59 grs
Metal: Silver
Diameter: 24.00 mm
Scarcity: Common

Obverse

Reverse

Bust

Anepigraph

Head of Hermes right with short hairs and wearing a petasos.

A - I - N - O - Σ

A caduceus crosswise in a incuse square. The letters A above, I below, NO on the right and Σ on the left.

Picture of type

Photos from coin sold as modern fake by London Ancient Coins, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3221426, link to their website: https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/london_ancient_coins-89/ancient-coins/Default.aspx?#!/Home.

Imitation of a tétradrachm struck during the 5th century before Jesus-Christ. Informations of weight and diameter, die axis: 10h, from London Ancient Coins.