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Fake Roman Imperial Coins: Crisis to Recovery: Maximinus I - Numerian: AD 235 - 284

3 viewsBanyai T

Cast Fake of Maximinus Thrax (I.) PROVIDENTIA AVG RV10 viewsWeight: 2,21g
Diameter 18mm1 commentsWertinas

GORDIAN III RIC 15 denarius6 viewsIMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG / PM TR P II COS PP
22mm 2.2g
Wrong style, wrong lettering and iconography, wrong weight (too low)
Dominic T

Trajon Decius4 viewsTrajan Decius, AV Aureus 249-251, CAST FAKE. 4.2 grams. Obverse: IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder. Reverse. DACIA FELIX Dacia standing left, holding standard. Note cast bubble on cheek. RIC 14 note.
Mike P3

Pupienus, 22 April - 29 July 238 A.D., Lipanoff Transfer Die Fake4 viewsPupienus, 22 April - 29 July 238 A.D., Lipanoff Transfer Die Fake
Silver denarius, RIC IV-1 4 (S); RSC III 22, BMCRE VI 46, Hunter III 4, SRCV III 8526, 3.356g, 18.3mm, 180o, Rome mint, 22 Apr - 29 Jul 238 A.D.
Obverse IMP C M CLOD PVPIENVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, from behind
Reverse PAX PVBLICA, Pax seated left, olive branch in right hand, transverse scepter in left hand

A Lipanoff forgery, not published by Ilya Prokopov, he published another one from the same emission but from different dies. Lipanoff brothers made at least 2 dies of this emission, the one published by Ilya Prokopov is a recut transfer die. To the unpublished ones, they are pressed and many of them have been sold by fake sellers, style and fabric is from LipanoffJoe Sermarini

Balbinus Antoninianus Transfer Die Fake0 viewsBalbinus Antoninianus Transfer Die Fake, 5.228g, 22.3mm, 180oJoe Sermarini

Gordian Africanus Denarius Bulgarian Modern Die Fake1 viewsGordian Africanus Denarius Bulgarian Fake, 4.231g, 17.6mm, 180oJoe Sermarini

Trajan Decius, September 249 - June or July 251 A.D., Cast Antoninianus Replica1 viewsTrajan Decius, September 249 - June or July 251 A.D., Cast Antoninianus Replica
Silver antoninianus, RIC IV 21b, RSC IV 86, Hunter III 16, SRCV III 9378, 5.329g, 22.8mm, 180o, Rome mint, 249 - 251 A.D.; obverse IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, radiate draped bust right, from behind; reverse PANNONIAE, the two Pannoniae, draped and veiled, standing facing, looking away from each other, one on the right raising right hand, each holding a standard in outer handJoe Sermarini

Balbinus, 22 Apr - 29 Jul 238 A.D., Cast Lipanoff Fake3 viewsBalbinus, 22 Apr - 29 Jul 238 A.D., Cast Lipanoff Fake
Silver antoninianus, RIC IV-1 10, RSC III 3, BMCRE VI 67, Hunter III 4, SRCV III 8484, 3.087g, 22.1mm, 180o, Rome mint, 22 Apr - 29 Jul 238 A.D.; obverse IMP CAES D CAEL BALBINVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse CONCORDIA AVGG (harmony between the two emperors), clasped hands

Publiziert/Veröffentlicht/Referenz: Contemporary Coin Engravers and Coin Masters from Bulgaria: "Lipanoff" Studio, Ilya Prokopov, Sofia 2004 p. 68, 112/A Lipanoff Studio: Catalog of all registered coin Types, Ilya Prokopov, Sofia 2016 p. 162, 346Joe Sermarini

Postumus, Antoninianus8 viewsObv. IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Postumus to right.
Rev. PAX AVG Pax standing left, holding olove branch in her right hand and scepter in her left.
Colonia Agrippinensis
RIC 318. Cunetio 2450. Elmer 565

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Florian, Antoninianus, RIC 155 viewsObv: IMP C M AN FLORIANVS AVG, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: VIRTVS AVGVSTI, Virtus advancing right, holding spear and trophy over shoulder.
Minted in Lugdunum . / II.
RIC V online 4146. RIC V 15

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Florian3 viewsObv:- VIRTVS FLORIANI AVG Laureate and cuirassed bust of Florian to left, holding scepter over his right shoulder and with a shield ornamented with an aegis over his left
Rev:- VICTORIA PERPET, ictory stanfing right engraving shield set on altar

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Quintillus, AE Antoninianus4 viewsObv:- IMP C M AVR CL QVINTILLVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev:- FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing facing, head right, holding sceptre and vexillum; E in right field.
RIC online temp. 1153.

