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Author Topic: Fake Septimius Severus?  (Read 834 times)

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Fake Septimius Severus?
« on: February 21, 2013, 06:29:04 am »
Is this attached coin fake? Please advise me. Thank You.

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Offline rover1.3

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Fake Septimius Severus?
« Reply #1 on: February 21, 2013, 06:39:44 am »
It would have been much better if you had created your own topic. I have split your post and created a new topic under a new title.
For your future id requests please remember to post only one coin per thread including the size and weight.
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Re: Fake Septimius Severus?
« Reply #2 on: February 21, 2013, 07:46:37 am »
The dating device TRP III on the reverse is too early to have been used with the obverse legend so the coin is not fully official.  It could be a modern fake or a contemporary counterfeit (which often mix types inappropriately.  There is a spot of dark on the head of the reverse figure suggesting the possibility that the coin is a plated counterfeit or fourree.  The photo is not enough to answer all the questions but the coin definitely is not 'right'.
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Re: Fake Septimius Severus?
« Reply #3 on: February 21, 2013, 08:24:32 am »
Sorry , but its a fake. Lipanoff.Page 47. Plate 71.
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Re: Fake Septimius Severus?
« Reply #4 on: February 21, 2013, 09:20:54 am »
Impossible type combination: the rev. copies a Gordian III denarius of 240 AD
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Re: Fake Septimius Severus?
« Reply #5 on: February 23, 2013, 10:37:59 am »
Ya,modern fake from Lipanoff Studio.
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Re: Fake Septimius Severus?
« Reply #6 on: February 23, 2013, 11:49:22 am »
As Benito already said, but more precisely.
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Re: Fake Septimius Severus?
« Reply #7 on: February 26, 2013, 08:36:47 am »
What immediately struck me were the sharp edges and the slightly incuse obverse.  Fake coin report please.
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