I did some research about an old forgery in my
collection, a
Vitellius Hydrid (with
Nero reverse).
After a while I found a
Nero forgery with the same
reverse die in BM listed as old forgery.
Then I have found a
Vitellius Denarius RIC 112 from the same
obverse die which is listed in BM as authentic and which was considered by experts so far as authentic and of course published in literature as authentic
RIC (
Ric 112) or in
Gnecchi page 10 number 3 und plate 142 number 9, there is one in Bronze from same dies
The
Nero reverse with DECVR and the
Vitellius reverse with
Victoria seem to be copied from Bronze coins and do most likely not exist as
Denarii.
But strangely in
ocre are 2 listed, the old forgery in BM as authentic and one from "
Portable Antiquities Scheme" without pictures, so are there really authentic coins of this
type as
Denarii or is this form
Portable Antiquities Scheme just a misattributed
Vitellius with of the common
Victoria reverses?
The BM forgery was aquired in 1799.
I have found on of these from the same dies mentioned in a book of 1767 (online available more information below).
Has anyone found any of these
forgeries mentioned in old literature in best case before 1767?
Any
help would be very much appreciated.
I have notified BM, that their coin is die linked to two old
forgeries!
Edit : Noticed that there is a
legend error A
VITELLIVS GER IMP AVG P M T P P instead of A
VITELLIVS GER IMP AVG P M TR PThe
Vitellius BM
Ric 112
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_R-10256 https://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.1%282%29.vit.112 http://davy.potdevin.free.fr/Site/vitellius.htmlhttp://www.coinproject.com/coin_detail.php?coin=296308 My coin
Hybrid with same
obverse die, was sold twice through
auction houses wrongly attributed to Luigi
Cigoi!
Leu Numismatik
Auction 4 Lot 925 25.05.2019
https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5992836 CNG Electronic
Auction 419 Lot 649 25.04.2018
https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4924261 https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=359373 Die linked
Nero in BM listed as old forgery
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1975-0904-1 Ad Numismata Imperatorum Romanorum Aurea Et Argentea A Vaillantio Edita, A Cl. Baldinio Aucta Ex Solius Austriæ Utriusque, Iisque Aliquibus Museis Subplementum A Julio Caes. Ad Comnenos Se Porrigens, Josef Khell von Khellburg, 1767 (page 31+32), book is online available for free lecture
https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN653888783 https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/download/pdf/PPN653888783/PPN653888783.pdfGnecchi shows one of these
fakes (page 10 number 3 und plate 142 number 9)
I
medaglioni romani.
Vol. III: Bronzo. Pt. 2: Moduli minori ; Pt. 3:
Medaglioni del senato / descr. ed illustr. da Francesco
Gnecchihttps://de.scribd.com/document/229754597/I-medaglioni-romani-Vol-III-Bronzo-Pt-2-Moduli-minori-Pt-3-Medaglioni-del-senato-descr-ed-illustr-da-Francesco-Gnecchi#I am trying to do some research about my
forgeries about who was the artist and what was the production time and location.
