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Home > Fake Coin Reports > Fake Roman Imperial Coins: Adoptive Emperors: Nerva - Commodus: AD 96 - 192

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ANTONINUS PIUS157 viewsAR Denarius, 2.99 g.
Obv . ANTONINVS / AVG PIVS PP. Laur. head r.
Rev. TR POT COS ІІII around; LIB IIII in ex. Liberalitas stg l., holding vexillum and cornucopiae.
Type RIC III, 156.
Cast. Slight trimming and blurred letters.
Published: Prokopov/Paunov Sofia 2004, no. 50
Ilya Prokopov
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ANTONINUS PIUS170 viewsAR Denarius, 3.23 g.
Obv . ANTONINVS AVG PI / VS PP TRP COS III. Laur. head r.
Rev. SALVS AVG. Salus seated on throne l., feeding out of patera snake coiled round altar, resting l. arm on chair.
Type RIC III, 287.
Good cast but trimmed surface.
Published: Prokopov/Paunov Sofia 2004, no. 51
Ilya Prokopov
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ANTONINUS PIUS231 viewsAR Denarius, 3.04 g.
Obv. DIVVS ANTONINVS. Bare head r.
Rev. DIVO PIO. Rectangular or square altar to front.
Type RIC III, 441 (Marcus).
Cast. Obvious trimmed images.
Published: Prokopov/Paunov Sofia 2004, no. 52
Ilya Prokopov
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ANTONINUS PIUS289 viewsAR Denarius, 19,5/17 mm; 3,067 g; 6h
Obv. IMP CAES T AEL HADR ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP. Laur. head r.
Rev. TR POT… COS IIII / .IETAS. Goddes stg. opposite.
Cast.
Published: Sofia 2005, no.58
Ilya Prokopov
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Antoninus Pius133 viewsFake
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antoninus pius182 viewsVerus on reverse.,one went on two auctions already/sold for ca. 2400 euro/-the other is presumably fake.
Something to thing about.
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antoninus pius220 viewsVerus on reverse.,one went on two auctions already/sold for ca. 2400 euro/-the other is presumably fake.
Something to thing about.
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antoninus pius225 viewsand "L. Verus", Another fake from same die.
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Antoninus Pius285 viewsFancy copper sestertius; no RIC coin with this Rv legend
Av: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III laureate head right
Rv: VOT DECEN TR P COS II S C emperor to left with patera offering a sacrifice over altar
weight: 18,5 g
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Antoninus Pius167 viewsCast Fake of Antoninus Pius/Marcus Aurelius denarius (RIC 411b)bought on eBay in 2010. Coin has slick, modern metal surfaces and is made of an unidentified low conductivity alloy.daverino
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Antoninus Pius208 viewsFake AE sestertius of Antoninus Pius. Possibly a heavily tooled genuine coin, but more probably a tooled cast fake.
obv: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP TRP COS III Antoninus Pius right
rev: SC CONCORDIAE Imperial family group in greeting posture
Sold on ebay by a French seller for $1,200+ US, Jan 2011
commodus
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Antoninus Pius105 viewsCast AE Renaissance sestertius size medallion of Antoninus Pius, 39mm, 34.42g
obv: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP TR P COS IIII laureate, draped and cuirassed bust left
rev: Apollo standing left, holding patera in right hand, resting left elbow on lyre, gryphon standing left before with head turned back toward Apollo
cf: Gnecchi 69 (not illustrated, cf: pl. 50, 9 for illus. of obv. die).
commodus
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Antoninus Pius108 viewsCast fake of AE sestertius of Antoninus Pius
obv: ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXIX mailed laur. bust, r.
rev: emp. on dais, r., saluting group of three soldiers, r.; curule chair behind to far r. ADLOCVT abv., S-C in fields
an older forgery, possibly aftercast of a Paduan or similar

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Antoninus Pius159 viewsModern cast fake AU aureus of Antoninus Pius, 19mm, 7.9g
obv: IMP CAES T AEL HADR ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP bare head of Antoninus Pius, r.
rev: Pax stdg TR POT XIIII COS IIII
offered on ebay Mar2011
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Antoninus Pius118 viewsModern fake of AE sestertius of Antoninus Pius.
obv: IMP CAES T AEL ANTONINVS AVG PIVS laur head, l.
rev: PONT MAX Antoninus Pius on horseback, right, right hand upraised
cf: RIC 879 & 890, but inverted: i.e. obv w/ bust right (and PP at end of obv. legend); rev: on horseback, l.
Cast. Older (i.e. 19th cen.) tourist fakes of the same type (with identical orientation) exist as struck pieces. This appears to be a later (20th cen.) fake cast after these.
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Antoninus Pius138 viewsModern cast fake of AE as of Antoninus Pius
obv: ANTONINVS PIVS PP TR P XII laur. hd., r.
rev: MVNIFICENTIA AVG elephant, r.; COS IIII SC in exe.
tourist fake in poor style, sold in Turkey
cf: RIC 862a
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ANTONINUS PIUS85 viewsAR Denarius
Obv.: ANTONINVS PIVS ….. Laur. bust to r.
Rev.: TR POT II COS II, Minerva stg. to l.
Cast, artificial patina.
Ilya Prokopov
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Antoninus Pius64 viewsAR Denarius - No diameter or weight given
Obv: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP
Rev: TRP OT COS II

Selling as authentic on British ebay Sept 2011
Die Match: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pos=-7014
bobbyhelmet
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Antoninus Pius124 viewsAR Antoninianus - Based on RIC 168 Sear 4076
Obv: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XI, Laureate head right
Rev: COS IIII, Emperor standing left holding patera over tripod
Modern struck copy - unknown source
Selling as authentic on British ebay Sept 2011 - No dimensions or weight given
Die Match: http://www.forgerynetwork.com/asset.aspx?id=Orxp1e/BF8s=
bobbyhelmet
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ANTONINUS PIUS 114 viewsAR Denarius (with M. Aurelius)
Prototype is an original coin.
Cast, without further processing, no artificial patina.
Ilya Prokopov
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Antoninus Pius73 viewsAs
Obv: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III - laureate head right
Rev: S-C - Sow seated right under helm-oak, suckling four young, another before, SC in ex.

Die match: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pos=-7808

Sold on ebay October 2011 - NFS mangizite-2008 - No attempt to describe as Original or fake
No weights or measures given
bobbyhelmet
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Antoninus Pius70 viewsAs
Obv: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III - laureate head right
Rev: S-C - Sow seated right under helm-oak, suckling four young, another before, SC in ex.

Die match: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pos=-5383

Sold on ebay October 2011 - NFS mangizite-2008 - No attempt to describe as Original or fake
No weights or measures given
bobbyhelmet
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Antoninus Pius117 viewsSelling as a copy on Ebay, Nov 2011

Stamped WRL, no size or weight given.
SRukke
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Antoninus Pius99 viewsAureus ??, no size or weight given.

Obv: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XVII, Laureate draped bust right .
Rev: BRITANNIA COS IIII, Britannia seated left on rock, shield and vexillum in background before. S C in exerge
Stamped WRL (Westair Reproductions Ltd).

Offered as "REPRODUCTION of Hadrian coin" on Ebay (France)
Dec/2011
mdelvalle
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