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

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Marcus Aurelius as Caesar, denarius, Minerva, RIC 463[pius]223 viewsAVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII FIL, bare head right / TR POT VIIII COS II, Minerva standing left with owl, shield & spear.

Cast fakes sold by fakes sellers 'empire_gallery' and '333omega' on eBay. The top one sold for $14.99 (Dec. 2005 by empire_gallery) and the bottom one sold for 26.00 EUR (Feb. 2006 by 333omega).
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Marcus Aurelius as Caesar, denarius, Minerva, RIC 463[pius]130 viewsObv:- AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII FIL, bare head right
Rev:- TR POT VIIII COS II, Minerva standing left with owl, shield & spear.

Cast fake. See other examples here:-

http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pos=-2247

Sold on ebay December 2008 as a reproduction. Described as "amalgam with silver plate".
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Marcus Aurelius augustus, 161 – 180151 viewsAE Sestertius
Obv. Laureate head r.
Rev.Aurelius and Commodus seated l. on platform; behind them, officer holding sceptre. To l., Liberalitas standing l., holding abacus. Below, citizen mounting on steps, holding out fold of toga in both hands.
Another fake from the same seller.
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Marcus Aurelius Aureus61 viewsSelling on Ebay as a replica MARCUS AURELIUS Aureus, GOLD (14-Karat) 4,07 grams,SRukke
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Marcus Aurelius bronze cast fake of a silver denarius157 viewsMarcus Aurelius bronze cast fake of a silver denariusJoe Sermarini
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Marcus Aurelius Caesar denarius55 viewsObv: AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII F COS, bare head right.
Rev: P M TR P XV COS III P P, Victory, standing right, foot on globe, inscribing shield set on palm tree.

A cast, muling an obverse of Aurelius as Caesar from A.D. 140-144 with a reverse of Septimius Severus.

Die Matches:
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pos=-4229
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pos=-11536

Shown in a Spanish Forum (Imperio Numismático)


mdelvalle
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Marcus Aurelius caesar, 139 – 161105 viewsAR Denarius 140-144
Obv. AVRELIVSCAE SARAVG PII F COS, Bare headed and draped bust r.
Rev. IVVENTAS, Juventas standing l., dropping incense over candelabrum and holding patera.
Ilya Prokopov
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Marcus Aurelius Caesar, AV Aureus, BMC 593103 viewsObv:- AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG P II F, Bare head right
Rev:- COS II, Hilaritas standing left, holding cornucopia and palm branch.
BMC 593
Fig 2a is the false coin - Usual weight.
Fig 2b is genuine - 7.46g, BMC 593 (Photo from BMC pl. 12, 19)

A cast of this rare aureus.

Published in the IAPN BOC Vol 19, No. 1 in 1994 - example 2a
Image used with permission of IAPN
maridvnvm
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Marcus Aurelius cast copy denarius.143 viewsMarcus Aurelius cast copy denarius.
17.5mm, 3.4 grammes.
Obverse: AVRELIANVS CAE - SAR AVG PII F. Bare head R.
Reverse: COS II. Pax standing L, holding branch and cornucopia.
Obvious sgns of casting and sprue removal. This example is pierced as for use in jewellery.
moonmoth
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Marcus Aurelius denarius239 viewsSold on Ebay in May 2004 as a reproduction.

Silver denarius 17mm,3.1gm of Marcus Aurelius 161-180AD.Obv.AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG.PII.F.COS.Bare-headed bust right.Rev.IOVI.Jupiter on eagle right.
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Marcus Aurelius denarius186 viewsFake
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Marcus Aurelius Denarius67 viewsAR denarius
The seller don't give size or weigh.

Obv: M ANTONINVS AVG GERM SARM, Laureated head right.
Rev: MVNIPICENTIA AVG, Elephant walking right, COS III in exergue.
The reverse belongs to a scarce coins of Antoninus Pius.

Offered on ebay as genuine by antares27
Dec/2011
mdelvalle
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Marcus Aurelius denarius64 viewsObverse: Bare head rigth. Legend unclear.
Reverse: Figure (Serapis/Mars/Minerva?) left, holding sceptre and thunderbolt?.

According to the seller with silver galvanized to 10%.

Offered as part of a lot of reproductions in Ebay (Italy)
Dec/2011
mdelvalle
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Marcus Aurelius Denarius25 viewsNo info given with this coin.
Sold by Bulgarian NFS mangazite-2008, Jan 2014.
Matches known fakes on the Forgery Network.
SRukke
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Marcus Aurelius denarius19 viewsSellers info:
DENARIUS - MARCUS AURELIUS
161-180 A.D.
In diameter 18.2mm.
A Denarius of emperor M. Aurelius from 176–177 AD relating to the victories of the Romans over the Germanic tribes of the Marcomanni the Quadi and the Sarmatian Iazyges.

Replica coin.
SRukke
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Marcus Aurelius Denarius18 viewsCast. Lipanoff 42-62. Sold on Ebay, May 2015.Manuel
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Marcus Aurelius Denarius17 viewsObverse: AVRELIVS CAESER AVG PIIP COS - bare head right.
Reverse: COS IIII - ?Honos standing left holdinh globe

Fantasy coin (?) - unlisted reverse. Twins on Forgery Network. Sold as genuine by numerounonicasio on Ebay, April 2015.
Manuel
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Marcus Aurelius Denarius17 viewsFrom a Bulgarian catalog of fakes for sale. SRukke
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Marcus Aurelius Denarius23 viewsob: AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII F COS
Bust right
re: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG PP TRP XII
Bust right
denarius
silver
3.61 grams
Listed as Marcus Aurelius but is Antoninus Pius coin.
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MARCUS AURELIUS DENARIUS "REPLICA"18 mm 3.5grams144 viewsMARCUS AURELIUS DENARIUS "REPLICA"18 mm 3.5grams Marcus Aurelius Denarius. Obv: AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII F COS, head right Rev: COS IIII, Honos standing, head left, with branch & cornucopiae. RIC 422, RSC 236.
Joe Sermarini
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Marcus Aurelius denarius (obverse)137 viewsSold on Ebay in March 2004 as a Bulgarian silver reproduction.
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Marcus Aurelius denarius (reverse)110 viewsSold on Ebay in March 2004 as a Bulgarian silver reproduction.
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Marcus Aurelius Denarius (silver coin replica) 96 viewsMarcus Aurelius Denarius (silver coin replica)

OBV: Laureated head right, M ANTONINVS AVG GERM SARM.
R: Elephant walking right, MVNIPICENTIA AVG, COS III in exergue.

The coin is a modern hybrid that has a reverse of Antonius Pius. The coin should have a "s" countermark on the reverse field.

Fake coin report submitted by awl.
awl
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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 Sermarini
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