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CARACALLA52 viewsCARACALLA AR DENARIUS 198-217 AD MINERVA / 3.17 GM/ SRukke01/02/24 at 16:01Din X: IMP C MAVR SEVALEXAND AVG = Severus Alexander
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CARACALLA47 viewsCARACALLA AR DENARIUS 198-217 AD PART MAX / 3.64 GM/ SRukke01/02/24 at 16:01Din X: IMP C MAVR SEVALEXAND AVG = Severus Alexander
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Severus Alexander, Denarius, RIC - None301 viewsObv: IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG
Bust: Laureate, draped bust right
Rev: PAX AVG VSTI
Pax with olive branch and scepter.
Weight 3.2 grams
Ref: None. Coin never existed
"Fantasy" coin. This combination of Obv. & Rev. never existed. Image courtesy of Kevin at SeverusAlexander.com12/31/23 at 07:02Roman F: I found exactly this in a very weathered shape aft...
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Caracalla denarius48 viewsCaracalla denarius, 19.5 mm Diameter, 2.90 grams weight
CAst copy sold by NFS Saxby's on Jan 2014. SRukke09/09/23 at 16:18mdelvalle: RIC IV 51 Elagabalus denarius
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Diadumenian58 viewsDiadumenian sestertius, Dimitrovgrad studio dies, 23.8g
for sale on ebay in July 2018.vs196908/29/18 at 16:53Harry G: This coin has also been listed before July 2018. I...
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Septimius Severus34 viewsSeptimius Severus Aureus
Reproduction by Remoneda from modern dies and advertised for sale on their website.
Septimius Severus and Julia Domna AV Aureus. 200-201 AD. SEVERVS AVG PART MAX, laureate bust right, lion's skin over both shoulders / IVLIA AVGVSTA, draped bust of Domna right. RIC 161a; Sear 6525; Cohen 1.peterpil1910/02/17 at 09:11peterpil: Please delete, added to wrong photo
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Severus Alexander Denarius70 viewsToo many identical imperfections (compare letters) identify these two coins as made from a cast.
The more worn coin comes from the fake gallery and was identified by Curtis Clay "The style of the dies looks authentic to me, but I think this may be a modern cast combining an obverse of Alexander with a reverse of Maximinus Thrax"
mix_val07/11/17 at 13:23Din X: Style is modern! Lipanoff forgery
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Julia Domna, denarius, RIC 57463 viewsObv. IVLIA AVGVSTA, draped bust right.
Rev. PIETAS PVBLICA, veiled Pietas standing front, head left, at altar, raising both hands.
RIC IV, 1, p. 170, 574.
Cast fake.
Sold on ebay by machairidis14 in January 2015maridvnvm02/05/17 at 19:07Christian H3: Addition of exact weight would be helpful. Cast fa...
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Diadumenian - modern fantasy57 viewsDiadumenian. Modern fantasy "denarius"
M OPEL ANT DIADVMENIAN CAES, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right.
CONCORDIA AVG, Concordia seated left, holding patera and cornucopia.
No such reverse was struck on any genuine coins for Diadumenian.
Although this coin is apparently slabbed in a pronged holder, this is NOT an NGC Ancients holder. helvetica07/20/16 at 13:01bpmurphy: Although this coin is apparently slabbed in a pron...
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Septimius Severus67 viewsSeptimius Severus 193-211 Obverse SEVERVS PIVS AVG, Reverse ADVENTVS AVGVSTI; RIC 249
Wrong fabric pressed and style.Din X04/01/16 at 04:39Din X: Published IBSCC Bulletin on Counterfeits BOCS Vol ...
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Caracalla, Sestertius, RIC ???165 viewsObv:- M AVREL ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT, Laureate, draed and cuirassed bust right
Rev:- ??, Galley or platform??
Sold as a reproduction on ebay January 2009
maridvnvm12/02/10 at 17:10helvetica: This is supposed be the Circus. See RIC 500 exampl...
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Caracalla - Antoninianus191 viewsANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, radiate draped bust right / P M TR P XVIII COS IIII P P, radiate lion walking left, holding thunderbolt in its jaws.
