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Marcus Aurelius Fantasy Denarius (tin coin replica)110 viewsMarcus Aurelius Fantasy Denarius (tin coin replica)

OBV/ Laureated head right, M ANTONINVS AVG GERM SARM
REV/ Elephant walking right, MVNIPICENTIA AVG, COS III in exergue.
Joe Sermarini
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Mark Antony, Denarius, Crawford 533/2130 viewsSilver denarius, SRCV I 1474, Crawford 533/2, Sear CRI 267, Sydenham 1199, RSC I 13, BMCRR East 141, Athens mint, summer 38 B.C.; obverse M ANTONINVS M F M N AVGVR IMP TERT, Mark Antony standing right, as priest, holding lituus; reverse III VIR R P C COS DISIG ITER ET TERT, radiate head of Sol right

Cast.
Joe Sermarini
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Abdera (thrace), AR Tetradrachm, ca 450 B.C.588 viewsObv:- Griffin seated left with right forepaw raised
Rev:- City's name around quadripartitie square; all within an incuse square.

A very free adaptation of May's Group III. The obverse should have a symbol to the left of the Griffin though the serious mistake is the ethnic on the reverse. Abdera never displayed the city name in the way it was done at Akanthos from where this reverse was clearly copied. On coins from Abdera we find magistrates' names instead.

Part of a group of counterfeits that appeared in the catalog of an American specialist in US coins..The coins were all struck from modern dies.

Published in the IAPN BOC Vol 16, No. 1 in 1991 - Example 2
Image used with permission of IAPN
maridvnvm
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Adranon51 viewsSICILY, Adranon AE 33,97g
SNG ANS 1151-53, Calciati III, SNG München 9-10

Modern dies
Martin B4
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Aelius, Bronze Medallion, RIC -752 viewsObv:- L AELIVS CASEAR, Bare headed, dpared bust right
Rev:- IMP VII COS III, Victory, seated right, holding shield engraved, VIC AVG, Shield beneath and trophy to right
RIC II -

Sold on German Ebay in December 2005 as an old reproduction for 10€.
Given weight 35g, diameter 34 mm.

submitted by rupert
Rupert
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Agrippa641 viewsObv: M AGRIPPA L F COS III Head left, wearing rostral crown
Rev: TR POT COS II, quadriga right

Confirmed fake by Forum staff on this thread:
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Fake sold by devidc332
Vitruvius
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Agrippa719 viewsObv: M AGRIPPA L F COS III Head left, wearing rostral crown
Rev: TR POT COS II, quadriga right

Not the first time we've seen this particular modern classic; offered this time as MAGRIPPA I COS III by tedwri61, starting bid $100.
archivum
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Agrippa114 viewsFantasy AE sestertius size medallion of Agrippa, of late Renaissance Italian origin, probably 17th cen., cast, 43mm.
obv: AGRIPPA L V F COS III laureate head, l.
rev: CELITVM BENIVOLENTIA male figure seated on rock, partially togate, r. hand upraised, l., CV in fields
cf: Kress 172
commodus
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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.
2 commentshelvetica
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Agrippa (Marcus Vipsanius 63 BC–12 BC)500 viewsAE As, 31mm, Rome, AD 37 - 41
Obv. M AGRIPPA L [F] COS III, head of Agrippa l., wearing rostral crown.
Rev. S / C Neptune stg. l., holding dolphin and trident.
With assistance of Alena Thenchova.
Sear 1812; RIC 58
Electrotype.
Ilya Prokopov
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Agrippa - AE As544 viewsStruck 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 & over both arms, holding small dolphin in right hand & vertical trident in left.

RIC 58 [Caligula], Cohen 3, BMC 161 [Tiberius]

similar to: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?album=2&pos=66
J. B.
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Agrippa As538 viewsObv:- M AGRIPPA L F COS III Head left, wearing rostral crown.
Rev:- Neptune standing, head left, S C at sides.
RIC 58 (Posthumous)

Sold on Ebay as a copy.
Vitruvius
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Agrippa As178 viewsSelling as a replica on Ebay, 2011

Sellers info:
Agrippa AE As Roman Imperial Coin
Struck under Caligula, 37-41 AD
Agrippa son of Lucius.
Close friend of Augustus from boyhood. A renowned commander by both land and sea. He won the famous battle of Actium against Marc Anthony and Cleopatra (B.C. 31). Agrippa married Julia, daughter of Augustus and was destined by Augustus to succeed him as emperor but died in Campanina on his return from Pannonia in 12 B.C. at aged 51 years. The remains of Agrippa were interred in the Mausoleum of Augustus.
Obverse: Head of Agrippa, (M) AGRIPPA L. F. COS. III
Reverse: S. C., Neptune standing, holding dolphin in his right hand and in his left hand a trident.
Diameter: 28 mm
The coin is stamped on the reverse with the word copy.
SRukke
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Agrippa As185 viewsAgrippa as sold on ebay as authentic on september 2014 by seller "2014nobonch".
Prokopov book III,1 probably struck on ancient flan
Cliff
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Agrippa As (struck under Caligula) 223 viewsÆ (copper) as.
Obv. M. AGRIPPA L. F. COS. III. Laureate [sic] head l.
Rev. No legend. Neptune standing facing, head left; dolphin on right hand; left hand upraised and holding trident; in field, S C.
RIC Caligula 58, Cohen 3.

