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Home > Fake Coin Reports > Fake Roman Imperial Coins: Year of 5 Emperors: Pertinax - Clodius Albinus: AD 192 - 196

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Clodius Albinus, denarius, RIC -101 viewsObv:- CLOD SEPT ALBIN CAES, Bare headed bust right
Rev:- P M TR P II COS II P P, Roma, seated left, holding Victory
Ref:- None (see below)

Prokopov II (2004), on Lipanoff studio, p. 46, no. 70

Modern fake. Cast.

Sold as original by known fake seller cosii.sp.legv.roma.leg1 on ebay May 2009 for £53.99
maridvnvm
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Clodius Albinus, Denarius, RIC 02136 viewsObv:- D CLOD SEPT ALBIN CAES, Bare head right.
Rev:- COS II - Aesculapius standing left, holding serpent wreathed rod.
Rome mint: AD 195
RIC IVi, 2 (r) Rare, page 44 - Cohen 9 55 - SEAR RCV II (2002), #6140, page 442

Clodius Albinus AD 193-197 Silver Denarius REPLICA Clodius Albinus AD 193-197 Silver Denarius "Aesculapius, the healer."
Joe Sermarini
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Clodius Albinus, Denarius, RIC 02272 viewsObv:- D CLOD SEPT ALBIN CAES, Bare head right.
Rev:- COS II - Aesculapius standing left, holding serpent wreathed rod.
Rome mint: AD 195
RIC IVi, 2 (r) Rare, page 44 - Cohen 9 55 - SEAR RCV II (2002), #6140, page 442

Sold by Online Liquidators under the alias "dealingoods93".

Other examples:

http://www.chijanofuji.com/OL_Clodius_Albinus.html
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Clodius Albinus, Denarius, RIC 0282 viewsObv:- D CLOD SEPT ALBIN CAES, Bare head right.
Rev:- COS II - Aesculapius standing left, holding serpent wreathed rod.
Rome mint: AD 195
RIC IVi, 2 (r) Rare, page 44 - Cohen 9 55 - SEAR RCV II (2002), #6140, page 442

Sold as a reproduction on eBay February 2008

Submitted by Maridvnvm
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Clodius Albinus, Denarius, RIC 08345 viewsObv:- CLOD SEPT ALBIN CAES, Bare headed bust right
Rev:- SAECVL FRVGIF COS II, Saeculum Frugiferum, radiate and bare to waist, standing left, holding caduceus and fork
RIC 8. RSC 65

Fake found in the fakes section of CGB.fr.
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Clodius Albinus, Denarius, RIC 11a306 viewsObv:- D CLOD SEPT ALBIN CAES, bare head right
Rev:- ROMAE AETERNAE Roma seated on shield, holding palladium and spear
RIC 11a

Cast fakes sold by fakes sellers 'empire_gallery' and 'spes-pvblica' on eBay. These are not the same coin, but identical cast copies. The top one sold for $150.00 (Nov. 2005 by empire_gallery) and the bottom one sold for 57.00 EUR (Dec. 2005 by spes-pvblica).
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Clodius Albinus, Denarius, RIC 11a155 viewsObv:- D CLOD SEPT ALBIN CAES, bare head right
Rev:- ROMAE AETERNAE Roma seated on shield, holding palladium and spear
RIC 11a

Cast fake. See other examples here.

Sold on ebay January 2007 by batibaleno.

Submitted by Maridvnvm
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Clodius Albinus, Denarius, RIC 11a210 viewsObv:- D CLOD SEPT ALBIN CAES, bare head right
Rev:- ROMAE AETERNAE Roma seated on shield, holding palladium and spear
RIC 11a

Cast fake. See other examples here.

Sold on ebay February 2007 by batibaleno.

Submitted by Maridvnvm
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Clodius Albinus, Denarius, RIC 11a135 viewsObv:- D CLOD SEPT ALBIN CAES, bare head right
Rev:- ROMAE AETERNAE Roma seated on shield, holding palladium and spear
RIC 11a

Placed for sale on ebay and subsequently withdrawn by an otherwise reputable ebay seller. The poor condition of the coin was the apparent reason for him not questioning the coin.

Submitted by Maridvnvm
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Clodius Albinus, Denarius, RIC 7236 viewsObv:- D CLOD SEPT ALBIN CAES, bare head right
Rev:- MINER PACIF COS II, Minerva standing facing with olive branch, shield & spear.
RIC 7, RSC 48, BMC 98

Somewhat dangerous cast fake.

Sold on ebay January 2007 by batibaleno.

Submitted by Maridvnvm
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Clodius Albinus, Denarius, RIC 7213 viewsObv:- D CLOD SEPT ALBIN CAES, bare head right
Rev:- MINER PACIF COS II, Minerva standing facing with olive branch, shield & spear.
RIC 7, RSC 48, BMC 98

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
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Clodius Albinus, Denarius, RIC 7232 viewsObv:- D CLOD SEPT ALBIN CAES, bare head right
Rev:- MINER PACIF COS II, Minerva standing facing with olive branch, shield & spear.
RIC 7, RSC 48, BMC 98

Somewhat dangerous cast fake matching those sold by batibaleno.

