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

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Lucius Verus, Sestertius, RIC 128791 viewsObv:- IMP CAES L AUREL VERUS AUG, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev:- CONCORD AUGUSTOR TR.P. S.C. COS II in ex, Aurelius and Verus clasping hands.
RIC 1287

Modern replica, other examples stamped with "COPY" in the reports

Published by Ilya Prokopov Sofia 2005, no.87

Sold without warranty amongst several other copies on ebay March 2009
maridvnvm
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Lucius Verus, Sestertius, RIC 128799 viewsObv:- IMP CAES L AUREL VERUS AUG, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev:- CONCORD AUGUSTOR TR.P. S.C. COS II in ex, Aurelius and Verus clasping hands.
RIC 1287

Modern replica, other examples stamped with "COPY" in the reports

Published by Ilya Prokopov Sofia 2005, no.87

Modern reproduction. False patina.

Sold without warranty on ebay by trakart081, June 2009
maridvnvm
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Lucius, denarius, Mars, RIC 514231 viewsL VERVS AVG ARMENIACVS, draped & cuirassed bust right / TR P IIII IMP II COS II, Mars standing right holding spear and resting hand on shield. RSC 228.

Cast fakes sold by fakes sellers 'empire_gallery' and 'imperatorial' on eBay. The top one sold for $53.56 (Mar. 2006 by empire_gallery) and the bottom one sold for $65.00 (Feb. 2006 by imperatorial).
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Manlius Aemilius25 viewsManlius Aemilius Lepidus AR DENARIUS 114-113 BC / 3.40 GM/ SRukke
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Marc Aurel Denarius 21 viewsCast
Obvers Legend: M ANTONINVS AVG TRP XXVII
Revers: ROMA
Legend: IMP VII.. COS III (Fantasy?)
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Marciana84 viewsReproduction of a gold aureus of Mariana, sister of Trajan. AD 105-112. Becker #172. Coin is stamped 'COPY' on the rim.

Sold on eBay Dec 2006

Submitted by gmazza
Gustavo Mazzarollo
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Marciana55 viewsModern cast sestertius size AE after a Paduan or similar Italian Renaissance forgery after a consecration sestertius of Marciana, sister to Trajan, 114 AD
obv: DIVA AVGVSTA MARCIANA draped and elaborately coiffed bust, r.
rev: CONSECRATIO carpentum drawn by four elephants, l., SPQR in exergue
very wide rim as on the Paduan version
commodus
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Marciana55 viewsModern pressed fake of AR denarius of Diva Marciana, produced from confirmed modern dies
obv: DIVA AVGVSTA MARCIANA dr. bust, r.
rev: CONSECRATIO eagle stdg. r., head turned to upward l.
commodus
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Marciana41 viewsModern pressed fake of AR denarius of Diva Marciana, produced from confirmed modern dies
obv: DIVA AVGVSTA MARCIANA dr. bust, r.
rev: CONSECRATIO eagle stdg. r., head turned to upward l.
commodus
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Marciana54 viewsModern pressed fake of AR denarius of Diva Marciana, produced from confirmed modern dies
obv: DIVA AVGVSTA MARCIANA dr. bust, r.
rev: CONSECRATIO eagle stdg. r., head turned to upward l.
commodus
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Marciana41 viewsModern pressed fake of AR denarius of Diva Marciana, produced from confirmed modern dies
obv: DIVA AVGVSTA MARCIANA dr. bust, r.
rev: CONSECRATIO eagle stdg. r., head turned to upward l.
This example, from confirmed and published fake modern dies, was sold as genuine by a major European auction house, 2007
commodus
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Marciana48 viewsAR Denarius - Weights and sizes not given
Obv: DIVA AVGVSTA MARCIANA dr. bust, r.
Rev: CONSECRATIO eagle stdg. r., head turned to upward l.

Selling as authentic on British ebay Sept 2011
Die Match: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pos=-10850
bobbyhelmet
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Marciana53 viewsI think this one is same as coin in file 25.
Copy paste from file 25, user mdelvalle:
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Marciana, Posthumous Sestertius
Æ Sestertius (34 mm / 29 grs). Struck circa 112/4 AD.

