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Home > Fake Coin Reports > Fake Roman Imperial Coins: Adoptive Emperors: Nerva - Commodus: AD 96 - 192

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Antoninus Pius, Dupondius, RIC 956 var405 viewsObv:- ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P IMP II, laureate head right
Rev:- TR POT XIX COS IIII, Annona seated right, modius at foot, holding cornucopiae with both hands, SC in ex.
cf. RIC 956 (As)

Tooled.

Submitted by Maridvnvm
maridvnvm
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Antoninus Pius, Posthumous Sestertius91 viewsÆ Sestertius (33 mm / 27 grs). Issued under Marcus Aurelius, circa 161 AD.

Obv: DIVVS ANTONINVS, bare head of Divus Antoninus Pius right.
Rev: CONSECRATIO, S C across field, funeral pyre of four tiers hung with garlands and surmounted by quadriga.
RIC III #1266 (Marcus Aurelius); BMCRE #872 (Aurelius and Verus); Cohen #165.

Offered as Replica on Ebay (U.K.)
Dec/2011
mdelvalle
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Antoninus Pius, Posthumous Sestertius77 viewsÆ Sestertius (32 mm / 30 grs). Issued under Marcus Aurelius, circa 161 AD.

Obv: DIVVS ANTONINVS, bare head of Divus Antoninus Pius right.
Rev: CONSECRATIO, S C across field, funeral pyre of four tiers hung with garlands and surmounted by quadriga.
RIC III #1266 (Marcus Aurelius); BMCRE #872 (Aurelius and Verus); Cohen #165.

Offered as Replica on Ebay (U.K.)
Dec/2011
mdelvalle
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Antoninus Pius, Quinarius374 viewsObv:- ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, bare bust left
Rev:- TR POT COS IIII, Minerva standing left, holding Victory, spear & sheild

Sold as authentic by labradorbeige for 76 Euros (Jan. 2006) on German eBay. Poor cast fake. Described in the auction description as a quinarius, but no indication of size was given.
postvmvs
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Antoninus pius, Quinarius62 viewsAV quinarius in silver, struck 145-161 AD., Rome mint.
(The seller don't give weight or size)

Obv: ANTONINVS – AVG PIVS P P Laureate head r.
Rev: TR POT COS IIII, Liberalitas standing l., holding abacus and cornucopiae; in exergue, LIB IIII.
RIC #155; Mazzini p. 490; King #21d; Biaggi #736.

Sold on ebay by NFS mangizite-2008 as "Roman Coin"
Dec.2011
mdelvalle
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Antoninus Pius, Reproduction86 viewsSold on eBay as a reproduction.Joe Sermarini
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Antoninus Pius, Sestertius190 viewsObv:- IMP CAES T AEL HADR ANTONINVS AVG PIVS, Laureate head left
Rev:- ???, Emperor on hoprseback riding right

Submitted to boards April 2006.

Submitted by Maridvnvm
maridvnvm
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Antoninus Pius, sestertius 48 views
20.07 gr
31 mm

Note.
Very soft details
fake patina

Ebay June 2019 by known fake seller numismatics.888
okidoki
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Antoninus Pius, sestertius39 views 34mm, 22.66g


Ebay October 2020 by known fake seller 911razor
okidoki
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Antoninus Pius, sestertius ric 31527 views24 gr
34 mm

Note.
Very soft details
fake patina


Ebay June 2019 by known fake seller numismatics.888
okidoki
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Antoninus Pius, sestertius ric 770103 views20.07 gr
31 mm

Note.
Very soft details
fake patina

Ebay June 2019 by known fake seller numismatics.888
1 commentsokidoki
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Antoninus Pius, Sestertius, Cast147 viewsAt least two of these have been sold as an unidentified Antoninus Pius "brass" coin by eBay seller Kamon8674 from Thailand. Listed as 30mm and 11.3gr. I have had one of these coins in hand, and it has a partial, artificial patina. On my sample, a casting seam was evident on part of the edge.
Joe Sermarini
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Antoninus Pius, Sestertius, RIC 621454 viewsObv:- ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate head right
Rev:- ROMA AETERNA, Roma seated left, holding palladium and spear; shield rests against throne, S-C in ex.
RIC 621, Cohen 694, BMC 1276

A gross modern fake in completely wrong style, yet it's surprising nobody was willing to pay the starting price of 1€ (German Ebay, Nov 2005).

submitted by rupert
Rupert
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Antoninus Pius, Sestertius, RIC 742536 viewsObv: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, Head of Antoninus Pius, laureate, r.
Rev: BRITANNIA/ S C, Britannia, bare-headed, std. l. on rock, holding standard in r. hand and resting l. elbow on round, spiked, shield set on helmet; a spear rests against her l. arm
Date: 143-144 AD
Ref: RIC 742, BMC 1637

Offered on Ebay as a ROSA copy.

