Antoninus Pius fourrée

[Pscipio]

I want to share with you this Antoninus Pius fourrée from rather nice style:

Antoninus Pius fourrée Denarius, official type minted 140-143 AD at Rome.
Obv: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P, laureate head right.
Rev: APOLLINI AVGVSTO, Apollo standing front, head left, holding patera and lyre.
Ø 17 mm, 2.75 g
cf. RIC 63b for official type

Interestingly, the obverse legend ends on P P TR P while it ends on P P TR P COS III on the official type (see 2nd pic). Otherwise, the counterfeiter did a pretty good job, IMO.

Lars

[elmele]

Hello,

Steal this post because earlier this year acquired a fouree denarius of Antoninus Pius. In my opinion share die reverse, but no die obverse. Funny thing, no?

Thanks for your attention,

Fernando

[gordian_guy]

Hello,

Steal this post because earlier this year acquired a fourree denarius of Antoninus Pius. In my opinion share die reverse, but no die obverse. Funny thing, no?

Thanks for your attention,

Fernando

Interesting Fernando. Not often one finds a foree die match!! Very Nice! It is simply amazing the style difference between the forgery and the real deal - the real Pivs bust is amazing, very artistic!

Well, I suppose that if you are going to forge one denarius you might as well go for broke and forge 2 or heck let's splurge and mint a 100, the penalty for getting caught would be the same.

c.rhodes