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Sap Moderator Australia 16862 Posts	Posted 08/22/2011 08:59 am OK, I've done a bit more research and found them all. The pointy-bearded fake is here on FORVM's gallery of fantasies. And here is the "aes grave" at top left. The big one with the trident-wielding Poseidon is very loosely copied off a (much smaller) silver stater of Poseidonia; Example. "POM" isn't archaic "ROME", it's archaic "POS". Here is a replica of similar design. I can't read the script on the crested-helmet one well enough to ID it. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 08/22/2011 12:13 pm As an admitted ancient novice, the biggest tip-off for me that they are not genuine is the fact that they are the size of a cup coaster Report this Post to the Staff
DVCollector Bedrock of the Community United States 10045 Posts	Posted 08/22/2011 1:57 pm Quote: As an admitted ancient novice Same here--yet I'm pretty familiar with the art of ancient Greece. It was seldom surpassed by ancient Rome, and rarely matched by modern copies. That helps a novice like me sort out obvious copies from more faithful reproductions. Report this Post to the Staff
Doucet Pillar of the Community United States 1315 Posts	Posted 08/22/2011 8:14 pm Personally, I think it might be nice to have a sub-collection of these tourist copies, if they weren't too expensive. Especially if they were several decades old and you knew the person who acquired them, or if I could personally get them on a trip to the great places where they sell them to tourists. (I never get to travel abroad...yet.) I would actually prefer the tourist types as apposed to the "genuine" replicas, which could be dangerously deceiving. Just a sub- collection....... for the fun of it. They use to sell tourist Kachina dolls along Route 66 in New Mexico back in the 40's & 50's. They were rather cheap imatations of the real dolls. They're kinda collectable now. Anyway, just a thought. Report this Post to the Staff
John A New Member United States 10 Posts	Posted 08/22/2011 8:22 pm I was pretty sure they were fake but still needed to make sure. The two people who knew anything about them insisted they were real. My grandmother said there was no need to fake them because they were a dime a dozen and worthless. lol. Thanks Sap. That was the type of reply I was looking for. With that being said...They're real, I tell you! REAL! Report this Post to the Staff
StJoeBlues Pillar of the Community United States 573 Posts	Posted 08/22/2011 9:53 pm I think the writing on them is cuneiform for "COPY." Report this Post to the Staff
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