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Alexander III75 viewsAlexander III Tetradrachm, Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress / AΛEΞANΔΡOY, Zeus seated left, legs uncrossed, holding eagle, caduceus in left field.

Fake created by Repromeda and advertised for sale as a reproduction on their website

2 commentspeterpil1907/07/17 at 06:23Din X: I added modern dies

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...

Gordian III, 238-244 120 viewsAR Denarius, 2,9 gm, Roma 241
Obv: - IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, Dr., laur. cuir. bust r.
Rev: SALVS AVGVSTI, Salus stg. r., and feeding out of patera snake.
RIC 129A, RSC 325.
Cast.
1 commentsIlya Prokopov05/01/17 at 13:14peterpil: Higher quality photo would be ideal.

Constantine I70 viewsRIC VII Constantinople 13
Obv. Anepighraphic Laureate head right
Rev. CONSTAN/TINVS/AVG rev. legend in 3 lines, wreath above. CONSA in ex.
Original rev. ground off along with obv. legend. New reverse engraved.
1 commentsagord04/23/17 at 00:34agord: 3.07 grams,19.3mm

Philip of Macedon, Philip II, silver tetradrachm140 viewsAR tetradrachm
Obv:- Laureate head of Zeus right
Rev:- ΦIΛIΠ - ΠOY, naked youth on horse pacing right, holding long palm-branch, Thunderbolt? beneath

Stamped with COPY. Sold on ebay February 2008 as a reproduction.

Submitted by Maridvnvm1 commentsmaridvnvm03/28/17 at 07:03Ilya Prokopov: See: Prokopov, I. STEEL DIES FOR PRESSING COUNTERF...

Philip Arrhidaeus, Philip III, silver drachm172 viewsAR drachm, 18mm, 3.5g, Kolophon
Modern reproduction with COPY stamped below throne
Head Herakles right wearing lion skin headdress / ΦIΛIΠΠOY, Zeus seated left holding eagle and sceptre. Lyre in left field1 commentsJoe Sermarini03/28/17 at 06:58Ilya Prokopov: See: Prokopov, I. STEEL DIES FOR PRESSING COUNTERF...

Philip Arrhidaeus, Philip III, silver drachm95 viewsAR drachm, 18mm, 3.5g, Kolophon
Obv:- Head Herakles right wearing lion skin headdress
Rev:- ΦIΛIΠΠOY, Zeus seated left holding eagle and sceptre. Lyre in left field
Modern reproduction with COPY stamped below throne

Sold on ebay February 2008 as a reproduction.

Submitted by Maridvnvm 1 commentsmaridvnvm03/28/17 at 06:57Ilya Prokopov: See: Prokopov, I. STEEL DIES FOR PRESSING COUNTERF...

Sicily, Syracuse. Agathokles (317-289 BC). Fake Tetradrachm (24mm, 16.81g, 11h). 101 viewsSicily, Syracuse. Agathokles (317-289 BC). Fake Tetradrachm (24mm, 16.81g, 11h). Wreathed head of Arethusa l.; three dolphins around; NI below neck. R/ Charioteer driving quadriga l.; triskeles above, AI monogram in exergue. Cf. HGC 2, 1348. Modern fake for study1 commentsJoe Sermarini03/28/17 at 06:35Ilya Prokopov: See: Prokopov, I. STEEL DIES FOR PRESSING COUNTERF...

Genuine - Lost or Stolen - Domitian and Nerva Denarius97 viewsLot of 2 roman denarii from Domitian and Nerva, "lost" by Belgian post in Charleroi Airport international office, in November 2016.

DOMITIEN (81-96). Denarius, Rome. (Cohen, n° 289 - Giard, BnF, n° 201 - RIC, n° 187). Argent. 3,27g (6h). EF
NERVA (96-98). Denarius, Rome. Clasped hands. (Cohen, n° 22 - Giard, BnF, n° 39 - RIC, n° 26). Argent. 3,34g (6h). VF+

Lot of 2 coins, bought at Alde auction in Paris on 19th October 2016, here from the auction catalogue:

Please contact Cliff user on this forum if you see them elsewhere 1 commentsCliff03/18/17 at 11:19Cliff: Please contact Cliff user on this forum if you see...

Otho, Silver Denarius71 viewsObv: IMP M OTHO CAESAR AVG TR P
Bare head, right.
Rev: PAX ORBIS TERRARVM
Pax standing left, holding olive branch and caduceus.
2.6 gm, 16.5 mm
Branded a modern fake of the Toronto Group on FORVM Fakes Board.1 comments*Alex03/16/17 at 08:05Ilya Prokopov: See The dies: Prokopov, Sofia 2017, "Dimitrovgrad ...

Ptolemy Soter, Ptolemy I, silver tetradrachm135 viewsAR tetradrachm
Obv:- Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis
Rev:- BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY, Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, monogram in left field

Sold on ebay February 2008 as a reproduction.

Submitted by Maridvnvm 1 commentsmaridvnvm03/14/17 at 06:23Ilya Prokopov: Prokopov, Sofia 2017, "Dimitrovgrad Studio"no. 34

Fantasy Fake Baktrian Sophytes AV Stater73 viewsPurportedly derived from the Mir Zakah II Hoard this unique coin was condemned by Francois de Callataÿ in his analysis Pourquoi le «distatère en or au portrait d’Alexandre»
est très probablement un faux moderne in Revue Numismatique 2013 (Vol. 170)

Summary – The recent publication of the proceedings of the conference held in 2007 concerning the unique gold “distater” with the portrait of Alexander the Great (Holt, BopearaCHCHi 2011), including the eagerly awaited metal analyses, combined with the appearance of a critical review of that book (BraCey 2011), invites reconsideration of the problem by adding some new arguments, classified in decreasing order of their power of conviction. Out of the 17 presented arguments, two seem to us to create an impossibility while nine others make it unlikely that the piece could be genuine. In addition, reasons are given why the gold stater of Sophytes is surely a fake.1 commentsn.igma02/26/17 at 23:08n.igma: Exhibited at Musée Archéologique Henri Prades – La...

