Fake Roman Imperial Coins: Late Empire: Constantine - Anastasius: AD 307 - 518
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Constantine II. AD 337-340. AR Siliqua. Rome mint?108 viewsObv:- Laureate head right
Rev:- CONSTANTINVS CAESAR, Victory advancing left, holding wreath in right hand and palm frond in left; R in exe
Rome mint?
Modern reproduction
Sold without warranty on ebay May 2009maridvnvm
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Constantine III siliqua241 viewsobverse D N CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right; reverse VICTORIA AAAVGGGG, Roma seated left holding Victory in right and spear in left
coin is stamped 'COPY'
Sold on eBay Feb 2007
Submitted by gmazzaGustavo Mazzarollo
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Constantine Reproduction "Miliarense"63 viewsOffered on Spanish Ebay as a copy. 23 mm. 2.5 gm. Compare to other fake listing, "Constantine the Great, Gold 1 1/2 Solidus"
ctgcoins
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Constantine Reproduction Medallion193 viewsHeavy Miliarense
Sold on eBay as a museum reproduction.
Style is clearly way off.
38 mm in diameter, struck by the Roman Museum of Augst, Germany, during the 60’s.
Submitted by Wolfgang336wolfgang336
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Constantine Solidus, RIC VI 81558 viewsObv: CONSTAN – TINVS P F AVG Laureate head r. Rev. S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI Aquila between two standards; in exergue, PTR. C 556. RIC 815. Alföldi 507. Depeyrot 17/9
The picture on is from the fake dies, published by Dr. Ilya Prokopov on “COUNTERFEITS OF ROMAN AND BYZANTINE GOLD COINS". The remaining three are likely forgeries created from the same dies.
Credit to the blog Numismaticfakes for the find.
Manuel
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Constantine Solidus, RIC VI 81562 viewsCopy from this dies: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pos=-17978
For sale on Ebay.Manuel
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Constantine the Great42 viewsImpossible combination of obverse struck in Nicomedia, 330 CE and reverse struck in Thessalonica, 335 CE.traveler
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Constantine the Great (Arles)115 viewsDescription
Silver fake(modern).
(obverse) Head of Constantine I, laureate, right.
(reverse) Owl, facing left, on inscribed column: on ground left, helmet, and on right, round shield and spear, propped almost vertical.
Inscriptions
Inscription Type: inscription
Inscription Position: obverse
Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Content: CONSTANTINVS P F AVG
Inscription Type: inscription
Inscription Position: reverse
Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Content: PRINCIPIS PROVIDENTISSIMI
Inscription Type: inscription
Inscription Position: reverse in field
Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Content: SA
PI
EN
TIA
Inscription Type: inscription
Inscription Position: reverse exergue
Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Content: PARL
Dimensions
Weight: 2.22 grammes
Die-axis: 12 o'clock
Coll: British MuseumAarmale
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Constantine the Great, AE342 viewsObv:- CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG, diademed head of Constantine facing right, gazing upward
Rev:- IOVI CONSERVATORI Jupiter standing left holding Victory on globe and scepter with eagle at top; eagle to left, captive to right.
X/IIG in right field; SMHG in exe
Heraclea mint
A modern fake combining an eyes to heaven obverse of Constantine with a reverse of Liciniusmaridvnvm
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Constantine the Great, AE3, RIC VII Alexandria 22261 viewsObv:- IMP CONSTANTINVS AVG, Laureate, draped bust left, globe and sceptre in left hand, mappa in right hand
Rev:- IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG, Jupiter standing left, holding Victory on globe and scepter
RIC VII Alexandria 22
Modern cast forgery from a member's collection
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Constantine the Great, Av Medallion69 viewsObv:- INVICTVS CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG, Two busts, laureate, draped and cuirassed of Constantine with shield and Sol left
Rev:- FELIX ADVENTVS AVGG NN, Constantine on horse l., Victory advancing l., holding wreath; behind figure holding standard and spear.
SMT in exe
RIC VI 111
Dangerous examples. Struck from modern dies but they are evidently fake when compared with real examples.
Published in the IAPN BOC Vol 10, No. 1 in 1985 - Example 3
Image used with permission of IAPNmaridvnvm
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Constantine the Great, Gold 1 1/2 Solidus121 viewsObv:- CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG, Diademed, draped bust right
Rev:- GLORIA ROMANORVM, Roma seated left holding Victory on globe and sceptre, shield resting behind
Minted in Nicomedia (SMN in exe)
Fig 4a is the false coin - 6.59g
Published in the IAPN BOC Vol 18, No. 2 in 1993 - example 4a
Image used with permission of IAPNmaridvnvm
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Constantine the Great, Solidus, RIC VII Ticinum 31169 viewsGold Solidus
Obv:- CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, Laureate head right
Rev:- RESTITVTOR LIBERATIS, Emperor in military dress, standing left, with a short sceptre on his left arm, receiving a globe from Roma seated right on throne holding sceptre
Minted in Ticinum (SMT in exe)
Ref:- RIC VII Ticinum 31
Identified as a cast fake by Barry Murphy. The coin and other identical examples were derived from a genuine coin.
