| Category |
Albums |
Files |
| Fake Coin ReportsUSE THE FAKE COIN REPORTS SEARCH TOOL to find a specific type. Start with only one or two terms and add more if you get too many results. Using the search will be much faster than clicking through pages of reports. FORVM recommends buying ancient coins only from reputable dealers. ALL COINS PURCHASED FROM FORVM ANCIENT COINS ARE GUARANTEED FOR ETERNITY. If you must purchase from an unknown seller, we recommend looking for the type here first. Please join FORVM's Classical Numismatic Discussion and then report fake, replica, and modern counterfeit ancient coins here. FORVM will screen these reports and correct any errors we detect, however, any discussion board member may submit a report. It is possible that a genuine coin could be listed here in error. Except for known fraudulent regular sellers of fakes, do not include the names of sellers in reports. DO NOT POST COINS HERE TO ASK IF THEY ARE FAKE - USE THE DISCUSSION. |
|
21 |
16,197 |
|
| Fake Coin Study Images - Learn to Identify Fake CoinsExamine these images and read the descriptions to learn how to identify modern forgeries of ancient coins. Discussion board members please add images of study value and describe the characteristics that indicate the coin is a fake. |
|
14 |
2,616 |
|
Evidence of Casting
|
|
|
|
Pitting, filled cracks, field dips, edge seams, filing, soft features, lack of detail, casting sprues, ghost images...
91 files, last one added on Nov 16, 2019
Album viewed 1749 times
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
289 |
|
| 19,102 files in 37 albums and 3 categories with 684 comments viewed 2,571,681 times |
| Last additions |
Caligula / Nero Claudius Drusus denar0 viewsForger's invention, combining known types that were never struck together.
Obv. denarius of Caligula of 37-8 AD.
Rev. the obv. of a denarius of Nero Claudius Drusus struck by Claudius.
Shown on Facebook June 2023.
See also: https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pid=560Pekka KJun 03, 2023
|
|
Elymais3 viewsUncertain Early Arsacid Kings (sold as Kamnaskires V)
Tetradrachm
Van't Haaff type 10.3
Examples of cast fakes sold by eBay seller haji_786 (of Thailand)KamnaskiresMay 29, 2023
|
|
Fake Danubian Rider Lead Votive Plaque 1 viewsFake Danubian Rider Lead Votive Plaque
H: 129mm
W: 89mm
D: 7mm
Weight: 392gJoe SermariniMay 16, 2023
|
|
Athens Tetradrachm Old Style3 viewsANCIENT GREEK COIN ATTICA ATHENS OWL SILVER TETRADRACHM CA 450 BC 26mm 16.9gr
26.3mm, 16.9 grJoe SermariniMay 16, 2023
|
|
Fake Cuniform Tablet1 viewsANCIENT NEAR EASTERN TERRACOTTA TABLET WITH EARLY FORM WRITING - CIRCA 3000BC
H: 55mm
W: 45mm
D: 18mm
Weight: 69gJoe SermariniMay 16, 2023
|
|
8 viewsC. 470-440 BC
Obverse: Eagle standing left.
Reverse: Crab.
Ref: Randazzo 13
Weight: 16.82g
Size: 26mm
Comments: There seems to be only one obverse die with the claws of the eagle exactly like this one in Ulla Westermark, "The Coinage of Akragas and this is O10.
This is a problem, because the N is recut wrong in the transfer die and so different on the authentic coins!
The wrong recut N only found on the transfer die fakes :(
The surface are unusual and soapy indicating it could be a cast fake.
There are unusual artifacts on the obverse and reverse, and are not found on authentic coins so they must be either die flaws in the transfer dies or casting defects or lumps. The weight is slightly lower than is typically found. There are no remnant/evidence of casting sprues typically found on these coins.
paul1888Apr 29, 2023
|
|
Myrina, Aeolis. AR Tetradrachm3 viewsMyrina, Aeolis. AR Tetradrachm. MODERN FORGERY.
Copying an issue from ca 155–145 BC.
Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right, hair in three braids,
Rev: MYRINAIWN downwards to left of Apollo of Gryneium,
laureate and with long, draped loins, standing right,
holding patera and filleted branch, omphalos and amphora at
foot right, DYoI monogram in left field, all within laurel
wreath.
Copying Sacks 24; Paris H2096; De Luynes 2532
IBSCC Bulletin on Counterfeits BOCS Vol 5 No.1/2 1980 Page 8 Fig 2
--
more of these fakes:
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=131298.0Neko BApr 28, 2023
|
|
Augustus, Caius, Lucius & Julia, AR Denarius, RIC 4042 viewsObv:- DIVI F AVGVSTVS, bare head right
Rev:- C MARIVS TRO III VIR, heads of Lucius, Julia and Caius right, wreath above.
RIC 404, RSC 1, BMC 106
Modern reproduction
Facebook April 2023Pekka KApr 27, 2023
|
|
|
