Dr. Ilya Prokopov's Fake Ancient Coin Reports
  Worried About Fakes? All Items Purchased From Forum Are GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC For Eternity!!! Know The Coin OR Know The Dealer Has Expertise And A Guarantee Of Authenticity NEVER Buy From Any Seller On Our Notorious Fake Seller List!!! You DO NOT Need To Be An Expert To Collect Ancient Coins - Buy From Reputable Professional Dealers If You Don't Know The Coin Is Genuine - You MUST Know The Seller Is Reputable - OR DO NOT BUY!!! If You Want To Learn - Examine The Study Images Below And Join The Classical Numismatics Discussion Worried About Fakes? All Items Purchased From Forum Are GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC For Eternity!!! Please Visit Our Shop And Find A Coin You Love Today!!!

Home | Login | Album list | Last uploads | Last comments | Most viewed | Top rated | My Favorites | Search
Image search results - "Antinous"
ant.jpg
Alexandria123 viewsA pressed fake imitating BMC 925 using modern dies, sold by a Serbian eBay seller. 30.5mm, 12.25g. SeptimusT
ROI357.jpg
Antinous90 viewsPaduan "sestertius" of Antinous, favorite of Hadrian. Cast AE, 18th century, 34.2mm
obv: ANTINOOC HPOC head of Antinous, left
rev: TOIC AXAIOIC ANEΘHKC ram stdg, right
commodus
Florentine_Antinous.jpg
Antinous127 viewsFlorentine (or possibly Paduan or Pisan) Renaissance era uniface sestertius size medallion of Antinous, favorite of Hadrian. Cast AE, late 15th to early 16th century. 32mm, 13.06g.
obv: draped bear-headed bust of Antinous, r.
rev: blank
commodus
432555.jpg
Antinous118 viewsModern fantasy AE medallion of Antinous. 29mm, 10.93g
obv: ANTINOOC head, r.
rev: Magna Mater driving biga of lions, r., cloak billowing overhead, holding scepter & torch
Nineteenth century neo-Classical fantasy coin; signed AIΔIOTHC above lions
Sold as a modern piece by a major house in 2003
commodus
s-l400_(21).jpg
Antinous 100 viewsAntinous - Alexandria hemidrachm sold on eBay in August 2018 as authentic, 27mm for 14 grams.

It appears to be a cast forgery copied from the authentic specimen in the Markoff collection (NAC 62, lot 2034), another cast copy from the same type is also present in Paris at BnF (http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/6074/)

For more information look at this discussion: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=116323
Cliff
s-l500~2.jpg
Antinous 64 viewsa lead copy
CORINTHIA, Corinth. Antinous
okidoki
fake_recut.jpg
Antinous 56 views
Modern forgery: see now M. Amandry, Antinoüs RPC III 2408 (Sardes) et 2667 (Amorium) : deux cas de regravure d’époque moderne dans F. Stroobants et Ch. Lauwers ed., Detur dignissimo. Studies in honour of Johan van Heesch, Bruxelles, 2020, p. 309-313

https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/2408
okidoki
!BlK-+mQ!2k~_(KGrHqEH-DMEtpSNG9bcBL,i1-m,vw~~_12.jpg
Antinous Hemidrachm - Alexandria120 viewsAE Hemidrachm, Alexandria

Obv: ANTINOOV HPOC Bareheaded and draped bust of Antinous to left, seen from behind.
Rev: Antinous on horseback riding to right, holding reins in his left hand and caduceus with his right; to left and right, date of struck in fields

Seller desc:
This is a reproduction of a Roman hemidrachm of Atinous, a favorite of Hadrian. The obverse shows the bust of Antinous facing left. The reverse shows Atinous as Hermes on horsebackfacing right. The coin was struck in Alexandria in 136 CE. (Sear 3900). These pieces are NOT ancient coins. Each coin is stamped 'COPY' on the reverse.

Offered as Copy/reproduction on ebay
Dec/2011
mdelvalle
Antinous1.jpg
Antinous Medallion69 viewsAntinous Provincial Medallion
Sold as authentic on French Ebay in March 2017.
30 grams for 39 mm

It is a well known Paduan type or later cast like this other specimen:

http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pos=-10359
Cliff
4167796_1685110863_l.jpg
Antinous medallion9 viewsAntinous. AE Medallion (38.37 g), died AD 130. Smyrna in Ionia, ca. AD 134/5. M. Antonius Polemon, strategos. ANTINOOC HPΩC, bare head of Antinoüs left. Reverse: ΠOΛEMΩN ANEΘHKE CMVPNA-IOIC, bull standing right. Blum 8-11; SNG von Aulock 8000; SNG Tübingen 3226; BMC 339; RPC II 1975.

