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

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Antonius Pius, quinarius Liberalitas RIC 15555 viewsReference.
RIC #155; Mazzini p. 490; King #21d; Biaggi #736.

Obv: ANTONINVS - AVG PIVS PP
Laureate head r.

Rev: TR POT COS IIII,
Liberalitas standing l., holding abacus and cornucopiae; in exergue, LIB IIII.

1.63 gr
15.6 mm

Offered on ebay by fake seller Reitripio March 2016
1 commentsokidoki
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As of Antoninus Pius, replica109 viewsFake As of Antoninus Pius, sold as a replicaChrismon
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Balbinus39 viewsfake (bulgarian) sold on ebay UK by a notorious fake seller for 3550 GBPperporius
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Britannicus, Sestertius, RIC I pg. 130595 viewsObv: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG F BRITANNICVS.
Bust: Laureate and draped bust left
Rev: No legend. SC across field
Mars facing, head right, holding spear and shield.
Struck under Titus, circa 80 AD, uncertain eastern provincial mint
Diameter: 36mm Weight: 22g Thickness: 3-4mm
Ref: RIC I pg. 130, note; BMCRE 226 (Claudius) & 306 (Titus). Cohen 2

Sold on Ebay as a hand made copy, no two alike. No identification as copy anywhere on coin. Tin/lead composition
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Caracalla175 viewsIMP CAES MAUR - - ANTONINUS AVG

First anounced as a coin from Marc Antonym latter identified as Caracalla
Gustavo Mazzarollo
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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 159
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Commodus130 viewsReproduction of a gold aureus of Commodus. AD180-192. Becker #175. Coin is stamped 'COPY' on the rim.

Sold on eBay Dec 2006

submitted by gmazza
Gustavo Mazzarollo
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COMMODUS127 viewsAR Denarius, 17/17 mm; 3,225 g; 8h.
Obv. L AEL AVREL COMM AVG P FEL Head of Commodus with lion skin to r.
Rev. HERCVLI ROMANO AVG Bow, club, and quiver.
Struck. Die-engraver "Lipanoff Studio"
Published: Sofia 2004, no.67
Ilya Prokopov
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Commodus74 viewsFake AU: aureus of Commodus, 7.17g, 180 AD, cf: Cohen 788. Pressed from transfer dies.
obv: L AVR COMMODVS AVG Commodus, left
rev: TRP V IMP III COS II PP Victory seated, left, holding patera in r. hand
Offered for sale as genuine on French ebay, Feb 2011
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Commodus87 viewsCast fake AE sestertius size medallion of Commodus, 189 AD, 40mm
obv: M COMMODVS ANTONINVS PIVS FELIX AVG BRIT laureate curiassed bust of Commodus, r.
rev: P M TR P XII IMP VIII COS PP Commodus seated on curule chair, r., holding sceptre, figure standing left holding sceptre, horse behind
For sale on ebay as a replica by an Italian seller of reproduction antiquities, Feb 2011

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Commodus67 viewsCast fake AE medallion of Commodus. Weakly sand cast in base metal, 41.4mm, 30.04g.
Legends illegible and devices indistinct.
obv: draped, laur. bust of Commodus, r.
rev: Vulcan(?) stdg l. to r. of anvil (presumably)
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Commodus114 viewsModern electrotype Æ sestertius size medallion of Commodus, 40mm, 35.95g
obv: IMP COMMODVS AVG PIVS FELI laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind
rev: PM TR P XV IMP VIII Commodus, holding eagle-tipped sceptre, driving slow quadriga, left; COS VI PP in exe.
cf: Gnecchi 104, pl. 85, 2 (same dies); Grueber p. 27, 31
electrotype of genuine example in the British Museum.
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Commodus70 viewsAR Denarius
Struck, "Lipanoff Studio".
Ilya Prokopov
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COMMODUS48 viewsAR Denarius
Obv. L AEL AVREL COMM AVG P FEL Head of Commodus in lion skin r.
Rev. HERCVLI ROMANO AVG Bow, club and quiver.
Prokopov 2004, Lipanoff, no. 67
Compared with published in the book - more depreciated dies and an artificial patina.
Ilya Prokopov
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Commodus47 viewsKaiserliche Prägungen Commodus, 177-192. Denar 191/192, Rom. Kopf des Kaisers als Hercules / Bogen, Keule und Köcher. RIC 253 C. 195 2.95 g.; Selten Vorzüglich Kleine Schrötlingsfehler im Revers (notified them, withdrawn)

Lipanoff fake - see Contemporary Coin Engravers & Coin Masters from Bulgaria "Lipanoff Studio, Prokopov, 2004 page 45, plate 67
Din X
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Commodus25 viewsCommodus Meallian

Reproduction by Remoneda from modern dies and advertised for sale on their website.

