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

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Trajan Sestertius25 viewsOffered by "numis18" on eBay, March 2013Mark Z
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Trajan Sestertius70 viewsOffered by "moonstone_lovely" on eBay.
Evidence of tooling on both sides.
Mark Z
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Trajan Sestertius51 viewsTrajan AE Sestertius. 101–102 AD.
IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM P M
laureate head right
TR POT COS IIII P P
Concordia seated left, emptying patera over altar & holding double cornucopiae, S C in ex.
RIC 430
gm 27,2 mm 36
SRukke
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Trajan Sestertius34 viewsTrajan Sestertius
IMP CAES NERVA TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR COS V P P,
laureate head right
SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI S-C
Spes standing left with flower & raising hem of skirt. RIC 519, Cohen 459
gm 26.5 mm 33
SRukke
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Trajan sestertius42 viewsTrajan sestertius Mesopotamia and Armenia reverse, sold on Ebay as authentic on september 2014 by seller "2014nobonch".
Lipanoff dies.
Cliff
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Trajan sestertius42 viewsAn obvious, and not very good cast of a sestertius of Trajan offered on ebay by a seller in Germany, in September 2014.cmcdon0923
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Trajan Sestertius31 views21,41 g. 33,51 mm. COHEN 176.

Sold at online auction, August 2015. Cast, low weight.
Manuel
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Trajan Sestertius36 viewsTrajan sestertius. No size or weight given.
REV: REGNA AD SIGNATA, S.C. in fields
SRukke
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Trajan sestertius copy44 viewsCast copy of a sestertius (24.4g, Ø34mm, 6h), Rome mint, AD 106-111.
Obv.: IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P laureate head of Trajan, facing right.
Rev.: S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI [around] S C [in ex.] The Danube river god standing left, holding reed and forcing Dacia to the ground with his knee.
RIC 556 [scarce]; Cohen 525 (fr.25)
offered on auction in 2008 as authentic
The edge of this coin have been hammered and smoothed to hide the filing marks, which are still visible in a small area.
Charles S
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Trajan sestertius Mesopotamia158 viewsIMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC PARTHICO P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate and draped bust right / ARMENIA ET MESOPOTAMIA IN POTESTATEM P R REDACTAE, S C across field, Trajan, laureate and in military uniform, standing facing, head right, holding reversed spear and parazonium; Mesopotamia seated left at feet, in attitude of mourning; to left and right, Tigris and Euphrates seated vis à vis, each leaning on inverted urn from which water flows, and holding reed.

sold as authentic by 'bulshop555' on eBay (January 2008)
submitted by areich
1 commentsareich
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Trajan Sestertius, RIC 65634 views20,95 g, 33 mm, 6 h.

Deceptive fake. Other copies known.
Manuel
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Trajan, 116-117 AD37 viewsObv. Bust laureate draped right.
Rev. ARMENIA ET MESOPOTAMIA IN POTESTATEM P R REDACTAE S C, Trajan standing left, head right, holding spear and parazonium; at his feet Armenia seated left wearing tiara, flanked by the river gods Tigris and Euphrates, each holding reed and reclining on urn from which water flows.
Pressed with couple of cast dies.
Ilya Prokopov
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Trajan, 98 – 117 140 viewsAE Sestertius 114-116,
Obv. IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P Laureate and draped bust r.
Rev. Trajan seated r. on platform placed on l., accompanied by two officers, addressing six soldiers, holding standards; in exergue, IMPERATOR VIII / S C.
Cast.
Ilya Prokopov
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Trajan, 98 – 117 99 viewsAR Denarius,
Obv.: IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P Laureate bust r.
Rev.: COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC Trophy.
Struck.
Ilya Prokopov
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Trajan, 98-117 A.D.187 viewsAE Sestertius, 101-2 A.D. Rome.
Obv. IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM PM. Laur. head r.
R ev. TR POT COS.IIII.P.P Pax seated l. holding scepter and branch. In ex.: S-C.
Cast, tooling, fake patina.
Ilya Prokopov
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Trajan, AD 98-117. 127 viewsAE Sestertius, Rome mint AD 115.
Obv. Laur. and draped bust right.
Rev. IMPERATOR VIII in exergue, Trajan seated l. on platform, accompanied by two officers, addressing soldiers.
Struck, “Dimitrovgrad Studio”
Ilya Prokopov
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Trajan, AD 98-117.38 viewsTrajan, AD 98-117.
AE Sestertius, Rome mint AD 115.
Obv. Laur. and draped bust right.
Rev. REGNA.ADSIG NATA Trajan seated l. on platform, accompanied by two officers, addressing soldiers.
Pekka K
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Trajan, AE Dupondius138 viewsObv:- IMP CAES NER TRIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC PM TR P COS V PP Radiate bust of Trajan to r.
Rev:- SENATVS POPVLVS QVE ROMANVS / S - C Woman (Felicitas) standing to l., holding cornucopia and caduseus.

Struck. Die-engraver "Lipanoff Studio"
Published: Sofia 2004, no.46
I. Prokopov

Sold as a replica on ebay April 2009
maridvnvm
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Trajan, AE Sestertius106 viewsObv:- IMP CAES TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate draped bust right
Rev:- REGNA AD SIGNATA / S C, Trajan seated left on platform on right with two attendants: before platform, three kings standing right

Sold as a replica on ebay October 2008
maridvnvm
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Trajan, AE Sestertius118 viewsObv:- IMP CAES TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate draped bust right
Rev:- REGNA AD SIGNATA / S C, Trajan seated left on platform on right with two attendants: before platform, three kings standing right

Modern reproduction

Sold without warranty on ebay May 2009
maridvnvm
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Trajan, AE Sestertius, RIC 48389 viewsSestertius Trajan Æ Sestertius.
Obv:- IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, laureate head right, drapery on far shoulder
Rev:- S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI S-C, Roma standing left with Victory & spear.
Cohen 383. RIC 483

Sold on eBay as a replica September 2007.

Submitted by Maridvnvm
maridvnvm
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Trajan, AE Sestertius, RIC 483124 viewsSestertius Trajan Æ Sestertius.
Obv:- IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, laureate head right, drapery on far shoulder
Rev:- S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI S-C, Roma standing left with Victory & spear.
Cohen 383. RIC 483

Sold on ebay as a genuine by numis-rares October 2007 with bidder driving it to Eur 242.

Submitted by Maridvnvm
maridvnvm
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Trajan, AE Sestertius, RIC 483 147 viewsSestertius Trajan Æ Sestertius.
Obv:- IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, laureate head right, drapery on far shoulder
Rev:- S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI S-C, Roma standing left with Victory & spear.
Cohen 383. RIC 483

Sold on ebay as a genuine by numis-rares October 2007.

ANother example of the same repatinated reproduction but this time with better photography that makes the coin seem more convincing.

Submitted by Maridvnvm
maridvnvm
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Trajan, AS54 viewsPicture facilitated by Remoneda in the Spanish Forum OMNI in May/2010

Æ AS, Rome mint, struck 98-99 AD.

Obv: IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN - AVG GERM P M, Laureate head r.
Rev: TR POT – COS II, S – C across field, Victory walking l., holding palm branch and shield inscribed S P / Q R.
RIC #395; BMC #726; Cohen #614.

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