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

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Aelius, as Caesar, sestertius, Concordia RIC Hadrian 105786 viewsReference.
RIC (Hadrian) 1057a. BMCRE 1918 var

Obv. L AELIVS CAESAR
Bare head right.

Rev. TR POT COS II CONCORD in exergue.
Concordia seated left, holding patera in right hand, resting left elbow on a cornucopia which is set on base of chair; S C across field

Ebay sale by fake seller Rafaprio February 2016
okidoki
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Aelius, Aureus, RIC -968 viewsObv:- L AELIVS CAESAR, Bare head right
Rev:- TR POT COS II, Salus, standing left holding staff, feeding snake rising from altar
RIC -, mimics a denarius, RIC II 434

Betrayed by completely wrong style.
Sold on German Ebay in Dec. 2005 for 181€, guaranteed to be gold but not to be authentic.

submitted by rupert
Rupert
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Aelius, Æ Sestertius, RIC 1057v270 viewsObv:- L AELIVS CAESAR, bare head right
Rev:- TR POT COS II, CONCORD in exergue, S C across field, Concordia seated left on ornate & draped throne, feet on footstool, holding patera in outstretched right hand & leaning left arm on small cornucopiae set on seat.
RIC 1057v

Sold as a reproduction on ebay January 2009
maridvnvm
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Aelius, Bronze Medallion, RIC -752 viewsObv:- L AELIVS CASEAR, Bare headed, dpared bust right
Rev:- IMP VII COS III, Victory, seated right, holding shield engraved, VIC AVG, Shield beneath and trophy to right
RIC II -

Sold on German Ebay in December 2005 as an old reproduction for 10€.
Given weight 35g, diameter 34 mm.

submitted by rupert
Rupert
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AELIUS, Caesar, Denarius 136-138 AD Spes41 viewsReference.
RIC II 435 (Hadrian); BMCRE 979

Obv.
Bare head right

Rev.
Spes walking left, holding flower and lifting fold of her skirt.
okidoki
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Aelius, Denar26 viewsModern fake, NFSL sparatok907

TRIB POT COS II / Concord, RIC 443
Pekka K
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Aelius, denarius906 viewsCast fakes. Note similar surface flaw on both flans at 11 o'clock on the obverse (circled in red). The edge of the bottom coin appears to have been filed to alter the shape of the flan. On the reverse at 5 o'clock a flan crack can be seen on the top coin, with a small trace of the crack remaining on the bottom coin after the alteration.postvmvs
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Aelius, Denarius, RIC -1149 viewsObv:- L AELIVS CAESAR - Bare head right
Rev:- TRIB POT COS II - Concordia seated left, holding patera and resting left arm on cornucopia which is a part of the chair Exe: CONCORD
Rome mint: A.D. 137
Copies an Aureus, RIC II (Hadrian) 443

19mm, 3.7gm

Sold by Newclass on eBay as a reproduction.
wolfgang336
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Aelius, Denarius, RIC -741 viewsObv:- L AELIUS CAESAR, Bare headed, draped bust right
Rev:- SPES PVBLICA, Spes advancing left, holding flower and raising skirt
RIC -

Identified as produced by well-known Bulgarian fake dies (as other coins of the same string) .
Specificity: off-center and worn, instead of the usual well-centered and minty.

Sold on ebay.fr on 04.12.2005 for 37.50 EUR.
wolfgang336
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Aelius, Denarius, RIC -701 viewsObv:- L AELIVS CAESAR - Bare head right
Rev:- TRIB POT COS II - Concordia seated left, holding patera and resting left arm on cornucopia which is a part of the chair Exe: CONCORD
Rome mint: A.D. 137
Copies an Aureus, RIC II (Hadrian) 443

Sold on Ebay in April 2004 as a reproduction.
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Aelius, Denarius, RIC -632 viewsObv:- L AELIVS CAESAR - Bare head right
Rev:- TRIB POT COS II - Concordia seated left, holding patera and resting left arm on cornucopia which is a part of the chair Exe: CONCORD
Rome mint: A.D. 137
Copies an Aureus, RIC II (Hadrian) 443

Submitted by Maridvnvm
maridvnvm
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Aelius, Denarius, RIC -518 viewsObv:- L AELIVS CAESAR - Bare head right
Rev:- TRIB POT COS II - Concordia seated left, holding patera and resting left arm on cornucopia which is a part of the chair Exe: CONCORD
Rome mint: A.D. 137
Copies an Aureus, RIC II (Hadrian) 443

Cast of a known fake. See the fake here.

Sold on ebay March 2007 by batibaleno.