Submitted by Maridvnvm
maridvnvm
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Antoninus Pius, Sestertius, RIC 747419 viewsObv:- ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, laureate head right
Rev:- TR POT COS III S C, Italia seated left on starry globe with cornucopiae & scepter, ITALIA in ex.
Ref: Ric 747, Cohen 470

sold on Allegro (Polish online auction site) as a forgery
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Antoninus Pius. 130 viewsAureus, 161, struck under Marcus Aurelius.
Obv. DIVVS ANTONINVS Bare head of Antoninus Pius to right.
Rev. CONSECRATIO Funeral building of four storeys, decorated with garlands and statues and with a quadriga on top.
Struck, “Lipanoff Studio”
Ilya Prokopov
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Antoninus Pius. 139 viewsAV Aureus, 161, struck under Marcus Aurelius.
Obv. DIVVS ANTONINVS Bare head of Antoninus Pius to right.
Rev. CONSECRATIO Funeral building of four storeys, decorated with garlands and statues and with a quadriga on top.
Struck, “Lipanoff Studio”
Ilya Prokopov
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Antoninus Pius. 138-161 AD. Æ Cast "Medallion"204 views[Modern copy] Antoninus Pius. 138-161 AD. Æ Cast "Medallion" (39mm, 39.63 g). Bare-headed bust right, drapery on left shoulder / Pius seated left on curule chair, being crowned by Victory standing behind and receiving grain ears from Ceres standing before. Gnecchi 19, pl. 45, 5 ("this coin"). VF, brown patina.

Courtesy CNG
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Antoninus Pius. 138-161 AD. Æ Cast "Medallion"184 views[Modern copy] Antoninus Pius. 138-161 AD. Æ Cast "Medallion" (39mm, 34.42 g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust left / Apollo standing left, holding patera in right hand, resting left elbow on lyre; gryphon standing left before with head turned back gazing at Apollo. Gnecchi 69 (not illustrated, see pl. 50, 9 for an illustration of the "obverse die"). VF, black patina.

Courtesy CNG
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Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161.32 viewsAE Sestertius - fake,
Rome mint. Struck AD 145-147.
Obv. Laureate head right.
Rev. Pius driving slow quadriga left, extending hand and holding scepter.
Pressed with couple of cast dies – “Dimitrovgrad Studio”.
Ilya Prokopov
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Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161.20 viewsAE As, 28mm; 15,36g.
Obv: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III. Laureate head right.
Rev: IMPERA TORII - Sow seated right under helm-oak, suckling four young, another before; in ex. – SC.
Cast- Fake, further covered with artificial patina. No marking.
See:http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?album=search&cat=0&pos=4
Var.:http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?album=search&cat=0&pos=82
Ilya Prokopov
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Antoninus Pius. Denarius, 7 viewsObv:- ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XXIIII Laureate head right
Rev:- PIETATI AVG COS IIII Pietas standing left, holding two children; two children at feet.
Minted in Rome
RIC 313c.

Cast fake.

Sold on ebay by numismatics.888 in October 2021
maridvnvm
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Antoninus Pius. Died 161 AD. Æ Cast "Medallion"153 views[Modern copy] Divus Antoninus Pius. Died 161 AD. Æ Cast "Medallion" (38mm, 57.84 g). Bare head right / Apotheosis of Antoninus Pius, i.e. the emperor being carried heavenward on the back of an eagle; earth reclining below. Gnecchi 6, pl. 43, 5 ("same dies"). Near VF, brown patina, some roughness, two deep cuts on edge.

Courtesy CNG
FORVM AUCTIONS
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Antoninus Pius/Diva Faustina, Sestertius, RIC -567 viewsObv:- ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate head right
Rev:- DIVA FAVSTINA, Draped bust right, hair waved and coiled on top of head

30 mm weighs 18.1 gr

"Fantasy Sestertius"

Curtis Clay noted: Unfortunately I think it's a fake, probably cast, combining the obverse types derived from two genuine sestertii.
Joe Sermarini
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