| 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 |
16,290 |
|
| 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 |
2,617 |
|
Evidence of Casting
|
|
|
|
Pitting, filled cracks, field dips, edge seams, filing, soft features, lack of detail, casting sprues, ghost images...
92 files, last one added on Jun 30, 2023
Album viewed 2416 times
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
292 |
|
| Last additions |
hadrianus aegyptos2 views17-18 mm diameter
Reverse matches one on forgerynetwork,
https://forgerynetwork.com/asset.aspx?id=2DSWElQQVC0=.
Seller ID: elmerjosef
Observe is different thoughNicholas S2Jan 18, 2024
|
|
Cast Fake Trajan Danuvius denarius 10 viewsTrajan Cast fake Danuvius denarius, same type of the previous four pieces mentinoned in other reports
Trajan RIC 100; C. 136; BMC 395; Strack 159Oct 21, 2023
|
|
Trajan Denarius Dacian Captive Mourning on Pile of Arms (RIC II 98, Woytek 283b). Replica by Parmalat (Italy, 1985)5 viewsPer Din X, citing "Gettoni ed Exonumia" blogspot (see below): a novelty replica produced by an Italian sweet company in 1985, one of a series with replicas of at least 15 different Republican, Imperatorial, and Imperial silver types. An "R" on the reverse above the Dacian's foot.
Context: shared on social media (24 Aug 2023) by someone who inherited it among a collection of purportedly genuine coins. No weight / diameter given.
Trajan AR Denarius. Rome, c. 108/9 CE.
Obv: IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P. Laureate bust r.
Rev: COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC / DAC CAP (in exergue). Dacian captive seated left on pile of arms in attitude of mourning.
Ref: RIC II Trajan 98 ; Woytek 283b ; OCRE: https://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2.tr.98
See also: Gettoni ed Exonumia, 23 Aug 2015, https://exonumia.blogspot.com/2015/08/1970-parmalat-mister-day-monete-romane.html & https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=132126Curtis JJAug 24, 2023
|
|
Nerva, 96 AD - 98 AD, Gold Aureus, Cast, RIC 143 viewsNerva Gold Aureus, Cast, RIC 14
Obv: IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P COS III P P - Laureate head right.
Rev: CONCORDIA EXERCITVM - Clasped hands.
Emperor : Nerva
Size : 17mmJoe SermariniJul 27, 2023
|
|
Hadrian Sestertius Cast Fake, RIC 568 7 viewsHadrian Sestertius Cast Fake, RIC 568
18.867g, 32.2mm, 180o
PONT MAX TR POT COS III/LIBERTAS RESTITVTA SCJoe SermariniJul 27, 2023
|
|
Trajan Cast Sestertius, RIC 5692 viewsTrajan, Sestertius, RIC 569
Obv: IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC PM TRP COS VI P P, Laureate head right
Rev: SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Bridge, boat below
Date: 104-107 AD Rome Mint
Ref: RIC 569Joe SermariniJul 27, 2023
|
|
Marcus Aurelius Denarius Struck With Modern Dies9 viewsSilver denarius, Die-engraver "Slavey Studio - Haskovo I" I. Prokopov 2003, no. 135, Struck fake, weight 2.600 g, maximum diameter 19.4 mm, die axis 225o, obverse AVRELIVS CAES ANTON AVG P II F, bare head right; reverse TR POT XI COS II, goddess standing left, patera in right hand, lyre in left hand
Joe SermariniMar 13, 2023
|
|
Antoninus Pius CONSECRATIO eagle denarius8 viewsModern Fakes
Divus Antoninus Pius Denarius.
DIVVS ANTONINVS, bare head right.
CONSECRATIO, Eagle standing right, head left.
modern fakes of RIC 429; RSC 154 and BMC 41, struck under Marcus Aurelius.
Two examples from identical dies, including the deliberate damage in the same places, offered on an Eastern European auction site, January 2023.helveticaFeb 21, 2023
|
|
|