Submitted by Maridvnvm
1 commentsmaridvnvm
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Aelius, Denarius, RIC -330 viewsObv:- L AELIVS CAESAR - Bare head right
Rev:- TRIB POT COS II - Concordia seated left, holding patera and resting left arm on cornucopia CONCORD in exergue

Sold as original on ebay September 2007 by mrsmith66 for £156.07 (>$300)

Submitted by Maridvnvm
maridvnvm
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Aelius, Denarius, RIC -278 viewsObv:- L AELIVS CAESAR - Bare head right
Rev:- TRIB POT COS II - Concordia seated left, holding patera and resting left arm on cornucopia which is a part of the chair Exe: CONCORD
Rome mint: A.D. 137
Copies an Aureus, RIC II (Hadrian) 443
maridvnvm
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Aelius, Denarius, RIC -253 viewsObv:- L AELIVS CAESAR - Bare head right
Rev:- TRIB POT COS II - Concordia seated left, holding patera and resting left arm on cornucopia which is a part of the chair Exe: CONCORD
Rome mint: A.D. 137
Copies an Aureus, RIC II (Hadrian) 44

Sold as a cast replica on ebay January 2009
maridvnvm
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Aelius, Denarius, RIC -269 viewsObv:- L AELIVS CAESAR - Bare head right
Rev:- TRIB POT COS II - Concordia seated left, holding patera and resting left arm on cornucopia which is a part of the chair Exe: CONCORD
Rome mint: A.D. 137
Copies an Aureus, RIC II (Hadrian) 443

"Lipanoff Studio". Published by Dr. I. Prokopov Sofia 2004, no.54

Modern fake. Cast.

Sold as original by known fake seller cosii.sp.legv.roma.leg1 on ebay May 2009
maridvnvm
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Aelius, Denarius, RIC -35 viewsObv:- L AELIVS CAESAR - Bare head right
Rev:- TRIB POT COS II - Concordia seated left, holding patera and resting left arm on cornucopia which is a part of the chair Exe: CONCORD
Rome mint: A.D. 137
Copies an Aureus, RIC II (Hadrian) 443

Cast of a Lipanoff

Listed on eBay 06/17 as genuine by serdaal0 from Bulgaria (on NFSL).
maridvnvm
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Aelius, Denarius, RIC -, Toronto Group forgery660 viewsObv:- L AELIVS CAESAR - Bare head right
Rev:- TRIB POT COS II - Concordia seated left, holding patera and resting left arm on cornucopia which is a part of the chair Exe: CONCORD
Rome mint: A.D. 137
Copies an Aureus, RIC II (Hadrian) 443

Sold by Online Liquidators under the alias "jflame42".

Other examples:

http://www.chijanofuji.com/OL_Aelius.html
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Aelius, Denarius, RIC 431 223 viewsObv:- L AELIVS CAESAR, bare head right
Rev:- TR POT COS II, Spes standing left, holding flower, cornucopiae & rudder.
RSC 52.

Modern style.

Sold on ebay October 2009
2 commentsmaridvnvm
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Aelius, Denarius, RIC 432605 viewsObv:- L AELIVS CAESAR, bare head right
Obv:- TR POT COS II, Pietas standing left, altar at feet.
RIC (Hadrian) 432, BMC 972, RSC 53

Somewhat dangerous cast fake.

Sold on ebay January 2007 by batibaleno.

Submitted by Maridvnvm
maridvnvm
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Aelius, Denarius, RIC 432553 viewsObv:- L AELIVS CAESAR, bare head right
Obv:- TR POT COS II, Pietas standing left, altar at feet.
RIC (Hadrian) 432, BMC 972, RSC 53

Somewhat dangerous cast fake. Same coin sold twice in the same month using slightly different images.

Sold on ebay January 2007 by batibaleno.

Submitted by Maridvnvm
1 commentsmaridvnvm
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Aelius, Denarius, RIC 4321162 viewsObv:- L AELIVS CAESAR, bare head right
Rev:- TR POT COS II, Pietas standing left, altar at feet.
RIC (Hadrian) 432, BMC 972, RSC 53

Ebay item #230091421904 sold for GBP 27.01 on February 15 2007
Ebay item #230093663087 sold for GBP 76.00 on February 21 2007
Ebay item #330092606997 sold for GBP 22.00 on February 28 2007
Ebay item #330094756925 sold for GBP 54.00 on March 06 2007
Ebay item #330097106638 sold for GBP 53.00 on March 12 2007
Ebay item #330100943885 sold for GBP 9.99 on March 23 2007

All are cast fakes sold by batibaleno on Ebay

Submitted by Straythought 3/26/07
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Aelius, Denarius, RIC 434214 viewsObv:- L AELIVS CAESAR, head right
Rev:- TR POT COS II, Salus standing left feeding serpent arising from altar, & holding scepter.
RIC 434, RSC 54, BMC 977

Sold on ebay May 2008.

Submitted by Maridvnvm
maridvnvm
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Aelius, Denarius, RIC 434176 viewsObv:- L AELIVS CAESAR, head right
Rev:- TR POT COS II, Salus standing left feeding serpent arising from altar, & holding scepter.
RIC 434, RSC 54, BMC 977
Fig 12 is the false coin - Zurich, Feb. 1986, 3.47g
Fig 13 is genuine - Hess-Leu 41, 207, 3.25g (possibly the model)

Published in the IAPN BOC Vol 11, No. 1 in 1986 - example 12
Image used with permission of IAPN
maridvnvm
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