http://bpmurphy.ancients.info/images/misc/ticinumsolid.jpg
Submitted by Maridvnvmmaridvnvm
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Constantine the Great, Solidus, RIC VII Ticinum 31134 viewsGold Solidus
Obv:- CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, Laureate head right
Rev:- RESTITVTOR LIBERATIS, Emperor in military dress, standing left, with a short sceptre on his left arm, receiving a globe from Roma seated right on throne holding sceptre
Minted in Ticinum (SMT in ex)
Ref:- RIC VII Ticinum 31
Identified as a cast fake. The coin and other identical examples were derived from a genuine coin. Compare to other example identified by Barry Murphy.
http://bpmurphy.ancients.info/images/misc/ticinumsolid.jpgmaridvnvm
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Constantine the Great, Urbs Roma, AR half siliqua 147 viewsObv:- Helmeted bust of Roma right
Rev:- large P (rho)
Vagi 3039, previously attributed as Cayon 2270.1
Sold on ebay March 2008 by bulshop555.
Submitted by Maridvnvm maridvnvm
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Constantine, AE275 viewsJeff Clark noted: This is a very interesting find. It is of a completely different style than the current 1000s of fakes from uncleaned lots and of better quality. There are some very easy to highlight problems with this coin. First, both S's in CONS and TINVS on the obverse are sideways. There is no AVG at the end of the legend. The T's are completely wrong...actually most of the lettering is wrong...but the T's are very apparent with nice little wavy crossbars and too heavy a bar for the upright part. There is also an apparent lack of understanding of the mintmark. This would be an issue of the S U T variety from Ticinum. The Romans would not have used a V in this case for the U. Also, it should be a bronze coin.
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Constantine, see NOT IN RIC 7rom-183_con153 viewsOBVERSE: CONST-ANTINVSAVG [CONSTANTINVS AVG];
bust r., helmeted, cuir.
REVERSE: VIRTV-SAVGG [VIRTVS AVGG];
open camp gate with three turrets, open doors, arch over doors;
varying number of stone layers. P in left field, R in right field. RP in exergue.
NOT IN RIC 7rom-183_con1
REVERSE VARIETY. Camp gate with three turrets has no doors [ROME 165-174] or gate closed [ROME 175-183] (p. 315-316). Open doors are attested only for camp gate with four turrets [ROME 190-193] (p. 316-317). Coin should be listed after ROME 183.
WARNING! There are known fake copies of this type! See examples from OMNI. Foro de numismática: Fake Constantine 1, Fake Constantine 2.
First from Facebook, 2nd Fake Constantine 1, 3rd Fake Constantine 2.Pekka K
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Constantine, Spes Publica, RIC 7 1972 viewsObv: CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG, laureate head right.
Rev: SPES PVBLIC, chi-rho atop standard of 3 medallions impaling snake, A to left, CONSA in ex.
2.74 g
For sale at auction in Nov. 2015. Cast; duplicates known.Manuel
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Constantine, Spes Publica, RIC 7 1963 viewsObv: CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG, laureate head right.
Rev: SPES PVBLIC, chi-rho atop standard of 3 medallions impaling snake, A to left, CONSA in ex.
18 mm, 2.92 g
For sale at auction in Nov. 2015. Cast; duplicates known.Manuel
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Constantine, Spes Publica, RIC 7 1940 viewsObv: CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG, laureate head right.
Rev: SPES PVBLIC, chi-rho atop standard of 3 medallions impaling snake, A to left, CONSA in ex.
Sold January 2015 at Ebay by fake seller victoriqn.Manuel
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Constantine, Spes Publica, RIC 7 1937 viewsObv: CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG, laureate head right.
Rev: SPES PVBLIC, chi-rho atop standard of 3 medallions impaling snake, A to left, CONSA in ex.Manuel
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Constantine, SPES PVBLIC63 viewsOBVERSE: CONSTAN-TINVSAVG [CONSTANTINVS AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE: SPES-PVBLIC [SPES PVBLIC]
rev. legend across field; labarum, with three medallions on drapery and crowned by Christogram, pierces serpent. A in left field. CONS in exergue.
See Not in RIC 7con-12
Possibly tooled reverse. Coin presented in Facebook March 2016.Pekka K
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Constantine, SPES PVBLIC45 viewsOBVERSE: CONSTAN-TINVSAVG [CONSTANTINVS AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE: SPES-PVBLIC [SPES PVBLIC]
rev. legend across field; labarum, with three medallions on drapery and crowned by Christogram, pierces serpent. A in left field. CONS in exergue.
Original rev. (Camp Gate) ground off. New reverse engraved.
See Not in RIC 7con-12 and:
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=111069.0Pekka K
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Constantine. 307-337169 viewsAE 3, 330-333 AD.
Obv. VRBS ROMA, Helmeted and drapaped bust l.
Rev. Lupa Romana, Below Romulus and Remus, abowe two stars, In ex.: S M…
Strick.
Ilya Prokopov
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