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Quintillus, AE Antoninianus3 viewsObv:- IMP C M AVR CL QVINTILLVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev:- FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing facing, head right, holding sceptre and vexillum; E in right field.
RIC online temp. 1153.

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Tacitus4 viewsObv:- IMP CL TACITVS AVG, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust seen from rear
Rev:- PROVIDEN DEOR, Fides stg. r., holding standard in each hand, facing Sol stg. l., r. hand raised and holding globe in l. hand
Minted in Serdice. –/–//KA(•)Δ(•)

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Tacitus1 viewsObv:- IMP CL TACITVS AVG, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust seen from rear
Rev:- PROVIDEN DEOR, Fides stg. r., holding standard in each hand, facing Sol stg. l., r. hand raised and holding globe in l. hand
Minted in Serdice. –/–//KA(•)Δ(•)

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Gordian III, fake RIC 84. Antoninianus12 views

IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate, draped bust right.
IOVI STATORI, Jupiter standing front, looking right holding sceptre and thunderbolt.
Modern fake of RIC 84; Sear 8615; RSC 109.

Sold on an Eastern European auction site, January 2023. After receiving the coin, the purchaser was suspicious of the odd "feel" of the coin and had its metal content electronically examined at a local university. The metal comprised of nearly 70% zinc (normal is up to 25%) and was identical to a number of similar coins which the professor had already come across.helvetica

Valerian recut into Macrianus12 viewsLikely a modern re-cut Valerian/Macrianus Antoninianus.
IMP C FVL MACRIANVS P F AVG recut over radiate, cuirassed bust of Valerian I right.
ROMAE AETERNAE, Roma seated left on shield, holding Victory and spear.
Macrianus: RIC 11; RSC 11; Sear 10807.

A coin of Valerian I with the head of Valerian on the obverse but with the re-cut legend IMP C FVL MACRIANVS P F AVG to make it appear as RIC 11 of Macrianus.
The heads are utterly different, Valerian is older and has different features than the much younger Macrianus. RIC does not list the .. PF AVG legend for this reverse type for Valerian.
The use of dies from a coin of Valerian in ancient times and re-using it for Macrianus is unlikely because of the time between AD 256 when Valerian's ROMA AETERNAE coins were struck, and AD 260-261 when the same reverses were struck for Macrianus. In the interim Gallienus also had coins with this reverse struck, so they would have more likely used one of his dies.
I believe that the re-cutting is modern, in view of the fact that Macrianus coins are rarer than those of Valerian.

helvetica

Otacilia Severa Pudicitia Denarius RIC 1232 viewsOtacilia Severa, Denarius, RIC 123b.
MARCIA OTACIL SEVERA AVG, diademed and draped bust right.
PVDICITIA AVG, Pudicitia, veiled, seated left on throne, holding transverse sceptre and drawing veil from her face with right hand.
Fake of RIC 123b
From the same fake dies as
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/albums/userpics/11547/otac10.JPGhelvetica

Tranquillina Sestertius RIC 3416 viewsSABINIA TRANQVILLINA AVG /
Bust of Sabinia Tranquillina, diademed, draped, right
CONCORDIA AVGVSTORVM S C /
Gordian III, togate, standing right, holding roll in left hand and
clasping right hands with Tranquillina, draped, standing left

Cast fake of second and third generation of same original.
Note the cracks, in later generation coin cracks are partially filled.

Pekka K

Probus ROMAE AETER10 viewsProbus BI Antoninianus. Rome, AD 278. IMP PROBVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / ROMAE AETER, Roma seated facing in hexastyle temple, holding Victory and sceptre

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Philip I, Sestertius, RIC 148a6 viewsObv: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind.
Rev: P M TR P II COS P P, Philip seated left, holding globe and parazonium. S C in exerge.
RIC 148a

Cast fake.

Sold as a silver plated reproduction on ebay 2022maridvnvm

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