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Home > Fake Coin Reports > Fake Roman Imperial Coins: Crisis to Recovery: Maximinus I - Numerian: AD 235 - 284

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Gordian III, Medallion113 viewsGordian III AD 238-244 BRONZE MEDALLION 40mm
Obv:- IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FELIX AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev:- LIBERALITAS AVGVSTI III Gordian seated left on platform surrounded by soldiers and citizens
ROME MINT 242AD RIC IV n.237

Sold on eBay as a replica September 2007.

Submitted by Maridvnvm
maridvnvm
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Gordian III, Medallion105 viewsGordian III AD 238-244 BRONZE MEDALLION 40mm
Obv:- IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FELIX AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev:- LIBERALITAS AVGVSTI III Gordian seated left on platform surrounded by soldiers and citizens
ROME MINT 242AD RIC IV n.237

Sold on ebay as a genuine by numis-rares October 2007 with bidder driving it to Eur 1160.

Submitted by Maridvnvm
maridvnvm
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Gordian III, Medallion 118 viewsObv:- IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FELIX AVG, Laureate, cuirassed bust left, with spear in right hand
Rev:- COS III PP Galley
35 mm - 33.1 gm

Stamped with the word "COPY".

Sold on ebay as a replica October 2007.

Submitted by Maridvnvm
maridvnvm
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Gordian III, Medallion105 viewsObv:- IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FELIX AVG, Laureate, cuirassed bust left, with spear in right hand
Rev:- COS III P P, Galley with FELICITATI on sail


Modern reproduction

Sold without warranty on ebay June 2009
maridvnvm
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Gordian III, Medallion75 viewsObv:- [.....] CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, Laureate draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev:- Bird's eye view of Coliseum
Fig 5 is the false coin - 36.59g

cf. Gnecchi II pl. 104.6

A potential consignment in Italy, supposedly from and old collection of unearthed coins. Struck from modern dies. The edges, as are typical of this type of fake, are oddly jagged. The patina is dark green and shiny and quite attractive.

Published in the IAPN BOC Vol 11, No. 1 in 1986 - example 5
Image used with permission of IAPN
maridvnvm
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Gordian III, Medallion56 viewsAE medallion, Rome mint, struck 237 A.D., 40 mm

Obv: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FELIX AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev: LIBERALITAS AVGVSTI III Gordian seated left on platform surrounded by soldiers and citizens.
RIC IV #237

Shown at the Spanish Forum Imperio-Numismatico in Jul_2010
mdelvalle
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Gordian III, Medallion, Colosseum94 viewsGordian II Medallion
Obv:- IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FELIX AVG, Laureate, cuirassed bust left golding spear and shield (seen from rear)
Rev:- Colosseum

Sold as a replica on ebay August 2008
maridvnvm
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Gordian III, Medallion, Fantasy piece64 viewsObv: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, Laureate, cuirassed bust left, with spear in right hand
Rev: BONONIA OCEANEN, Galley with rowers; the emperor, in a military dress, and with buckler and lance, stands on the deck in the attitude of hurling the lance downwards, as if at a figure swimming in the sea. On the prow of the galley is a Victory, with garland and palm branch; at the stern are two ensigns. On the shore is seen a lighthouse of some other edifice
A fantasy piece combining the bust of Gordian with the reverse form a rare medallion of Constans.

Seller Desc.:
This is a reproduction of a Roman brass sestertius of emperor Gordian III. The obverse shows a wreathed head of the emperor dressend in armor with a spear over his right sholder. The obverse shows a ship facing right with warrior spearing a person in the water. Victory is on the prow of the ship. The inscription of GO NONI OCEANEN. These pieces are NOT ancient coins. Each coin is stamped 'COPY' on the reverse.

Offered as Copy/reproduction on ebay
Dec/2011
mdelvalle
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Gordian III, sestertius157 viewsGordian III, sestertius, struck with modern dies. Joe Sermarini
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Gordian III, Sestertius86 viewsÆ Sestertius, Rome mint, struck 241-243 A.D.

Obv: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind.
Rev: IOVI STATORI, S C across field, Jupiter standing front, head right, holding sceptre in right hand, cradling thunderbolt in left arm.
RIC IV 298a; Banti 37; Hunter 134; Cohen 111
mdelvalle
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GORDIAN III, Sestertius, Jupiter RIC 29967 viewsReference.
RIC 299a.

Obv: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG.
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.

Rev: IOVI STATORI / S - C.
Jupiter standing facing, head right, holding sceptre and thunderbolt.

