Forgeries of Hellenistic bronze coins of Ithaca
Resource type
Journal article
Date published
2020
Abstract
This article examines the stylistic and metal composition differences between two variants of the bronze Odysseus/Cock type from Ithaca. It posits that Variant 2 is a forgery, which must have been produced after the Hellenistic period but before the end of the 19th century. It also identifies a historic substitution of a Variant 2 coin for a Variant 1 coin in the British Museum collection.
Editor
Perucchetti
Journal title
Numismatic Chronicle
Volume
180
Publisher
Royal Numismatic Society
Place of publication
London
ISSN
0267-7504