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Gordian III, Aureus, Emperor on Horseback, RIC 81242 viewsObv:- IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate bust right, draped and cuirassed
Rev:- P M TR P III COS P P, Gordian riding horse left, holding hand high in salute and scepter
RIC 81
Cast of a known fake.
Sold on ebay as genuine by rajusha.123 November 2007.
Submitted by Maridvnvm maridvnvm
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Gordian III, Denarius240 viewsObv:- IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, Laureate, draped bust right
Rev:- PIETAS AVGG, Pietas standing right holding scepter and child in left arm
I am familiar with the reverse for Plautilla but don't think Gordian issued such a reverse.
Modern fake sold to tourist at ancient city of Petra (Jordan).postvmvs
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Balbinus240 viewsProbably a high pressure cast fake offered on eBay June 2009. The obverse die already matches another in the fake perots, but the reverse appears to be different to any other.nemesis
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Maximinus Thrax, denarius, RIC 7a238 viewsObv:- IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, laureate & draped bust right
Rev:- FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing left, a standard in each hand.
RIC 7A, RSC 7a.
Dangerous cast fake.
Sold on ebay March 2007 by batibaleno.
Submitted by Maridvnvm maridvnvm
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Maximinus I. Thrax denar236 viewsTibsi
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Carausius RIC 101234 viewsCarausius
IMP CARAVSIVS PF AVG
Radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right
PAX AVG
Pax standing left holding vertical sceptre
F/O//ML
Cast copy of RIC 101
Vendor admits in sales description that this is an unmarked cast of both the Carausius and Allectus coins made by (or for) a metal detectorist who sold the original specimens and wanted to keep a record of what they found.
The Allectus is also a cast fake an is already recorded in FORVM's fake Gallery.
NEITHER COIN IS MARKED COPY. mauseus
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Allectus, AV Aureus233 viewsObv:- IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVG, Laureate, cuirassed bust right
Rev:- PAX AVG, Pax standing left, holding olive-branch and vertical sceptre
ML in exe
Fig 27a is the false coin - 4.49g
Fig 27b is genuine from London - 4.56g
Fig 27c is genuine from Leu 22, 1979, lot 370 - 4.74g
This coin is part of what IAPN/BOC coined as the British Museum Forgers (BMF) production. These are coins based on electrotypes of coins from the British Museum (BM) that have been used to create new dies that have been enhanced in various ways. These coins are considered dangerous counterfeits and caused a lot of embarrassment amongst dealers in the mid-late 1980s when they made it through onto the market.
Whilst being dangerous they all share certain characteristics:-
a) the relief on the coin type is much more rounded and fuller than on the original coin and is often higher
b) many of the coins show no sign of any real wear but lack sharpness giving the impression of being weakly struck
c) the coin is known in an example from the same dies in the BM collection
d) the coin differs in very small ways and these changes are areas of either wear or damage on the BM coin
e) the area of join between the coin type and the flan is never really sharp
f) on gold coins the fields tend to be perfectly flat with some wavyness or convexity on the reverse. The surfaces are so perfect they look like melted chocolate
g) the pattern of wear makes no sense with very clear details on areas which are higher in relief than more flat or worn ones
A typical BMF forgery made from a BM electrotype. Overlarge lettering with usual BMF problems.
Published in the IAPN BOC Vol 17, No. 1 in 1992 - Example 27
Image used with permission of IAPNmaridvnvm
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Pupienus denarius230 viewsObserve: IMP.C.M.CLOD.PVPIENVS AVG.
Reverse: PAX PVBLICA
Sold as a reproduction at spanish eBay.Corduba
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Herennia Etruscilla, antoninianus228 viewssold on Allegro (Polish online auction site) as a forgery
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Herennia Etruscilla, Antoninianus, RIC 59b227 viewsObv:- HER ESTRVSCILLA AVG, diademed & draped bust right on crescent
Rev:- PVDICITA AVG, Pudicitia seated left holding scepter & drawing veil from her face.
Ref:- RIC 59b, RSC 19
The top example was for sale on ebay as genuine September 2005 the bottom example is from the ancients.info black gallery.
Modern Bulgarian Fake- "Lipanoff" studio, #127 in Prokopov's booklet
Submitted by maridvnvmmaridvnvm
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PHILIPPUS II227 viewsAR Аntoninianus, 21/22 mm; 3,476 g; 6h.
Obv. M IVL PHILIPPVS CAES Radiate bust of Philippus II to r.
Rev. PRINCIPI IVVENT Phipippus II standing to l., holding globe and spear.