Constantine Solidus, RIC VI 81562 viewsCopy from this dies: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pos=-17978

For sale on Ebay.1 commentsManuel02/15/17 at 10:28Ilya Prokopov: See: Prokopov, Ilya S. COIN COLLECTIONS AND COIN H...

Titus - dolphin over tripod56 viewsTitus, as Augustus, fake AR Denarius.
IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M, laureate head left.
TR P IX IMP XV COS VIII P P, dolphin right over palm branch and two ravens perched left and right on tripod.
RIC 129; RSC 323; Sear 2518.
A genuine version can be seen here:
http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/titus/RIC_0129.jpg

Although this coin is apparently slabbed in a pronged holder, this is NOT an NGC Ancients holder.
1 commentshelvetica02/10/17 at 11:32bpmurphy: Although this coin is apparently slabbed in a pron...

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 20151 commentsmaridvnvm02/05/17 at 19:07Christian H3: Addition of exact weight would be helpful. Cast fa...

Titus 79 viewsfake titus sestertius, Widrawn from Baldwin the New York sale in Jan 2015, reported as fake in forum and sold as original sept. 2015.
titus (AD 79-81), Æ Sestertius, 24.48g, 6h. Mint of Rome, struck as Caesar, AD 72. T CAES VESPASIAN IMP PON TR POT COS II , head facing right, laureate. Rev. S C (in exergue), Titus, holding a branch and a sceptre, d riving a quadriga right, a wreath on front of car and Victory advancing right on the side (RIC 431)1 commentsantesignanvm01/19/17 at 19:53Cliff: This coin has been sold again in auction in Janua...

messana66 viewsRÖMISCHE REPUBLIK
Republik - Anonym
Anonyme Prägungen
AE-25mm (13,49 g), Messana 264. Av.: behelmter Kopf d. Minerva links, davor ROMANO. Rv.: Adler steht links, schaut rechts, links ROMANO. Crawf:23/1; Albert:46

used to make fake

http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pos=-184104 commentsDin X12/21/16 at 08:44Din X: Yes, Sicilan. Somehow they are linked to Bulgaria,...

Agrippa321 viewsAppears to be a modern struck copy of the Agrippa As:
10.84 g, 27.68 mm.
Agrippa, AE As. Struck under Caligula, 37-41 AD. M AGRIPPA L F COS III, head left wearing rostral crown / S-C, Neptune standing facing, head left, naked except for cloak draped behind him and over both arms, holding dolphin in right hand and vertical trident in left.
RIC 58; Cohen 3; Sear 1812.
Reasons that I believe this to be a fake:
1) File marks visible at the top around the edge.
2) The dolphin's tail has three parts, whereas on genuine coins it only has two, as it does in real life.
3) Dots all over the reverse which do not appear on any genuine versions that I have seen (e.g. to the left and right and beneath the bottom edge of the chlamys which is hanging down on the left and beneath the bottom edge of the chlamys which is hanging down on the right)
4) The side edges of the chlamys part on the left appear to be missing.
5) There is an additional slightly sloping line going from beneath his left armpit (i.e. on the right of the image) towards the C which should not be there.2 commentshelvetica12/15/16 at 11:40Vipsanius: interesting one, the style is o.k. in my opinion, ...

messana66 viewsRÖMISCHE REPUBLIK
Republik - Anonym
Anonyme Prägungen
AE-25mm (13,49 g), Messana 264. Av.: behelmter Kopf d. Minerva links, davor ROMANO. Rv.: Adler steht links, schaut rechts, links ROMANO. Crawf:23/1; Albert:46

used to make fake

http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pos=-184104 commentsDin X12/15/16 at 07:01Din X: The dies are made of bronze. These fakes dies are ...

messana66 viewsRÖMISCHE REPUBLIK
Republik - Anonym
Anonyme Prägungen
AE-25mm (13,49 g), Messana 264. Av.: behelmter Kopf d. Minerva links, davor ROMANO. Rv.: Adler steht links, schaut rechts, links ROMANO. Crawf:23/1; Albert:46

used to make fake

http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pos=-184104 commentsDin X12/15/16 at 06:52Ilya Prokopov: Looks like a couple of cast dies! Interesting than...

Mamertini58 viewsfake vs fake die

SICILY. Mamertini. Bronze unit (7.33 gm, 20 mm). Ca. 278-264 BC. ???????, helmeted head of Adranus left / Dog standing right, F above, ????????O[?] in exergue. Calciati 20. SNG ANS 418.

Fake modern dies can be seen here
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=107660.0

The die is damaged above the dog (2 holes) were transfered on the fakes.2 commentsDin X11/01/16 at 05:54Din X: I own 80 of these fake dies including this one, bu...

Mamertini58 viewsfake vs fake die

SICILY. Mamertini. Bronze unit (7.33 gm, 20 mm). Ca. 278-264 BC. ???????, helmeted head of Adranus left / Dog standing right, F above, ????????O[?] in exergue. Calciati 20. SNG ANS 418.

Fake modern dies can be seen here
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=107660.0

The die is damaged above the dog (2 holes) were transfered on the fakes.2 commentsDin X10/31/16 at 23:59Joss: Where did you find pictures of fake dies?

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