Fake Roman Imperial Coins: Late Empire: Constantine - Anastasius: AD 307 - 518
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Vetranio, Maiorina, RIC Siscia 292595 viewsObv:- DN VETRANIO P F AVG, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right (A behind bust and star in front)
Rev:- HOC SIGNO VICTOR ERIS, Vetranio standing facing, head left, holding standard inscribed with Chi-rho & spear, to the right stands Victory, crowning him with a wreath and holding a palm branch (A in left field)
Ref:- RIC VIII Siscia 292, (.ESIS* in exe.)
A rather well done fake, betrayed by its obverse portrait style. Sold as genuine on German Ebay in December 2005 for 243€.
Submitted by rupertRupert
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Vetranio, Maiorina, RIC Siscia 292218 viewsObv:- DN VETRANIO P F AVG, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right (A behind bust and star in front)
Rev:- HOC SIGNO VICTOR ERIS, Vetranio standing facing, head left, holding standard inscribed with Chi-rho & spear, to the right stands Victory, crowning him with a wreath and holding a palm branch (A in left field)
Ref:- RIC VIII Siscia 292, (.ESIS* in exe.)
Another example of this rather well done fake.
Submitted by Maridvnvmmaridvnvm
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Vetranio, Maiorina, RIC Siscia 292186 viewsObv:- DN VETRANIO P F AVG, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right (A behind bust and star in front)
Rev:- HOC SIGNO VICTOR ERIS, Vetranio standing facing, head left, holding standard inscribed with Chi-rho & spear, to the right stands Victory, crowning him with a wreath and holding a palm branch (A in left field)
Ref:- RIC VIII Siscia 292, (.ESIS* in exe.)
Another example of this rather well done fake.
Submitted by Maridvnvmmaridvnvm
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Vetranio, Maiorina, RIC Siscia 292130 viewsObv:- DN VETRANIO P F AVG, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right (A behind bust and star in front)
Rev:- HOC SIGNO VICTOR ERIS, Vetranio standing facing, head left, holding standard inscribed with Chi-rho & spear, to the right stands Victory, crowning him with a wreath and holding a palm branch (A in left field)
Ref:- RIC VIII Siscia 292, (.ESIS* in exe.)
Another example of this fake. Other examples can be seen here http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pos=-1840 and here http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pos=-2745
Sold on ebay amongst a batch of retoned and modified coins of modern fabric that have been repatinated and artificially worn.
Submitted by Maridvnvm maridvnvm
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Vetriano51 viewsVetriano. AD 350
AE maiorina 5.01gm
Siscia mint
D N VETRA-NIO P F AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Vetranio right, A behind / CONCORDIA MILITVM, emperor standing left in military attire, holding two labara, star above his head, A in left field, ASIS* in exergue.
RIC 281. C. 1. LRBC 1168. RCTV 4041.
Sold as replica InAsta 48 lot 7294
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Visigoths AV tremissis 34 viewsVisigoths AV tremissis Tanit
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Zeno67 viewsModern pressed fake of AU tremissis of Zeno, Milan, 474-91 AD; forgery in AR or white metal
obv: DN ZENO PERP NC diademed, draped, cuirassed bust, r.
rev: Cross within wreath, COMOB in exe.
pressed with signs of modern engraving
offered on ebay Dec 2007commodus
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ZENO86 viewsModern pressed fake of AU tremissis of Zeno, Milan, 474-91 AD
obv: DN ZENO PERP NC diademed, draped, cuirassed bust, r.
rev: cross within wreath, COMOB in exe.
produced from modern machine made diescommodus
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Zeno23 viewsA pressed AE fake, offered to a dealer by a Bulgarian. Reverse copying a
gold coin of Zeno which (on the genuine version) has the mintmark CONOB.
NOTE: There are also a lot of fake "gold" coins of this type, all from Eastern Europe.
Obv: DN ZENO PERP NC, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: No legend, cross potent in wreath, X-X on the exergual line, mintmark CONB.
helvetica
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Zeno Siliqua, Eagle Reverse44 viewsCast forgery, sold by real-treasure-uk on Ebay, May 2015.Manuel
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Zeno, Gold Tremissis7124 viewsObv:- DN ZENO PERP AVG, Diademed, draped & cuirassed bust right
Rev:- Cross within wreath; COMOB in exeJoe Sermarini
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