Struck. Die-engraver "Lipanoff Studio"
Published: Sofia 2004, no.125
I. ProkopovIlya Prokopov
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Herennia Etruscilla Augusta 249 -253? 226 viewswife of Trajan Decius,
AR Denarius, 249/253?, Rome.
Obv. HER ETRVSCILLA AVG Dr. bust with diadem to r.
Rev. PVDICITIA AVG Pudicitia seated to l., raising veil with r. hand and holding sceptre in l. hand.
Struck, “Lipanoff Studio”
Ilya Prokopov
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Gordian II, Sestertius, RIC 5225 viewsObv: IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev:- ROMAE AETERNAE / SC, Roma seated left holding Victory and vertical sceptre
RIC 5
Sold as a reproduction on ebay January 2009 maridvnvm
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Gordian III224 viewsDenar Cast. Stîmatological alloy, silver plated.
"Novi Pazar Studio". See: Cast forgeries 2004, p.57, no 85Ilya Prokopov
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Balbinus, Denarius, RIC 07223 viewsObv: IMP C D CAEL BALBINVS AVG
Bust: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev: PROVIDENTIA DEORVM
Providentia standing left with wand over globe and cornucopiae.
Ref: RIC 7, RSC 23, Sear 2398
Sold by sesterdenar, appears to be Toronto Group
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Gordian I, Denarius, RIC 4223 viewsObv: IMP MANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG
Bust: Laureate, draped and curaissed bust right, seen from rear
Rev: ROMAE AETERNAE
Roma seated left, holding victory and scepter, shield beneath
Ref: RIC 4, BMC 8, Cohen 8 , Sear 2384
On E-bay August 2004jimwho523
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Gordian II, Sestertius, RIC 5223 viewsObv: IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev:- ROMAE AETERNAE / SC, Roma seated left holding Victory and vertical sceptre
RIC 5
Sold on ebay June 2007 as "ANCIENT ROMAN COIN, CEASAR, SC SESTERTIUS, BRONZE, MEASURES APPROXIMATELY: 1 1/8" ACROSS. I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE COIN."
Submitted by Maridvnvmmaridvnvm
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Paulina, sestertius, RIC 3222 viewsPaulina, wife of Maximinus I. DIVA PAULINA, veiled and draped bust right / OONSECRATIO SC, Paulina seated left on peacock flying right, raising hand and holding scepter. 29.5 mm, 20.05 g.
Modern fake; wrong style. Spelling misstake in reverse legend. Sold on German eBay without a guarantee of authenticity for 372.20 EUR (Feb. 2006).postvmvs
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Dryantilla Antoninian Aequitas Augg222 viewsSold as genuine on German Ebay, but I don't know the price anymore. Style is crude, but differently crude than the real thing (have a look at coinarchives.com).
submitted by rupertRupert
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Gordian III, AE Sestertius, RIC 303a222 viewsGordian III Æ Sestertius.
Obv:- IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate & draped bust right
Rev:- P M TR P V COS II P P S-C, Apollo seated left holding branch & resting on lyre.
RIC 303a, Cohen 262.
Sold as a reproduction on ebay June 2008
Submitted by Maridvnvm maridvnvm
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Pupienus, Antoninianus, RIC 9b221 viewsObv: IMP CAES PVPIEN MAXIMVS AVG
Bust: Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev: AMOR MVTVVS AVGG
Clasped right hands
Ref: RIC 9b, RSC 2, Sear'88 2410
Bulgarian hand struck forgery.
"Lipanoff Studio", no. 111.
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Maximinus Thrax Fides Militum Denarius221 viewsCast fake on sale in Ebay from a new seller, caesars.emporium.
submitted by rupertRupert
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Probus, Antoninianus, RIC -221 viewsObv: IMP PROBVS AVG, Radiate, helmeted, cuirassed bust left holding spear and shield
Rev: SOLI INVICTO, Sol in spread quadriga, clouds beneath
Delta in centre field, XXI in exe.
Ref: RIC -
A published modern fake. Published by Prof. I. Prokopov, 2004, Lipanoff 132
Sold as original on VCoins June 2009maridvnvm
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Gordian I, Denarius, RIC 1220 viewsObv: IMP M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG
Bust: Laureate draped bust right, seen from rear.
Rev: PM TRP COS PP
Gordian, standing facing, head left, holding branch in right hand & a short scepter in left. Ref: RIC 1, RSC 2, Sear'88 2383
Image courtesy of Kevin at Barry & Darling Coins
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