Alexander the Great
Modern Forgeries

	Gold Bulgarian School forgery of an Alexander III stater, 8.6g (correct weight)
	Cast forgery of an Alexander III stater, 6.0g
	Gold-plated lead forgery of an Alexander III stater, 9.0g. M.J. Price F48.
	Silver forgery of an Alexander III stater, weight unknown
	Bronze cast tourist fake of an Alexander III stater, 2.8g
	Die struck or pressed modern silver forgery of an Alexander III dekadrachm, 33.9g (compared with about 43g for an authentic dekadrachm)
	19th century struck forgery of Alexander III tetradrachm, 17.0g
	Modern struck forgery of Alexander III tetradrachm, 15.77g. Obverse M.J. Price F67.
	Modern struck forgery of Alexander III tetradrachm, 15.81g. M.J. Price F67
	Modern cast forgery of Alexander III tetradrachm, 13.5g. Reverse appears to be a cast of the above forgery.
	Modern struck forgery of Alexander III tetradrachm, weight unknown
	Modern cast forgery of Alexander III tetradrachm, 15.3g
	Modern cast forgery of Philip III tetradrachm, weight unknown
	Modern forgery of Alexander III tetradrachm, 18.2g
	Modern forgery of Alexander III tetradrachm, 13.8g
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