Ebay February 2016
1 commentsokidoki
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GORDIAN III. 238-244 AD109 viewsAE Medallion
Obv. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FELIX AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust left, wearing spear.
Rev. BONONI OCEANEN Galley left, Gordian stg., r. on board holding helmet, cuirase, shield and spear. Two standards behind. .Victory on stern holding palm branch, 3 oarsmans and 1 swimmer below.
Struck.
Collection: "Anton Tomov" Sofia.
Ilya Prokopov
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Gordian III. 238-244 AD. AE "Medallion"205 views[BM Electrotype copy] Gordian III. 238-244 AD. AE "Medallion" (38mm, 48.02 g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust left, holding spear over right shoulder / View of the interior of the Circus Maximus, obelisk in the center, three metae to either side, two chariots racing around spina; in the foreground, from left to right, wounded gladiator being led away by an attendant, two boxers boxing, a pair of pancratiastae, two wrestlers, two gladiators; in the background, Gordian in a chariot drawn by six horses, Victory standing alongside placing wreath on Gordian's head, the chariot being preceded by three soldiers carrying palms. Gnecchi 27, pl. 104, 10 ("same dies"); Grueber p. 46, 5 ("this coin"). VF, dark greenish-brown patina, edge stamped RR (Robert Ready). This is an electrotype of a bimetallic medallion in the British Museum.

Courtesy CNG
FORVM AUCTIONS
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Gordian III. 238-244 AD. Æ "Medallion"196 views[Electrotype copy] Gordian III. 238-244 AD. Æ "Medallion" (37mm, 43.68 g). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust left, holding Victory on globe in right hand, eagle-tipped sceptre in left / Gordian driving facing quadriga, being crowned by Nike standing in quadriga alongside Gordian; quadriga being led by two soldiers. Gnecchi 36 (see pl. 105, 6 for the reverse die). Good VF, dark brown patina, old collection number in right obverse field, edge bumps.

Courtesy CNG
FORVM AUCTIONS
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Gordian III. AD 238-244. 72 viewsAE Antoninian, Rome mint, AD 244.
Obv.: IMP GORDIANVS PIVSFEL AVG Radiate, draped, bust right.
Rev.: VICTOR ALTER Victory standing left, holding palm frond and shield.
Cast.
Ilya Prokopov
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Gordian III. antoninianus - LIBERALITAS AVGG II154 viewsknown modern fake from eBayTibsi
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Gordian sestertius reproduction132 viewsSold in June 07 on Ebay as:
'This is a extra rare reproduction of a sestertius of Gordian.
...
21,1 grams. big diameter'

submitted by areich
areich
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Gordianus - antoninianus172 viewsIMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right; LIBERALITAS AVGG II, Liberalitas standing left with abacus & cornucopiae.

obverse: RIC 67, RSC 142; sear5 #8621
reverse: probably belongs to Philippus

except few early coins no coin of Gordianus III has AVGG in the legend

similar to: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?album=2&pos=1551
J. B.
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Gordianus Antoninianus600 viewsGordianus III 238-244 AD

Av: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG

RV: SECVRIT PERP
Securitas standing left

Modern forgery of Bulgarian origin
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Gordianus I22 viewsGordianus I
Monoface modern paduan engraved by Jérémie KETELS (France) 2020
(from a complete collection of the 48 emperors of the High Empire).
Copper, diameter 35mm, 20g
pescennius
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Gordianus I Africanus, Denarius, RIC 005208 viewsObv:- IMP C M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG, laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right
Rev:- SECVRITAS AVGG, Securitas seated to the left, holding scepter.
Ref:- RIC 5

Sold on ebay as a reproduction. September 2005.

Submitted by maridvnvm
maridvnvm
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Gordianus I Africanus, Denarius, RIC 005122 viewsObv:- IMP C M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG, laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right
Rev:- SECVRITAS AVGG, Securitas seated to the left, holding scepter.
Ref:- RIC 5

Sold on ebay as an original Gordian III in the hope that someone would think it a mes-attributed rarity and finally achieved US $346. August 2007.

Submitted by maridvnvm
maridvnvm
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Gordianus I Africanus, Denarius, RIC 00588 viewsObv:- IMP C M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG, laureate, draped & cuirassed bust right
Rev:- SECVRITAS AVGG, Securitas seated to the left, holding scepter.
Ref:- RIC 5

Submitted by maridvnvm
maridvnvm
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Gordianus I, denarius145 viewssold on Allegro (Polish online auction site) as a forgery
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