Diameter 29mm, weight c. 7.5gm.

Apparently from the same dies as items 7/1284 and 9/1284, carefully aged and distressed. Brownish-black patina. Note substitution of wreath for usual rostral crown.
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Agrippa as, Neptune reverse190 viewsMAGRIPPAL F COS III.
Modern fake of RIC 58 (posthumous of Agrippa struck under Caligula) in dreadful, almost comical style. Pressed with modern dies.
For sale on ebay as genuine Aug. 2011
SRukke
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Agrippa, AE As, RIC 58 (Posthumous)1032 viewsObv: M AGRIPPA LF COS III.
Bust: Rostral crown left
Rev: No legend
Neptune standing left, holding dolphin and trident. S C. across fields
Date: 37-41 Rome Mint.
Ref: RIC 58 [Caligula], Cohen 3, BMC 161 [Tiberius]

Image courtesy of Kevin at Barry & Darling Coins
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Agrippa, AE As, RIC 58 (Posthumous)926 viewsObv:- M AGRIPPA L F COS III Head left, wearing rostral crown.
Rev:- Neptune standing, head left, S C at sides.
RIC 58 (Posthumous)

29mm, 10.5g

Sold on eBay as a reproduction
postvmvs
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Agrippa, AE As, RIC 58 (Posthumous)777 viewsObv: M AGRIPPA LF COS III.
Bust: Rostral crown left
Rev: No legend
Neptune standing left, holding dolphin and trident. S C. across fields
Date: 37-41 Rome Mint.
Ref: RIC 58 [Caligula], Cohen 3, BMC 161 [Tiberius]

Prokopov Volume III 1 (Agrippa)

sold as authentic by 'bulshop555' on eBay (January 2008)
submitted by areich
1 commentsareich
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Agrippa, AE As, RIC 58 (Posthumous)472 viewsObv: M AGRIPPA LF COS III., Rostral crown left
Rev: No legend, Neptune standing left, holding dolphin and trident. S C. across fields
Date: 37-41 Rome Mint.
Ref: RIC 58 [Caligula], Cohen 3, BMC 161 [Tiberius]

Sold on ebay as a replica August 2008
maridvnvm
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Agrippa, AE As, RIC 58 (Posthumous)533 viewsObv: M AGRIPPA LF COS III., Rostral crown left
Rev: No legend, Neptune standing left, holding dolphin and trident. S C. across fields
Date: 37-41 Rome Mint.
Ref: RIC 58 [Caligula], Cohen 3, BMC 161 [Tiberius]

Published fake, Prokopov Volume III 1 (Agrippa)

An unpatinated example can be seen here:-

http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pos=-4423

Sold as a genuine coin by julia_pia on eBay December 2008
maridvnvm
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Agrippa, AS167 viewsÆ As, Rome mint, Struck under Gaius (Caligula), AD 37.

Obv: M • AGRIPPA • L • F • COS • III, head of Agrippa left, wearing rostral crown.
Rev: S C across field, Neptune standing facing, head left, holding small dolphin in right hand and trident in left.
RIC I #58 (Gaius); BMCRE #161-7 (Tiberius); BN #77-97 (Caligula)

Sold as genuine ("guaranteed authenticity") on ebay (Spain)
Oct/2011
mdelvalle
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Agrippa, Modern struck fantasy AE sestertius162 viewsModern struck fantasy AE sestertius, of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (d.12 BC), 33mm
obv: M AGRIPPA C P COS III laureate head, r.
rev: OMNIPOTENS VORIS HIC Neptune in sea chariot drawn by two hippocamp
Striking split at 2 o'clock
of Italian manufacture, produced 18th Century
1 commentscommodus
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Agyrion26 viewsSICILY, Agyrion, 343-317 B.C. AE Hemilitra

(Obv : Youthful head of river god right)
Rev : Horse standing r., left foreleg raised, AΓΥΡINAI in ex.

Campana 13; Calciati III.130-131; HGC 53;

Modern reverse die
Martin B4
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