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Home > Fake Coin Reports > Fake Roman Imperial Coins: Severan Period: Septimius Severus - Severus Alexander: AD 193 - 235

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Julia Domna Sestertius63 viewssold on Ebay, September 2011, as a JULIA DOMNA, mother of Caracalla Æ Sestertius Copy

Obv.: Draped bust right
Rev.: Julia seated left, holding branch and sceptre
Weight: 28.8 gram
Diameter: 32 mm
SRukke
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Julia Domna Sestertius54 viewsOn ebay, Nov., 2011. Rosa copy, Julia Domna sestertius

Sellers desc:
Masterpieces of Roman Coinage
Julia Domna Roman AE Sestertius
Rosa Reproduction
217 A.D.
2nd wife of Septimius Severus
Obverse: Draped bust of Julia Domna
Reverse: Venus standing.
This museum quality reproduction was made from impressions of the original coin by Peter Rosa.
The coin is stamped on the reverse with the word copy.
SRukke
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Julia Domna Sestertius Bust Left Juno Reverse325 viewsSold in June 2005 by sanfoura852 on German Ebay. May be sold in patinated "uncleaned" and like-new version.

submitted by rupert
1 commentsRupert
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Julia Domna, 193 - 217 119 viewsAR Denarius 193 – 196, Laodiceia.
Obv. IVLIA AVGVSTA, Dr. bust r.
Rs.: CONCORDIA, Concordia seated l., holding patera and cornucopia.
Cast, “Dimitrovgrad Studio”.
Ilya Prokopov
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Julia Domna, Antoninianus, RIC 379a111 viewsObv:- IVLIA PIA FELIX AVG, diademed & draped bust right on crescent
Rev:- LVNA LVCIFERA, Luna, cloak floating around head, driving biga galloping left.
RIC 379a. RSC 106a.

Modern cast fake.

Sold as authentic by 'roma-coins' on ebay June 2009
maridvnvm
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Julia Domna, Antoninianus, RIC 388a223 viewsObv: IVLIA PIA FELIX AVG, Diademed, draped bust right on crescent
Rev: VENVS GENETRIX, Venus, seated left, holding sceptre
Ref: RIC 388a (Caracalla), RSC 211

Offered by the Toronto Group under the name uganda_ancient on 02/06.

Submitted by Maridvnvm
maridvnvm
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Julia Domna, Aureus247 viewsObv:- IVLIA AVGVSTA, Draped bust right
Rev:- PIETAS AVGG, Pietas standing front, head right, holding sceptre and child

A Bulgarian fake, sold for 595 Euros on German Ebay in Dec. 2005 by a seller who currently sells a lot of false Roman and Greek gold coins (guaranteeing the gold but not the authenticity!).

submitted by rupert

Note added by Maridvnvm:-
Same reverse die found on examples of Plautilla and Gordian III to be found elsewhere on these boards
Rupert
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Julia Domna, aureus, RIC 388a139 viewsObv: IVLIA PIA FELIX AVG, Diademed, draped bust right set on Crescent
Rev: VENVS GENETRIX, Venus seated left extending right hand and holding sceptre
Ref:- RIC 388a

Submitted by Maridvnvm
maridvnvm
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Julia Domna, denarius169 viewssold on Allegro (Polish online auction site) as a forgery
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Julia Domna, Denarius 124 viewsObverse: Draped bust of Julia Domna to right, her hair in a queue tied into a bun at the back. Text around IVLIA AVGVSTA.
Reverse: Juno standing facing, her head to the left, holding patera in her outstretched right hand and a long sceptre in her left; peacock in front at feet, standing left, with its head turned towards the patera. Text around IVNO REGINA.
Diameter: 1.8cm

mark 'R' stamped on one side

Sold on eBay Feb 2007

Submitted by gmazza
Gustavo Mazzarollo
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Julia Domna, denarius82 viewsObv:- IVLIA AVGVSTA, Draped bust of Julia right
Rev:- ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, Laureate, draped bust of Caracalla right
Fig 5 is the false coin
For a genuine denarius of the type see BMC V pl. 27, 4

Published in the IAPN BOC Vol 14, No. 1 in 1989 - example 5
Image used with permission of IAPN
maridvnvm
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Julia Domna, Denarius50 viewsAR Denarius, struck 211-217 AD.
(The seller don't give weight or size)

Obv: IVLIA PIA FELIX AVG Draped bust r., the hair in six ridges.
Rev: VENVS GENETRIX, Venus, draped and diademed, seated l. on throne with high back-rest, holding scepter with her l. hand, her r. hand extended.
RIC 274, #388c; Cohen #212; BMC 434, #25.