Obv: DIVA AVGVSTA MARCIANA, draped bust right, hair elaborately dressed over brow, above which is a diadem, braided and bound up at the back.
Rev: EX SENATVS CONSVLTO, S C in exergue, Marciana, holding grain ears in right hand, sceptre in left, seated left on cart drawn by two elephants; each elephant has its own mahout.
RIC II #750 var. (Trajan; patera not grain ears); Strack #447 (Trajan); Banti #6; BMCRE #1086 (Trajan); Cohen #13 var. (same).
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Sold as a genuine on ebay by colchester1986, 19.03.2016.
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Marciana23 viewsDiva Marciana, sister of Trajan. Died AD 112/4. AR Denarius. Rome mint. Struck under Trajan, AD 114.

Obv : DIVA AVGVSTA MARCIANA, draped bust right, wearing stephane
Rev : CONSECRATIO, eagle standing right on bar, head left with wings spread.

RIC Trajan 745

Modern fake
Martin B4
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MARCIANA (Died 112/4). 20 viewsAR Denarius. Rome Mint.
Obv: DIVA AVGVSTA MARCIANA, Diademed and draped bust right.
Rev: CONSECRATIO, Eagle standing left with open wings.
Cast.
Ilya Prokopov
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Marciana (sister of Trajan, died AD 112) 106 viewsAE Sestertius. Rome
Obv. DIVA AVGVSTA MARCIANA, draped bust right.
Rev. [E]XENA[D]IVS CONSVLTO, chariot drawn left by two elephants. In ex.: S – C
Struck.
Ilya Prokopov
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Marciana CONSECRATIO, Denarius38 viewsDIVA MARCIANA, sister of Trajan. Died 112 AD. AR Denarius (19mm). Struck under Trajan, circa September 112 AD or later.

Obv: DIVA AVGVSTA MARCIANA, diademed and draped bust right.
Rev: CONSECRATIO, eagle with spread wings, standing front, leaning left, on sceptre, head right.
RIC II #743 (Trajan); BMCRE #650 (Trajan); RSC #4

Offered as "Replica" on Ebay (Germany)
Dec/2011
mdelvalle
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Marciana CONSECRATIO, denarius41 viewsDIVA MARCIANA, sister of Trajan. Died 112 AD.
AR Denarius, Struck under Trajan, circa September 112 AD or later.
(The seller don't give weight or size)

Obv: DIVA AVGVSTA MARCIANA, diademed and draped bust right.
Rev: CONSECRATIO, eagle with spread wings, standing front, leaning left, on sceptre, head right.
RIC II #743 (Trajan); BMCRE #650 (Trajan); RSC #4

Offered on ebay by NFS mangizite-2008 as "Roman Coin"
Dec.2011
mdelvalle
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MARCIANA DENARIUS28 viewsDIVA AVGVSTA MARCIANA
CONSECRATIO
Eagle standing left, head right 3.90g
Sold on eBay by NFSL tumbale_0 June 2019
Dominic T
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Marciana Sestertius43 viewsSelling as a repro, October 2011.

Sellers desc:
This is a reproduction of a Roman sestertius of Marciana, sister of the emperor Trajan. The oibverse shows the bust of Marciana facing right. The reverse shows a carpentun. The coin was struck in Rome in 112 CE. (Sear 3333). You are in the REPRODUCTION section. These pieces are NOT ancient coins. Each coin is stamped 'COPY' on the reverse.
SRukke
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Marciana Sestertius22 viewsDescribed as
DIVA AVGVSTA MARCIANA, EX SENATVS CONSVLTO. 112 AD (35.5 27.60 g. )100% qenuine. PRIVATE COLLECTION.

Offered on ebay by angemanol, Norwich, England, May 2016.
helvetica
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Marciana, Denarius, RIC 743127 viewsObv: DIVA AVGVSTA MARCIANA
Bust: Diademed and draped bust right
Rev: CONSECRATIO
Eagle standing left, head right, on scepter
Ref: RIC 743 (Hadrian), RSC 4, BMC 650

Sister of Trajan.
Sold on Ebay as a Rosa copy. Silver-plated.
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Marciana, Denarius, RIC 743273 viewsObv: DIVA AVGVSTA MARCIANA
Bust: Diademed and draped bust right
Rev: CONSECRATIO
Eagle standing left, head right, on scepter
Ref: RIC 743 (Hadrian), RSC 4, BMC 650

Sister of Trajan.

Sold by "sesterdenar", a Toronto Group forgery
1 comments
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Marciana, Denarius, RIC 743 107 viewsDiva Marciana, sister of Trajan
Obv:- DIVA AVGVSTA MARCIANA, diademed and draped bust right
Rev:- CONSECRATIO, eagle standing right, head right.

RIC 743

Sold on ebay June 2007 "without warranty".

Submitted by Maridvnvm
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