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Offline mdelvalle

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Fantasy Agrippa denarius ???
« on: November 23, 2015, 10:26:16 am »
Hi all
In the Spanish forum Imperio Numismático,  showed the denarius below:

AR denarius of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
18-20 mm - 4.6 gr.


I think is a fantasy piece similar to the sestertius added by Commodus to the Fake Ancient Coin Reports.
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From what I can read from the legends and comparing with the fantasy sestertius, I think that they would:

Obv: M AGRIPPA C P COS III, laur. head, r.
rev: OMNIPOTENS VORIS HIC, Neptune in sea chariot drawn by two hippocampae

Any additional information you can give me would be welcome.
Thanks and regards
Mario

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Re: Fantasy Agrippa denarius ???
« Reply #1 on: November 23, 2015, 11:05:06 am »
I added the following comment in the Fake Reports:

Surely the obv. legend was copied from the common asses of Agrippa, so M AGRIPPA L F [not C P] COS III.

As to the rev. legend, the transcription above leaves out the three letters AEQ: it is OMNIPOTENS AEQVORIS HIC, "This man was all-powerful on the waves".
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Re: Fantasy Agrippa denarius ???
« Reply #2 on: November 23, 2015, 02:04:18 pm »
Thank you Curtis, you're very kind.
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Mario

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Re: Fantasy Agrippa denarius ???
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Re: Fantasy Agrippa denarius ???
« Reply #4 on: December 11, 2023, 03:56:50 am »
It is actually a renaissance medal made by Gambello, another one same dies but bronze

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Re: Fantasy Agrippa denarius ???
« Reply #5 on: December 11, 2023, 04:08:09 am »
Gambello fantasies sometimes have SC on them although they have the size of Denarii and SC is extremrly rare found on Denar.
He copied coin types of Sestertii and As but as Denarii although authentic coins of this typ do not exit as Denarii.
He as sometimes letter errors and his own style and letter style.
Here are more of his works.

Literature: "Opvs monetale Cigoi, by L. Brunett, Florenz 1966" forgery 105 is wrongly attributed to cigoi
„All'antica - Die Paduaner and die Faszination der Antike, MATZKE, Regenstauf 2018“

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Re: Fantasy Agrippa denarius ???
« Reply #6 on: December 11, 2023, 04:13:37 am »
Nero „All'antica - Die Paduaner and die Faszination der Antike, MATZKE, Regenstauf 2018“ Seite 302 zugeschrieben Gambello

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Re: Fantasy Agrippa denarius ???
« Reply #7 on: December 11, 2023, 04:15:29 am »
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Re: Fantasy Agrippa denarius ???
« Reply #8 on: December 11, 2023, 07:40:35 am »
Thanks Din X, very interesting, I had read something on numismatikforum.de.
Greeting
Mario

 

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