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Home > Fake Coin Reports > Fake Roman Imperial Coins: Adoptive Emperors: Nerva - Commodus: AD 96 - 192

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ANNIUS VERUS (ANONYMOUS QUADRANS)102 viewsAE quadrans 160-166 AD Obv: Laureate head of a boy Rev; SC within laurel wreath.Location of the marks around the coins matching another FCR. For sale by a serious auction house April 2019. Promptly withdrawn after being advised. 1 commentsDominic T12/23/20 at 22:50cckk: This one keeps popping up but with a lot of fake ‘...
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Antoninus Pius with Marcus Aurelius as Caesar (138-161). Fake Sestertius (33mm, 26.63 g, 12h).166 viewsAntoninus Pius with Marcus Aurelius as Caesar (138-161). Fake Sestertius (33mm, 26.63 g, 12h). Laureate head of Antoninus Pius l. R/ Bare head of Marcus Aurelius r. Modern fake for study3 commentsJoe Sermarini12/19/20 at 10:04Din X: Sometimes altered coins are sold as fakes or added...
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Antoninus Pius with Marcus Aurelius as Caesar (138-161). Fake Sestertius (33mm, 26.63 g, 12h).166 viewsAntoninus Pius with Marcus Aurelius as Caesar (138-161). Fake Sestertius (33mm, 26.63 g, 12h). Laureate head of Antoninus Pius l. R/ Bare head of Marcus Aurelius r. Modern fake for study3 commentsJoe Sermarini12/07/20 at 13:02Joseph Sermarini: Sold as a modern fake.
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Traianus102 viewsA specimens of a Trajan Sestertius with PAX on the reverse, weight unknown, actually on sale on Ebay as "replica coins" but without marks as "COPY" or similiar.2 commentsIllyricum6511/23/20 at 06:07Pekka K: One coin with different background on pictures.
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Traianus102 viewsA specimens of a Trajan Sestertius with PAX on the reverse, weight unknown, actually on sale on Ebay as "replica coins" but without marks as "COPY" or similiar.2 commentsIllyricum6511/22/20 at 14:43Illyricum65: clone of a traianan sestertius
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Antoninus Pius with Marcus Aurelius as Caesar (138-161). Fake Sestertius (33mm, 26.63 g, 12h).166 viewsAntoninus Pius with Marcus Aurelius as Caesar (138-161). Fake Sestertius (33mm, 26.63 g, 12h). Laureate head of Antoninus Pius l. R/ Bare head of Marcus Aurelius r. Modern fake for study3 commentsJoe Sermarini02/19/20 at 19:04curtislclay: Looks like a struck original to me.
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Antoninus Pius, sestertius ric 770103 views20.07 gr
31 mm

Note.
Very soft details
fake patina

Ebay June 2019 by known fake seller numismatics.888
1 commentsokidoki06/25/19 at 00:13Christian H3: Thank you for adding.
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hadrian, sestertius ric 76169 viewsObv : HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P

Laureate and draped bust right

Rev : FORTVNAE REDVCI S C

Hadrian standing right holding roll, clasping hands with fortuna who holds cornucopia and rudder in left

Weight à 18.58 g

Diameter à 30 mm

maybe a tooled cast
Ebay September 2018 known fake seller coinsoftheworld27
1 commentsokidoki10/20/18 at 21:11Christian H3: Nice, curly hair - too fanciful to be authentic - ...
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Antoninus Pius Denarius61 viewsAntoninus Pius Denarius

Rome. AD 145 - AD 161

ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P Head of Antoninus Pius, laureate, right

COS IIII Clasped hands holding caduceus between two corn-ears

RIC III Antoninus Pius 136

Cast, see discussion at https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=116387.0
1 commentsRL08/16/18 at 00:51RL: 18mm 3.1g
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Aelius, Denarius, RIC 431 223 viewsObv:- L AELIVS CAESAR, bare head right
Rev:- TR POT COS II, Spes standing left, holding flower, cornucopiae & rudder.
RSC 52.

Modern style.

Sold on ebay October 2009
2 commentsmaridvnvm08/27/17 at 05:48Hans B2: I have also such a fake coin. With RFA-Methode we ...
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ULPIA MARCIANA42 viewsWife of Trajan. DIVA AVGVSTA MARCIANA, diademed and draped bust right, hair in elaborate Trajanic style
Reverse should be EX SENATVS CONSVLTO, SC in exergue, Marciana as Ceres, holding grain-ears, in carriage left, drawn by two elephants with mahouts. RIC 750 corr ("patera"; Woytek 725; Strack 447; BMCRE 1086-1087; Paris 793.
1 comments05/09/17 at 11:12Amir H: See what seller says: HELLO , THANK YOU FOR YOUR I...
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Hadrianus50 viewsFake Denarius, Metall: silver
Obv.: HADRIANUS AVGUSTUS
Rev.: COS III
Offered on Ukrainian auction VIOLITY
1 comments03/31/16 at 12:18Evgeniy B: Diameter - 18mm, Weight -2,95g
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Faustina Senior75 viewsDenarius of Faustina Senior (100-140 CE), wife of Antoninus Pius.
Obv: DIVA FAV/STINA Draped bust
Rev: AVGV/STA. Ceres veiled holding torch and scepter.
RIC III 356.
Cast copy, sold on Ebay as genuine.
1 commentsInigo03/25/16 at 16:11Inigo e: 3'13 gr. 18mm.
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Marciana53 viewsI think this one is same as coin in file 25.
Copy paste from file 25, user mdelvalle:
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Marciana, Posthumous Sestertius
Æ Sestertius (34 mm / 29 grs). Struck circa 112/4 AD.

