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Julian II 'the Apostate'128 viewsConsidered to be fake due to: 'soft surfaces and lack of clear definition between letters and the fields that mark wither a cast or a heavy, paint-like application of fake patina'.
Julian II Æ Nummus. Sirmium, AD 361-363. D N FL CL IVLIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / SECVRITAS REIPVB, bull standing right, two stars above, star BSIRM palm in exergue. RIC 107.peterpil1901/13/18 at 16:57Rupert: Could it be that only the sand patina is fake? Oth...
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Evidence of Casting - Bubbles on Edge1861 viewsCasting bubbles on edge.Ilya Prokopov12/28/17 at 11:49peterpil: Would be grateful if could point out difference be...
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Fantasy coin, gold plated? 43 viewsShows up frequently on Facebook groups.Pekka K12/24/17 at 00:29Alexander-Brutus-Caesar D: That would indeed be the holy grail of ancient coi...
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Theodosius, light miliarensis, RIC 370394 viewsObv: DN THEODOSIVS PF AVG
Bust: Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust left
Rev: GLORIA ROMANORVM
Emperor facing, head left, hand raised and holding globe.
Exe: CON * in field left
Ref: RIC X 370
Image courtesy of Kevin at Barry & Darling Coins12/15/17 at 16:58Din X: Modern dies! I own one of these too bought it from...
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Theodosius, light miliarensis, RIC 370394 viewsObv: DN THEODOSIVS PF AVG
Bust: Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust left
Rev: GLORIA ROMANORVM
Emperor facing, head left, hand raised and holding globe.
Exe: CON * in field left
Ref: RIC X 370
Image courtesy of Kevin at Barry & Darling Coins12/13/17 at 12:33salem: WHY FAKE ? LOOKS GOOD COIN!
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Julius Nepos (474-475)45 viewsAV Tremissis,
Weight 1,48 gr.
The style of this coin is very different from originals.tejas55212/03/17 at 05:06tejas552: (...)
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Julius Nepos (474-475)46 viewsAV Tremissis, reportedly Visigothic
Weight 1.42 gr. tejas55212/02/17 at 19:41tejas552: See here for a genuine piece: (...)
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Justinian55 viewsJustinian I, 527-565
AR 1/2 Siliqua
Weight: 0.98 gr.
Offered by Emporium Hamburg Numismatics, Auction 79, Nov. 2017, Lot 579tejas55211/17/17 at 12:18tejas552: The style of the coin is completely off. Crude mod...
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A. Plautius, Denarius699 viewsObv:- A PLAVTIVS before, AED CVR SC behind, Turreted hd of Cybele right
Rev:- IVDAEVS before, BACCHIVS below, supplicant offerng palm-branch, camel behind
Ref:- Plautia 13, Cr431/1, Syd 932, Hendin 741, RCV 2000 Edition 395
55 BC.
R behind camel stands for replica
Sold as a fake on ebay October 2005
Submitted by Maridvnvmmaridvnvm11/06/17 at 12:31andres: R behind camel stands for replica
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A. Plautius 55 B.C.: Fake Republic Denarius542 viewsObverse: Turreted head of Cybele right, A PLAVTIVS before, AED CVR S C behind
Reverse:Bacchius the Jew , in attitude of supplication, kneeling right beside camel, presenting olive branch, BACCHIVS in exergue, IVDAEVS on right
Reference: Sear 395
Sold on Ebay, matches with known fake coins of this typeRomaVictor11/06/17 at 12:30andres: behind the camel there is an R stands for replica
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Brutus 42 BC278 viewsAR Denarius,
Obv. BRUT. IMP. L PLAET. CEST. Bare hd. of Brutus r.
Rev. EID MAR. Cap of Liberty between two daggers.
Dark patina, cast.Ilya Prokopov10/24/17 at 18:33ITALO V: Please note that his coin has now been professiona...
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Genuine - Lost or Stolen: Lydia Germe AE18, stolen in February 2007, ex Mediterranean Coins182 viewsLydia Germe 2nd-3rd Cent. BC, AE18 (4.62 gm.) Laureate bust of Demos right / Herakles standing facing, holding club and lionskin
areichareich10/21/17 at 10:13helvetica: The obverse is the Senate with IERA CYNKLHTOC, isn...
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Crusader , Jerusalem38 viewsModern bronze cast imitation of Jerusalem, Anonymous Billon Denier, Patriarchal cross within open wreath of palms, rev cross pattée in beaded inner circle, CRVCIS retrograde around, 0.99g (Metcalf 201; CCS 47; Sch XIX, 3)
ebay 10/2017 Vladislav D10/18/17 at 16:16Vladislavs D: Weight correction : 2.55 gramm not 0.99 gramm
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Trajan, Sestertius, RIC II 631315 viewsObv:- Laureate and bust right
Rev:- PORTVM - TRAIANI, three ships within hexagonal harbor framed by two-story arcades; temples surmounted by statues on either side below.
RIC II 631
Sold on ebay by Numis18 in February 2007.