Commodus augustus, 180 – 192
Medallion circa 189, Æ 60.01 g. M COMMODVS ANTONINV – S PIVS FELIX AVG BRIT Laureate bust l., with drapery on l. shoulder and wearing cuirass decorated with aegis. Rev. VOTIS FELICIBVS Commodus, veiled, sacrificing at tripod placed at the entrance of a harbour towards which five vessels are approaching; a priest standing by the tripod accompanies the Emperor. On r., a pharos and beneath, on the sea-shore, a slain bull. C. 993 var. (bust draped). Gnecchi pag. 71, 174 and pl. 89, 6-8 (for reverse). H. Gruber, Roman medallions in the B.M., cf. p. 30, 44 and pl. XXXV, 3 (for reverse). Bauten 152.
peterpil19
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Commodus22 viewsCommodus Sestertius.

Modern reproduction created by Remoneda using modern dies and advertised for sale on their website.

M COMM ANT P - FELIX AVG BRIT, Laureate head of Commodus right; P M TR P XI IMP VIII COS V P P / PROVID AVG (in exergue). Cohen 639.
peterpil19
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Commodus31 viewsfake denarius

Obv.: L AEL AVREL C – OMM AVG P FEL/head r., wearing lion’s skin headdress;

Rev.: HERCVL – I ROMA – NO AVG/club flanked by bow and quiver

C 195; BMC 343; RIC 253

the reverse seems to be worn or from a weak stamp, but it is a fake cast

sold by imperator60 on ebay on 06/05/2018
Germania Magna
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Commodus20 viewsCommodus
Monoface modern paduan engraved by Jérémie KETELS (France) 2020
(from a complete collection of the 48 emperors of the High Empire).
Copper, diameter 35mm, 20g
pescennius
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Commodus & Annius Verus105 viewsPressed fake of Roman Provincial AE 19 of Cilicia, Tarsus: Commodus and Annius Verus, Caesars. 166-168 AD;
2.40g
obv: KOPOI CЄBACTOV confronting draped busts of Commodus, r. and Annius Verus, l.; club and caduceus in saltire between
rev: decastyle temple with eagle and inscription KOINOCKIAIK on pediment, TAP-KOY in fields, MHTPOΠ in exe
cf: SNG Levante 1018; SNG France 1457; SNG von Aulock 5993
sold on ebay by NFS numis18, June 2008, resold by another seller within the month
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Commodus & Crispina72 viewsCast forgery of AE medallion of Commodus and Crispina, 177 AD, 40mm, 40.47g
obv: IMP COMMODVS AVG GERM SARM CRISPINA AVG confronting draped busts of Crispina and Commodus
rev: VOTA PVBLICA Imperial couple stdg., holding hands, Concordia stands facing between, embracing them
18th or early 19th cen. cast, poss. after a Paduan or similar earlier Italian forgery; holed at 12 o'clock on obv
cf: Gnecchi II, p272, 2 & Pl 91, 9; Göbl MIR 1078, Cohen 3
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COMMODUS (177-192)214 viewsAR Denar
Cast.
Ilya Prokopov
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Commodus (177-192). Fake Denarius (16mm, 3.05g, 9h). 40 viewsCommodus (177-192). Fake Denarius (16mm, 3.05g, 9h). Rome, 192. Head r., wearing lion skin headdress. R/ Club facing downward between bow and quiver. Cf. RIC III 253. Modern fake for studyJoe Sermarini
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Commodus (177-192). Fake Sestertius (28mm, 17.31g, 12h).42 viewsCommodus (177-192). Fake Sestertius (28mm, 17.31g, 12h). Rome, 185. Laureate head r. R/ Victory seated r. on pile of arms, inscribing shield set on knee. Cf. RIC III 452. Modern fake for studyJoe Sermarini
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