Offered on ebay by NFS mangizite-2008 as "Roman Coin"
Dec.2011
mdelvalle
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Julia Domna, denarius59 viewsAR denarius, Rome mint, struck 207 A.D.

Obv: IVLIA AVGVSTA, draped bust right.
Rev:FECVNDITAS, Terra reclining left under tree, left arm on basket of fruits, right hand set on globe, spangled with stars, in background four children representing the four Seasons.
RIC IV (S.Severus) #549, RSC #35, BMCRE V (S.Severus) #21, SRCV II #6579, Cohen #35

Die March:
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pos=-11573

Offered as genuine on ebay U.K.
Dec_2011
mdelvalle
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Julia Domna, Denarius, Cast109 viewsJulia Domna, Denarius, CastJoe Sermarini
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Julia Domna, Denarius, cast replica with dark toning33 viewsJulia Domna
Silver denarius, RIC IV S572, BMCRE V S165, RSC III 150, Hunter III 16, SRCV II 6600, Rome mint, 204 A.D.; obverse IVLIA AVGVSTA, draped bust right; reverse PIETAS AVGG (to the piety of the two emperors), Pietas standing, veiled, dropping incense on altar with right, box in left

Sold as a replica on Italian eBay. Cast of a genuine coin. Close cracks are probably very obvious in hand.
Joe Sermarini
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Julia Domna, denarius, Moneta486 viewsIVLIA DO-MNA AVG, Draped bust right, hair tied in bun behind / MONE-T AVG, Moneta standing left, holding scales in right hand, cornucopiae in left

Cast fake.
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Julia Domna, denarius, Moneta90 viewsObv:- IVLIA DOMNA AVG, Draped bust right, hair tied in bun behind
Rev:- MONET AVG, Moneta standing left, holding scales in right hand, cornucopiae in left

Cast fake.

One from my own black cabinet.
maridvnvm
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Julia Domna, denarius, Pietas, RIC 572305 viewsIVLIA AVGVSTA, draped bust right / PIETAS AVGG, Pietas, veiled, standing left dropping incense on altar and holding box.

Cast fakes sold by fakes sellers 'spes-pvblica' and 'imperatorial' on eBay. These are not the same coin, but identical cast copies. The top one sold for 14.50 EUR (Dec. 2005 by spes-pvblica) and the bottom one sold for $16.50 (Feb. 2006 by imperatorial).
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Julia Domna, denarius, Pudicitia, RIC 576260 viewsIVLIA AVGVSTA, draped bust right / PVDICITIA, Pudicitia seated left, veiled & right hand on her breast; left arm at side.

Cast fakes sold by fakes sellers 'imperatorial' and 'mazagurini' on eBay. The top one sold for $13.60 (Mar. 2006 by imperatorial) and the bottom one sold for 7.78 EUR (Jan. 2006 by mazagurini).
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Julia Domna, denarius, Pudicitia, RIC 576133 viewsObv:- IVLIA AVGVSTA, draped bust right
Rev:- PVDICITIA, Pudicitia seated left, veiled & right hand on her breast; left arm at side.
RIC 576

Cast fake.

Sold on ebay December 2008 as a reproduction. Described as "amalgam with silver plate".

Matches other cast examples in the reports, as seen here :-

http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pos=-2250
maridvnvm
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Julia Domna, Denarius, RIC -223 viewsObv:- IVLIA AVGVSTA, draped bust right
Rev:- VENVS, Venus standing left, holding apple and rudder
RIC -

Somewhat dangerous cast fake.

Sold on ebay March 2007 by batibaleno.

Submitted by Maridvnvm
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Julia Domna, denarius, RIC 388c25 viewsObv: IVLIA PIA FELIX AVG Draped bust r., the hair in six ridges.
Rev: VENVS GENETRIX, Venus, draped and diademed, seated l. on throne with high back-rest, holding scepter with her l. hand, her r. hand extended.
RIC 274, #388c; Cohen #212; BMC 434, #25.

Cast fake.

Sold on ebay by machairidis14 in January 2015
maridvnvm
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Julia Domna, Denarius, RIC 391 [Caracalla]100 viewsObv:- IVLIA PIA FELIX AVG, draped bust right
Rev:- VESTA, Vesta seated left, holding simpulum and scepter.
BMC 31. RIC 391, RSC 226.

Modern Bulgarian manufacture.

Published in the IAPN BOC Vol 10, No. 1 in 1985 - Example 3
Image used with permission of IAPN
maridvnvm
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Julia Domna, denarius, RIC 53655 viewsObv:- IVLIA DOMNA AVG, draped bust r.,
Rev:- VENERI VICTR, Venus standing r., leaning on column and holding apple and palm branch.
RIC 536 C 194.

Cast fake.

Sold on ebay by machairidis14 in January 2015
maridvnvm
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