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Magnentius Silver Multiple461 viewsAppears to be one of Slavey's students. Fantasy exergue.3 commentswolfgang336Jan 06, 2006
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Gordian III, Denarius, Secvritas PP220 viewsObv:- IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev:- SECVRITAS P P, Securitas standing left, leaning on column, legs crossed

Style is terrible. Reverse legend doesn't exist except for a single fourée example. Forger appears to have been aiming to emulate the style of Antioch at the period.
wolfgang336Jan 06, 2006
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Constantine Ae3321 viewsOdd looking thing... lots of pitting, and has a "spray-painted" appearance. This shouldn't be hard to spot for most collectors. Sold as a Repro, with R stamped on rim.

Uploaded by Wolfgang336
1 commentswolfgang336Dec 17, 2005
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Marcus Aurelius162 viewsMarcus Aurelius AR Denarius.

Obverse: IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST COS II

Reverse: TR POT XI COS ...

Identified as produced by well-known Bulgarian fake dies.
Specificity: off-center and worn, instead of the usual well-centered and minty.

Sold on ebay.fr on 04.12.2005 for 27.50 EUR.
wolfgang336Dec 06, 2005
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Aelius, Denarius, RIC -741 viewsObv:- L AELIUS CAESAR, Bare headed, draped bust right
Rev:- SPES PVBLICA, Spes advancing left, holding flower and raising skirt
RIC -

Identified as produced by well-known Bulgarian fake dies (as other coins of the same string) .
Specificity: off-center and worn, instead of the usual well-centered and minty.

Sold on ebay.fr on 04.12.2005 for 37.50 EUR.
wolfgang336Dec 06, 2005
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Julian II Siliqua Reproduction243 viewsobv: FL CL IVLIANVS PF AVG
rev: VOT / X / MVLT / XX
R Stamped on Rim

Submitted by Wolfgang336
wolfgang336Oct 11, 2005
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Julia Mamaea Reproduction Aureus181 viewsobv: IVLIA MA-MAEA AVG
rev: FELICITAS PVBLICA
Becker 197

submitted by Wolfgang336
wolfgang336Oct 11, 2005
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Hostilian Aureus Reproduction119 viewsObverse: CVALLNS HOSTIL MESO VINTVSNC
Reverse: PRINCIP IIV VENTVTIS
Copy stamped on rim.

-Submitted by Wolfgang336
wolfgang336Oct 11, 2005
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Constantine Reproduction Medallion193 viewsHeavy Miliarense
Sold on eBay as a museum reproduction.
Style is clearly way off.

38 mm in diameter, struck by the Roman Museum of Augst, Germany, during the 60’s.

Submitted by Wolfgang336
wolfgang336Sep 25, 2005
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Lysimachos, gold200 viewsAV stater

Just... so... awful....

Style, fabric, roundness of flan; everything is wrong!

Submitted by Wolfgang336
wolfgang336Sep 11, 2005
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Alexander the Great, Alexander III, Gold383 viewsAV Stater

Just... so... awful....

Style, fabric, roundness of flan; everything is wrong!

Submitted by Wolfgang336
wolfgang336Sep 11, 2005
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Anonymous Denarius564 viewsANONYMOUS 108 -110 B.C Roman Republic Silver Denarius

Obv. The head of Roma is looking to the right wearing a crested helmet with a peaked visor. There is an X marked behind her

Rev. Roma is seated to the right on shields and with a spear in her left hand. There is a wolf and twins in front of her and there are birds on both sides.

Size: 17.5mm/3.6grams

Modern Bulgarian Fake- Lipanoff" studio, #8 in Prokopov's booklet

Posted by Volodya, submitted by Wolfgang336
wolfgang336Sep 05, 2005
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Julius Caesar Aureus177 viewsSole on eBay as authentic.

obv: Caesar shrowded
rev: Victory in quadriga

uploaded by Wolfgang336
1 commentswolfgang336Jun 30, 2005
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Vespasian Aureus164 viewsBares WRL on the reverse- World Reproductions Limited.

Uploaded by Wolfgang336
wolfgang336Jun 30, 2005
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Marc Antony LEG III Aureus210 viewssubmitted by Wolfgang3361 commentswolfgang336Jun 27, 2005
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Constantine Campgate Reproductions703 viewsFrom the image I can deduce that these are cast. They were sold as reproductions, and can be identified by a flan problem at aprox 5:00 on the obverse. Probably wouldn't fool too many collectors when they got them in hand, but it's something to be aware of.

Submitted by Wolfgang336
wolfgang336Jun 25, 2005
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COPY - Rosa G - Larissa AR Syracus3 Tetradrachm267 views26mm, Rim stamped with "COPY".

Submitted by Wolfgang
wolfgang336Jun 17, 2005
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Constantius II solidus RIC 8 Ant 84519 viewsObv: FL IVL CONSTAN-TIVS PERP AVG
Bust: Rosette diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev: GLORIA-REI-PVBLICAE
Roma and Constantinopolis enthroned, supporting a shield inscribed VOT / XX / MVLT / XXX
Exe: SMANH
Mint: Antioch
Weight: 4.5 g
Date: 347-353
Ref: RIC 8 Antioch 84

First published in Bulletin on Counterfeits Vol 1, No 2, May
1976, page 30

A very good and very frequently appearing fake
Easily identified by the flaw on the reverse at 4 o’clock
Sold by EFTIS (obviously) June 2005
NOTE: THIS IS THE SAME COIN AS BELOW, JUST A DIFFERENT REVERSE PHOTO

Description by Hydatius
wolfgang336Jun 17, 2005
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Julian II as Caesar Solidus283 viewsobv: DN IVLIANV-S NOB CAES
rev: GLORIA REI-PVBLICAE
SMANZ in exergue

Published IAPN BOC December 1977
wolfgang336Jun 17, 2005
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Licinius Solidus406 viewsobv: IMP LICINIVS AVG
rev: IOVI CONS-ERVATORI AVGG
SMN in exergue, delta in rt. field, palm in left field.

13/16 of an inch, 4.9g
Sold by BidAncient (Eftis) on eBay.

Published IAPN BOC Vol 15, No. 1 1990. Also known in bronze from
these dies.
2 commentswolfgang336Jun 17, 2005
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Romanus III Solidus942 views3/4 of an inch
4.2g

Sold by BidAncient (Eftis) on eBay, June, 2005.

Published Sear pg. 516, obverse die of F85, reverse of F84.
wolfgang336Jun 17, 2005
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Theodosius Solidus335 viewsobv: DN THEODO-SIVS PF AVG
rev: GLORIA REI-PVBLICAE
CONOB in exergue

3/4 inch, 4.3g
Sold by BidAncient (Eftis) on eBay.

Published IAPN BOC December 1977
wolfgang336Jun 17, 2005
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Athens, silver dekadrachm1572 viewsOffered for sale on ebay in May 2005 (item no. 3973958279) at a starting price of $400,000 by someone in the Netherlands. Reid Goldsborough reported on Moneta-L that he has an identical Athenian decadrachm to this one, which is a declared replica with COPY below the owl on reverse. On this specimen the word COPY on the rev. has been scratched out. Only 14 of these coins are known to exist. Almost all are accounted for in various public and private collections. 42 g and 35 mm.wolfgang336May 07, 2005
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Tacitus Aureus302 viewsThere is a Tacitus aureus with the same reverse, but different legend VIRTVS AVG, RIC V/1, 12. Most likely a fantasy piece.

-posted to the boards by Jochen, uploaded by Wolfgang336
1 commentswolfgang336Apr 15, 2005
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