Obv: DIVA AVGVSTA MARCIANA, draped bust right, hair elaborately dressed over brow, above which is a diadem, braided and bound up at the back.
Rev: EX SENATVS CONSVLTO, S C in exergue, Marciana, holding grain ears in right hand, sceptre in left, seated left on cart drawn by two elephants; each elephant has its own mahout.
RIC II #750 var. (Trajan; patera not grain ears); Strack #447 (Trajan); Banti #6; BMCRE #1086 (Trajan); Cohen #13 var. (same).
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Sold as a genuine on ebay by colchester1986, 19.03.2016.
1 comments03/16/16 at 13:58lazooro: (...)
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Antonius Pius, quinarius Liberalitas RIC 15555 viewsReference.
RIC #155; Mazzini p. 490; King #21d; Biaggi #736.

Obv: ANTONINVS - AVG PIVS PP
Laureate head r.

Rev: TR POT COS IIII,
Liberalitas standing l., holding abacus and cornucopiae; in exergue, LIB IIII.

1.63 gr
15.6 mm

Offered on ebay by fake seller Reitripio March 2016
1 commentsokidoki03/12/16 at 04:01Ilya Prokopov: Published: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/...
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Trajan cast sestertius88 viewsTrajan cast sestertius #5, g 20,95; mm 33; h 6; RIC 656
Offered for auction, June 2015, but withdrawn when detected as fake.
Obv.: IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laur. dr. bust r.
Rev.: IMPERATOR VIII / S C (in ex.), Trajan seated r. on platform addressing soldiers
1 commentsCharles S06/22/15 at 12:07Charles Schotman: Correction: this is cast sestertius #6 (not #5)
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Matidia144 viewsCast AE copy after a Paduan, itself copying RIC 761, Cohen 11, BMC 1088. Approx 33mm. 19th century
obv: MATIDIA AVG DIVA F MARCIANAE F draped bust of Matidia, niece of Trajan, r.
rev: PIETAS AVG Matidia as Pietas holding hands with dughters Sabina and Matidia Minor
1 commentscommodus06/29/12 at 10:05quisquam: Probably not paduan dies, since there are no Matid...
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Antoninus Pius Sestertius - RIC III 1004332 viewsObverse: ANTONINVSAVG PIVS PP TRP XXII. Antoninus Pius, Laureate, facing right
Reverse: TEMPLVMDIV AVG REST COS IIII S C, octastyle temple with Augustus and Livia. Unlike the authentic/unmodified coin (as pictured in RIC III, plate VI 114), the Augustus in this thing is hilariously waving at the viewer in this coin. Who knew the Princeps was such a friendly guy?

Sold on eBay on 12/29/2010 for $710 by moonstone_lovely, where it was misidentified as RIC 787 (a rare coin). This coin instead loosk like RIC 1004 (which is more merely scarce according to RIC III). In the opinion of Forvm experts, this coin is at best heavily tooled and repatinated, and most likely the underlying coin that was damaged to make this thing may not have even been an authentic sestertius.
1 commentsfnord12301/16/11 at 17:58helvetica: Tragic for the buyer, especially in these financia...
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Aelius, Denarius, RIC 431 223 viewsObv:- L AELIVS CAESAR, bare head right
Rev:- TR POT COS II, Spes standing left, holding flower, cornucopiae & rudder.
RSC 52.

Modern style.

Sold on ebay October 2009
2 commentsmaridvnvm01/03/11 at 12:30peter c: I have just bought a coin the same as this on ebid...
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Marcus Aurelius Sestertius Tooled202 viewsObv: MANTONINVSAVGTRPXXVI - Laureate head right.
Rev: IMPVICOSIII - Roma seated left, holding Victory and spear; shield below; S C across fields.
RIC 1034

Sold on eBay on Dec 17, 2010. Per forum discussion, this coin is heavily retooled/repatinated. It may be completely fake and tooled as a form of make-up.

Originally added by fnord123
1 comments*Alex12/13/10 at 14:53fnord123: Per forum discussion, this coin is either complete...
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Antoninus Pius AE As, Sow213 viewsAntoninus Pius Æ As.
Obv:- ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate head right
Rev:- S-C, Sow seated right under helm-oak, suckling four young, another before, SC in ex.

Sold on eBay by bulshop555 May 2008.

Submitted by Maridvnvm
1 commentsmaridvnvm10/29/10 at 00:19neander: :-))) excellent piglets! :-D
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Antoninus Pius973 viewsSubmitted to boards for identification August 2006.

Submitted by Maridvnvm
2 commentsmaridvnvm09/06/10 at 22:14Joe Sermarini: I believe it is a fantasy coin (that would mean a ...
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Hadrian with Trajan196 viewsDenarius
Obverse: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right. Text around IMP CAES TRAIAN HADRIANO OPT [AVG GER DAC].

Reverse: Trajan and Hadrian both laureate and togate, holding rolls in left hands and clasping right hands. Text around PARTHIC DIVI TRAIAN AVG F P [M TR P] COS PP. In exergue ADOPTIO. Diameter: 1.8cm

copy mark on one side

Sold on eBay Feb 2007

Submitted by gmazza
1 commentsGustavo Mazzarollo04/26/10 at 13:41Kained but Able: Where is the Copy mark?
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Hadrian 117 - 138245 viewsAureus 125-128
HADRIANVS – AVGVSTVS Laureate bust r., with drapery on l. shoulder.
Rev. COS She-wolf l., with twins; in exergue, III.
C 422 var. (no drapery). BMC 448. RIC 193d. Calicó 1233a.
Cast fake. Offered at ebay for star price 1 euros (feb 2009).
Identified by forum denarios.org
1 comments02/21/10 at 16:06Tigellinvs: CORRECTION: Error date: offered at ebay in feb 201...
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