Sold on ebay February 2007, removed by seller upon notification.

Submitted by Maridvnvm
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Clodius Albinus, Denarius, RIC 748 viewsObv:- D CLOD SEPT ALBIN CAES, bare head right
Rev:- MINER PACIF COS II, Minerva standing facing with olive branch, shield & spear.
RIC 7, RSC 48, BMC 98

Cast fake.

Listed on eBay 06/17 as genuine by serdaal0 from Bulgaria (on NFSL).
maridvnvm
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Clodius Albinus, mule denarius69 viewsAR Denarius
(The seller doesn't give weight or size)

Obv: D CLOD SEPT ABIN CAES, bare head right, slight drapery on left shoulder.
Rev: (Of Vitellius) CONCORDIA PR, Concordia seated left, holding patera and cornucopiae.

Sold on ebay by NFS mangizite-2008 as "Roman Coin"
Dec.2011
mdelvalle
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Clodius Albinus, mule denarius62 viewsAR Denarius
(The seller doesn't give weight or size)

Obv: D CLOD SEPT ABIN CAES, bare head right, slight drapery on left shoulder.
Rev: (Of Vitellius) CONCORDIA PR, Concordia seated left, holding patera and cornucopiae.

Sold as genuine on ebay by Antares27.
Jan_2012
mdelvalle
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Clodius Albinus, Sestertius, RIC 52c181 viewsObv: D CL SEPT AL BIN CAES
Bust: Bare head right
Rev: FELICITAS COS II, SC
Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus and scepter
Date: 194 AD Rome Mint
Diameter: 31.35 mm (1.23 inch.)
Ref: RIC 52c, Cohen 16

Sold as a Rosa reproduction. The rim is stamped with the number 75. Image courtesy of Charlie at the Replica Store

Submitted by Bluefish
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Clodius Albinus. As Caesar, 193-195 AD. AE42 "Medallion"233 views[Electrotype copy] Clodius Albinus. As Caesar, 193-195 AD. Æ "Medallion" (42mm, 66.41 g). Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right / Fortuna seated left, holding rudder set on globe and cornucopiae. Gnecchi 104, pl. 92, 1 ("this coin"). VF, brown patina.

Courtesy CNG
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Clodius Macer, Denarius, Unlisted144 viewsObv:- L CLOD MACRI Exe: SC, Lion head right.
Rev:- LIB AVG - Legionary eagle, vexillum on either side; LEG III across lower fields.
A.D. 68 (Carthage?).
Unlisted

Modern style.

Sold on ebay October 2009
maridvnvm
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Didia Clara146 viewsReproduction of a gold aureus of Didia Clara, daughter of Didius Julianus. AD 193. Becker #183. Coin is stamped 'COPY' on the rim.

Sold on eBay Dec 2006

Submitted by gmazza
Gustavo Mazzarollo
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Didia Clara89 viewsTop coin is authentic mother bottom coin is transfer die fake.
The flan defect on cheek (red) and the flan crack (blue) on obverse were transferred in transferd dies and on fakes produced with them. On reverse the slippage see for example first L of Hilaritas and the two edge cracks (blue) were transferred in transferd dies and on fakes produced with them. The ghost line (yellow) is identical with the end of planchet of the mother and is so showing the flan shape of the mother.

Didia Clara. Silver Denarius (2.35 g), Augusta, AD 193. Rome, under Didius Julianus. DIDIA CLA-RA AVG, draped bust of Didia Clara right. Reverse HILAR T-EMPOR, Hilaritas standing facing, head left, holding long palm and cornucopiae. RIC 10; BMC 14; RSC 3
Din X
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Didia Clara Denarius227 viewsStruck fake possibly Slavey types.
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Didia Clara rev.175 viewsStruck fake possibly Slavey types.
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DIDIA CLARA, AR Denarius. REPLICA 18 mm166 viewsDIDIA CLARA, AR Denarius. REPLICA 18 mm DIDIA CLARA, daughter of Didius Julianus. AR Denarius Struck April-June 193 AD. Obv: DIDIA CLARA AVG, draped bust right Rev: HILAR TEMPOR, Hilaritas standing left, holding branch & cornucopiae. RSC 3.Joe Sermarini
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Didia Clara, Denarius, RIC 10185 viewsObv: DIDIA CLARA AVG
Bust: Draped Bust right
Rev: HILAR TEMPOR
Hilaritas standing left holding branch and cornucopia
Date: April-June 193 AD
Ref: RIC 10, RSC 3, BMC 14

Image courtesy of Kevin at Barry & Darling Coins
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