The following comments provided by Curtis Clay:-
"The rev. appears to be entirely re-engraved from another type, that is totally modern.
The obv., in contrast, is pretty much intact and quite nice. If the original rev. had been left, it would have been an attractive and valuable coin! "
Submitted by Maridvnvmmaridvnvm10/14/17 at 20:02helvetica: Just for interest: Lawrence describes a Paduan by ...
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Pertinax Denarius - Lipanoff Studio56 viewsPertinax Denarius
DIVVS PERT PIVS PATER/CONSECRATIO
A dangerous "Lipanoff Studio" varietyJoe Sermarini10/07/17 at 19:07Ferencsson: Sold on eBay cca 400Ł, than Hungary 300.000 H...
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Focas Solidus Sear F-28527 viewsOffered on eBay May 2009Obryzum10/05/17 at 06:39Sandra L: another exemplar (same dies) seen in France in a c...
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Septimius Severus34 viewsSeptimius Severus Aureus
Reproduction by Remoneda from modern dies and advertised for sale on their website.
Septimius Severus and Julia Domna AV Aureus. 200-201 AD. SEVERVS AVG PART MAX, laureate bust right, lion's skin over both shoulders / IVLIA AVGVSTA, draped bust of Domna right. RIC 161a; Sear 6525; Cohen 1.peterpil1910/02/17 at 09:11peterpil: Please delete, added to wrong photo
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Andronicus III Palaeologus 1328-1341 Cast AR Half Basilikon125 viewsObv:- St. Demetrius standing facing, holding spear and shield.
Rev:- Andronicus, raising hands in adoration, and the Virgin Mary standing slightly facing one another.
DOC 867-8; PCPC 196; LPC p. 120, 6; Sear 2476. Constantinople mint.
Multiple casts: three of the above casts were listed in published auctions.
(16mm-17mm, 0.97g-0.99g, 6h). Heavy series.Lacedaemon09/17/17 at 07:50isauria7: The incidence of coins struck from the same pair o...
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Agrippa321 viewsAppears to be a modern struck copy of the Agrippa As:
10.84 g, 27.68 mm.
Agrippa, AE As. Struck under Caligula, 37-41 AD. M AGRIPPA L F COS III, head left wearing rostral crown / S-C, Neptune standing facing, head left, naked except for cloak draped behind him and over both arms, holding dolphin in right hand and vertical trident in left.
RIC 58; Cohen 3; Sear 1812.
Reasons that I believe this to be a fake:
1) File marks visible at the top around the edge.
2) The dolphin's tail has three parts, whereas on genuine coins it only has two, as it does in real life.
3) Dots all over the reverse which do not appear on any genuine versions that I have seen (e.g. to the left and right and beneath the bottom edge of the chlamys which is hanging down on the left and beneath the bottom edge of the chlamys which is hanging down on the right)
4) The side edges of the chlamys part on the left appear to be missing.
5) There is an additional slightly sloping line going from beneath his left armpit (i.e. on the right of the image) towards the C which should not be there.helvetica09/12/17 at 11:24Joseph Sermarini: I think the style is abnormal and agree it is like...
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Aelius, Denarius, RIC 431 223 viewsObv:- L AELIVS CAESAR, bare head right
Rev:- TR POT COS II, Spes standing left, holding flower, cornucopiae & rudder.
RSC 52.
Modern style.
Sold on ebay October 2009maridvnvm08/27/17 at 05:48Hans B2: I have also such a fake coin. With RFA-Methode we ...
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Lysimachos96 viewsDrachm 4.1g. Magnesia ad meandrum.
Well known bulgarian fake
Offered in a reputable Spanish auction Nov. 2013paparoupa08/15/17 at 18:41Willem H: haha. I got this fake one..
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Vespasian AE Sestertius, RIC 394 Tooled263 viewsObv: IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS III, laureate head right
Rev: IVDAEA CAPTA, S C in exergue, captive seated right beneath palm tree, Vespasian standing behind with spear & parazonium, left foot on helmet
Ref: RIC 427, Cohen 239, BMC 543
Another example of tooling from Didacticus.
Submitted by Maridvnvm maridvnvm07/12/17 at 15:31helvetica: There is no emperor with spear or parazonium on th...
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Severus Alexander Denarius70 viewsToo many identical imperfections (compare letters) identify these two coins as made from a cast.
The more worn coin comes from the fake gallery and was identified by Curtis Clay "The style of the dies looks authentic to me, but I think this may be a modern cast combining an obverse of Alexander with a reverse of Maximinus Thrax"
mix_val07/11/17 at 13:23Din X: Style is modern! Lipanoff forgery
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Alexander III70 viewsAlexander III Tetradrachm
Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress / BASILEWS AΛEΞANΔΡOY, Zeus seated left, legs uncrossed, holding eagle, H in left field, monogram beneath throne.
Modern reproduction created by Remoneda and advertised for sale on their website.
Cf. Price 3708 (monogram in wreath beneath throne, legend arrangement).peterpil1907/07/17 at 06:23Din X: This is from modern dies, too
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