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Fantasy Otho sestertius3 viewsIMP OTHO CAESAR AVG TRI POT
Bare head of Otho right
S C
Soldier with sword and shield l., captive bound to palm tree r.,
flaming altar in front
32.0 gr 32.5 mm
Shown on Facebook Dec. 2022
Pekka KDec 08, 2022
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Westair Reproductions Limited4 viewsAE 20mm, weight 4g
Obverse: Head of Gallic warrior (Vercingetorix?) left
Reverse: Horse galloping left, WRL stamped below.
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=129578.new#newAradosOct 17, 2022
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Thasos obverse / Lysimachos reverse tetradrachm5 viewsObv: Head of youthful Dionysos right, diademed and crowned with ivy.
Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ Athena seated left holding Nike, in field Herm.
Reverse from Lipanoff die, see: 'https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pid=19868'
Posted for sale on Facebook March 2022Pekka KMar 11, 2022
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Roma / kneeling bowman8 viewsA fantasy object never made as a genuine coin with this obverse and reverse.
Look also: https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pid=10079Pekka KJun 28, 2021
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Fantasy Coin AE207 viewsAE20, 2.458g, 19.7
Fantasy Coin - If you know more about this coin, please comment.Joe SermariniJun 02, 2021
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Aenas with wife/Sow and seven piglets30 viewsFantasy piece, cast, Balkans or Northern Greece, 18th-19th century. The weight can be up to 125 g. Mentioned in Svoronos' article.
Obv: Sow with seven piglets, N dot dot M above.
Rev: Nonsensical legend OTΡTΔKbω and ligate TE. Svoronos suggested that the confronted heads were those of Aeneas, helmeted, right and Lavinia, the wife of Aeneas, left.
See Numismatics International Bulletin, Vol. 33, No.3 for a discussion of this type
(https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/book/522752?page=11) and following pages.helveticaJan 18, 2021
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Greek like fantasy coin36 viewsCast "tourist fake" Graeco fantasy. AE alloy with fake "desert" patina applied.
obv: laureate bearded head, presumably a deity, r., with legend resembing EDSO
rev: winged male figure (Boread?), crouching, l., but with head turned r.; legends illeg.Pekka KNov 05, 2020
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Celtic Fantasy AE2320 viewsCeltic(?) Fantasy AE23
Obv. Male head left with prominent nose and hair in spiral curls. Two pellets form mouth. Ear? unexpectedly low on head. The lower curls formed by two S shapes. Edge circle formed by a series of joined pellets.
Rev. Horse galloping right. Small rider with arms outstretched.
11.1gr 19.4-23.1mm 5.2mm thick. axis 10hr Joe SermariniMay 17, 2020
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Greek fantasy25 viewsModern fake AE fantasy coin, cast.
obv: male head, l.; obv. only appears to be loosely based (in reverse) on portraits of Alexander III with horn of Ammon, or perhaps of Herakles from Macedonian coinage
rev: lion, r., star above
see also: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pos=-10700Pekka KJan 31, 2019
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Datames Fantasy32 viewsObv: Female head (Arethusa?) facing slightly left,
Rev: Ana, nude, standing right, pointing at Datames, standing left, hand raised;
between them, thymiaterion; all within double dotted and linear square border.
Combination of 2 different tetradrachms of Datames.
see also: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pos=-11243Pekka KDec 11, 2018
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43 viewsDiameter is ~28mm. Style is wrong, reverse is a poor copy of a coin centuries earlier than the obverse.CLJul 01, 2018
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Alexander III / Ptolemy49 viewsCast fantasy coin with obverse of Alexander III type tetradrachm
combined with eagle reverse of Ptolemies.
Pekka KJan 29, 2018
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Fantasy coin, gold plated? 43 viewsShows up frequently on Facebook groups.Pekka KDec 19, 2017
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Caius Pisonus26 viewsCAIVS PISONVS FR AVG
Laureate bust r.
VICTORIA AVG
Victory walking l. holding wreath, cantharus behind
Dimension: 28 mm
Weight: 7.5 grPekka KNov 16, 2017
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Tourist fantasy coin23 viewsAE coin or medallion, 38,6 mm, 58 g
Obv : KOA inversed, Bearded head (of Zeus ?) right
Rev : Octopus with head at top
Modern tourist fakeMartin B4Oct 18, 2017
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Tourist fantasy coin29 viewsHorned head of Alexander III (?) left.
Nike flying right holding wreath, pomegranate on right field
EY (?)
Reverse imitates type of Side, Pamphylia as mirror image. Pekka KOct 12, 2017
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Theophilus style20 viewsRev : Mary riding donkey, wearing nimbus crown and holding Holy Infant
Modern cast fantasy coinsMartin B4Oct 06, 2017
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Inherited from a grandfathers collection19 viewsBronze medallion
Obv : Helmeted facing head
Rev : Bull right
"It weighs about 2 lbs., it is nearly 3" tall, and probably 1/2" to 3/4" thick"Martin B4Oct 05, 2017
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Roman Fantasy Fake15 viewsRoman Fantasy Fake
Laureate head left / Rider on horse standing right
The legend is nonsense, weight and diameter unknown.Joe SermariniAug 14, 2017
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Fantasy of Judean coin19 viewsObv. Jar with blundered Judean legend.
Rev. Grapes with blundered Judean legend.
16mm and 2.44 gramsCanaanMay 24, 2017
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Menorah and Palm gold23 viewsSubmitted for authentication to Forum.
Modern Fantasy Jewish coin
Menorah and palm
No size or weight givenJay GT4Oct 26, 2016
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Graeco-Italian Fantasy Coin39 views
Cast AE fantasy piece. Obverse design possibly very loosely based on a 3rd century BC type of Megaris (Napoli). Tourist fake of Italian origin. Pekka KSep 29, 2016
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Man and sow.27 viewsGold coin with a fictional portrait on the obverce, and scene of a gold Roman coin from the 1st century on the reverce.Ilya ProkopovMar 15, 2016
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Bear and boar.44 viewsFantasy gold coin with a fictional story.Ilya ProkopovMar 15, 2016
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