Interesting Forgery

405, Lot: 164. Estimate $75. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Parion. 4th century BC. Fourrée Hemidrachm (13mm, 1.62 g, 11h). Bull standing right, head left; pilos above / Gorgoneion. For prototype, cf. SNG BN 1359. VF, lightly toned. Interesting contemporary forgery.

Note that the weight is light, and the obverse type and legend are reversed (resulting from copying a die by looking at an original coin and not reversing the engraving).