RIC 273c RSC 322a.
similar to: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?album=2&pos=574J. B.07/31/10 at 16:22daverino: For sale (Aug. 2010) on fleabay by Tochniat
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Julia Mamaea sestertius126 viewsIVNO AVGVSTAE
Mamaea seated left, holding flower in right right, mix_val04/02/10 at 13:28mix_val: Sold by Remoneda, a seller of reproductions
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Macrinus, AD 217–218148 viewsAR Denarius,
Obv. IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate, cuirassed bust of Macrinus right, with short beard.
Rev. PONTIF MAX TR P II COS II P P, Securitas standing facing, head left, legs crossed and arm resting on short column, holding vertical scepter in right hand and shorter transverse scepter in left hand.
Struck, "Anton Tomov Collection" Sofia.
Ilya Prokopov03/15/10 at 20:15Mark Zema: Hey, I have one of these! :oops: Actually got a r...
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Julia Domna, Denarius, RIC 549159 viewsObv:- IVLIA AVGVSTA, draped bust right
Rev:- FECVNDITAS. Terra reclining left under tree, leaning on basket of fruits, right hand on globe; four figures (the Seasons) behind.
RIC 549, RSC 35, BMC 21
Modern cast fake.
Sold as authentic by 'roma-coins' on ebay June 2009maridvnvm02/24/10 at 02:09Scotvs Capitis: I now own this fake. I made the error of not consu...
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Severus Alexander Nymphaeum cast denarius184 viewsEbay cast coin (top) and British Museum Collection coin 323 (bottom). Comparison of the coins shows far too many similarities which makes me think that BMC coin was used to make the cast! Must have happened before it entered the collection.
mix_val08/07/09 at 19:52Rupert: Or the BM made and sold electrotypes, and one of t...
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IULIA DOMNA und GETA.182 views???06/29/09 at 13:27Frans Diederik: too good to be true!
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IULIA DOMNA und GETA.182 views???05/09/09 at 13:24numis08: no fake
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Elagabalus, Denarius, RIC 146384 viewsObv:- IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, horned & draped bust right
Rev:- SVMMVS SACERDOS AVG, Elagabalus standing left, sacrificing from patera over lit tripod altar, holding branch, star in field left.
RIC 146. RSC 276.
Sold on ebay May 2008 by trump**
Submitted by Maridvnvm. maridvnvm04/16/09 at 02:17Ryan C: I just bought a coin from this seller will let al...
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MACRINUS - SECURITAS Denarius146 viewsObv: IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG - Laureate and cuirassed bust r.
Rev: PONTIF MAX TR P II COS II P P - Securitas standing l., holding sceptre and leaning on column.
Offered for sale in Ebay by romanprosecutor as "authentic coins, ex private UK collection" mdelvalle03/30/09 at 04:53Ilya Prokopov: Cast from Lipanoff's prototype.
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Elagabalus, Denarius, RIC 146384 viewsObv:- IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, horned & draped bust right
Rev:- SVMMVS SACERDOS AVG, Elagabalus standing left, sacrificing from patera over lit tripod altar, holding branch, star in field left.
RIC 146. RSC 276.
Sold on ebay May 2008 by trump**
Submitted by Maridvnvm. maridvnvm02/15/09 at 22:42LAWRENCE C2: if this was in my hands I would deem it real, this...
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Elagabalus, Denarius, RIC 146384 viewsObv:- IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, horned & draped bust right
Rev:- SVMMVS SACERDOS AVG, Elagabalus standing left, sacrificing from patera over lit tripod altar, holding branch, star in field left.
RIC 146. RSC 276.
Sold on ebay May 2008 by trump**
Submitted by Maridvnvm. maridvnvm12/06/08 at 00:53C. Caesar Germ.: I am having trouble seeing what marks this as fake...
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Geta - PSEPTGETA PIVS AVG BRIT249 viewsObv: PSEPTGETA PIVS AVG BRIT
Rev: PMTRP XVI COS III PP
Sold on Ebay by maygo_3, from Akkar, North Lebanon, on April 2007.silvernut04/21/08 at 07:03maridvnvm: Sold again on ebay by the same seller April 2008
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Caracalla, Denarius, RIC -181 viewsObv.: ANTONINVS AVG PONT TR P IIII, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev:– P M TR P XVIIII COS IIII P P, Serapis, wearing polos on head, standing left, raising right hand and holding scepter
Combining the obverse and reverse of other known fakes into yet another fanasy variation.
Sold as original on ebay December 2007.
Submitted by Maridvnvmmaridvnvm12/06/07 at 19:29gibfrog: A published Slavey obverse die, see "Modern Counte...
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