Same dies of other bulgarian dies specimens posted also here (https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pid=4786 ) fake patina and encrustations, included as original in an American numismatic auction of a well known firm in June 2023, not sold
Cliff
Antinous.jpg
Antinous, Calchedon, Bithynia397 viewsObv:- ANTINOOC H[....], Youthful bust of Antinous left
Rev:- KALCADWN....., Aninous reclining on leaping gryphon right

AE40, 40-50g

Sold as a reproduction on Ebay March 2008

Submitted by Maridvnvm
maridvnvm
3472537l.jpg
Antinous, Companion of Hadrian122 viewsMarcellus for the Corinthians - Achaea, Corinthia

Obverse: Draped bust, bare head, of Antinous, r.

Reverse: Tetrastyle façade of temple with pediment; between the columns, l. and r., a niche with statue; above each niche, two statues; on the upper story, three groups of statues; in the pediment, a caduceus between birds; within the gateway, on top of four steps, shrine with statue; below, crocodile to r. swallowing an animal.

Modern forgery.

Posted by okidoki; http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=113195.0
Arados
IMG_3812.JPG
Antinous, Mantinea Medallion29 viewsObverse: BETOYPIOC, heroic bust of Antinous, favorite of Hadrian, facing right.

Reverse: TOIC APKACI, horse standing right.

44.2 grams, 38.9 mm

Struck in copper, artificially toned.
Matt Inglima
Antinous~0.jpg
Antinous, Medallion AE 42, Smyrna340 viewsMedallion, Smyrna Ioniae circa 134-135
Obv:- ANTINOOC - HRWC Bare head of Antinous l.
Rev:- POLEMWNANEQHKE - CMVP – NAIOIC Bull standing r.

Sold as a reproduction on ebay March 2008.

Submitted by Maridvnvm
maridvnvm
antinous~1.JPG
Antinous, Medallion AE 42, Smyrna351 viewsMedallion, Smyrna Ioniae circa 134-135
Obv:- ANTINOOC - HRWC Bare head of Antinous l.
Rev:- POLEMWNANEQHKE - CMVP – NAIOIC Bull standing r.

Modern reproduction. False patina.

Sold without warranty on ebay by trakart081, June 2009
maridvnvm
__57~21.JPG
Antinous, Medallion AE 42, Smyrna84 viewsMedallion, Smyrna Ioniae circa 134-135

Obv:- ANTINOOC - HRWC Bare head of Antinous l.
Rev:- POLEMWNANEQHKE - CMVP – NAIOIC Bull standing r.

soft details


Ebay sale with known fake seller Ancientr
okidoki
IMG_2911.JPG
Antinous, Smyrna140 viewsMedallion reproduction

45.6 grams, 42 mm
Matt Inglima
s-l16002.jpg
Antinous, under Hadrian17 views10.47 gr

Ebay 2021 by known fake seller natstojil_0
okidoki
106036.jpg
Cavino - Antinous113 viewsCast Renaissance era sestertius size medallion of Antinous; Paduan or similar, after Cavino. AE: 38.4mm, 47g
obv: OCTILIOC MARKELLOC O IEREUC TOU ANTINOOU draped bust of Antinous, r.
rev: TOIC AXAIOIC ANEQHKE Mercury standing facing, head left, holding winged caduceus in left hand, restraining rearing Pegasus with right

commodus
47750.jpg
Cavino - Antinous96 viewsPaduan sestertius of Antinous, Giovanni Cavino (1500-1570), Æ Cast Medallion, 40mm, 47.47g
obv: OCTILIOC MARKELLOC O IEREUC TOU ANTINOOU bare-headed bustof Antinous, right
rev: TOIC AXAIOIC ANEQHKE Mercury standing facing, head l., holding winged caduceus in l. hand, restraining rearing Pegasus with r.
cf: Klawans pg. 85, 2; Lawrence 51.
Sold by a major house in 2005 for $400 US
commodus
Antinous_Hemidrachm.jpg
EGYPT, Alexandria, Antinous, struck under Hadrian, 63 viewsRPC III 6074; Egypt, Alexandria, under Hadrian; L ƐΝΝƐΑΚ·Δ or L ΙΘ = year 19; Date: 134/5 AD; Obverse inscription: ΑΝΤΙΝΟΟΥ ΗΡWΟС; Obverse design: bare-headed and draped (on l. front shoulder) bust of Antinous wearing hemhem crown, right; Reverse inscription: L ΙΘ; Reverse design: Antinous galloping on horse, right, holding caduceus; Metal: Bronze; Average diameter: 27 mm; Average weight: 15.08 g

This specimen, belonging to the BnF collection, is a cast fake. A casting mother has been located (original coin from which the cast was taken); together with a casting twin, both of which sharing the same defects not originating from the dies themselves i.e. those defects (edge splits) have been transferred in the casting process onto this cast coin, not struck onto the coin from the dies in antiquity.

Refer discussion: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=116323
Refer Fake Coin entry: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pos=-19459
Refer BnF specimen: http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/6074/

peterpil19
 
21 files on 1 page(s)

All coins are guaranteed for eternity