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Caligula / Nero Claudius Drusus denar0 viewsForger's invention, combining known types that were never struck together.
Obv. denarius of Caligula of 37-8 AD.
Rev. the obv. of a denarius of Nero Claudius Drusus struck by Claudius.
Shown on Facebook June 2023.
See also: https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pid=560Pekka KJun 03, 2023
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Elymais3 viewsUncertain Early Arsacid Kings (sold as Kamnaskires V)
Tetradrachm
Van't Haaff type 10.3
Examples of cast fakes sold by eBay seller haji_786 (of Thailand)KamnaskiresMay 29, 2023
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Fake Danubian Rider Lead Votive Plaque 1 viewsFake Danubian Rider Lead Votive Plaque
H: 129mm
W: 89mm
D: 7mm
Weight: 392gJoe SermariniMay 16, 2023
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Athens Tetradrachm Old Style3 viewsANCIENT GREEK COIN ATTICA ATHENS OWL SILVER TETRADRACHM CA 450 BC 26mm 16.9gr
26.3mm, 16.9 grJoe SermariniMay 16, 2023
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Fake Cuniform Tablet1 viewsANCIENT NEAR EASTERN TERRACOTTA TABLET WITH EARLY FORM WRITING - CIRCA 3000BC
H: 55mm
W: 45mm
D: 18mm
Weight: 69gJoe SermariniMay 16, 2023
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8 viewsC. 470-440 BC
Obverse: Eagle standing left.
Reverse: Crab.
Ref: Randazzo 13
Weight: 16.82g
Size: 26mm
Comments: There seems to be only one obverse die with the claws of the eagle exactly like this one in Ulla Westermark, "The Coinage of Akragas and this is O10.
This is a problem, because the N is recut wrong in the transfer die and so different on the authentic coins!
The wrong recut N only found on the transfer die fakes :(
The surface are unusual and soapy indicating it could be a cast fake.
There are unusual artifacts on the obverse and reverse, and are not found on authentic coins so they must be either die flaws in the transfer dies or casting defects or lumps. The weight is slightly lower than is typically found. There are no remnant/evidence of casting sprues typically found on these coins.
paul1888Apr 29, 2023
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Myrina, Aeolis. AR Tetradrachm3 viewsMyrina, Aeolis. AR Tetradrachm. MODERN FORGERY.
Copying an issue from ca 155–145 BC.
Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right, hair in three braids,
Rev: MYRINAIWN downwards to left of Apollo of Gryneium,
laureate and with long, draped loins, standing right,
holding patera and filleted branch, omphalos and amphora at
foot right, DYoI monogram in left field, all within laurel
wreath.
Copying Sacks 24; Paris H2096; De Luynes 2532
IBSCC Bulletin on Counterfeits BOCS Vol 5 No.1/2 1980 Page 8 Fig 2
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more of these fakes:
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=131298.0Neko BApr 28, 2023
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Augustus, Caius, Lucius & Julia, AR Denarius, RIC 4042 viewsObv:- DIVI F AVGVSTVS, bare head right
Rev:- C MARIVS TRO III VIR, heads of Lucius, Julia and Caius right, wreath above.
RIC 404, RSC 1, BMC 106
Modern reproduction
Facebook April 2023Pekka KApr 27, 2023
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John III Vatatzes (1222-1254)1 viewsModern gold (plated?) and copper copies of the hyperpyron S.2073 of John III from the same dies.
Note that the reverse of the top coin is upright but should be inverted.
From a series of modern copies of the hyperpyron from a number of dies. (See also earlier file by commodus).
The bottom coins appear to be cast copies of the top coin.glebeApr 21, 2023
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Artabanos II10 viewsDrachm
Sellwood 63.6
Cast fake sold as a Vologases drachm by eBay seller haji_786 of Thailand.KamnaskiresMar 24, 2023
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Menander AE modern fantasy3 viewsObv: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΟΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ, diademed bust right.
note: legend setup as for round flan.
Rev: look a like Kharosti legend, maybe Athena standing left.
See: https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=88114
topic: https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=130997.msg783010#msg783010Pekka KMar 20, 2023
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Constantinus IX. Monomachos, 1042 - 1055, AR "Beischlag"2 viewsCopy of Histamenon SBCV 1831 made in silver, like https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=8626732
obv: + IhS XIS REX REGNANTInm
rev: + CWnSTAnT-noS bASILEVS Rm
See topic: https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=130998.msg783020#msg783020Pekka KMar 20, 2023
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Judaea, First Revolt , Year 1 Silver Shekel9 viewsobv: Omer cup. legend (trans.): SHEKEL OF ISRAEL. Dated above cup
rev: stem with pearled base & 3 pomegranates. legend (trans.): JERUSALEM THE HOLY
Modern dies, like: https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pid=10581
Topic: https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=130846.msg782262#msg782262Pekka KMar 19, 2023
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Marcus Aurelius Denarius Struck With Modern Dies7 viewsSilver denarius, Die-engraver "Slavey Studio - Haskovo I" I. Prokopov 2003, no. 135, Struck fake, weight 2.600 g, maximum diameter 19.4 mm, die axis 225o, obverse AVRELIVS CAES ANTON AVG P II F, bare head right; reverse TR POT XI COS II, goddess standing left, patera in right hand, lyre in left hand
Joe SermariniMar 13, 2023
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12 viewsIs this fake?Traci BMar 12, 2023
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7 viewsIs this fake?Traci BMar 12, 2023
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Caracalla & Geta, Geta Damnatio Memoriae, Stratoniceia, Caria AE272 viewsBronze AE 36, cf. SNG von Aulock 2686, SNG Cop -, SNGvA -, Lindgren -, bust of Geta effaced, 26.60g, 36.5mm, Stratoniceia (Eskihisar, Mugla Province, Turkey) mint, 209 - 212 A.D.; obverse AVT K M AVP ANTΩNEINOC, 2nd half of legend (referring to Geta) removed, laureate bust of Caracalla right, bust of Geta on right intentionally erased, central oval countermark of head right, QEOY in another below; reverse EΠIΠΠY IOYΛIA ∆OMNO IEPOKΛEOY CTPATONIKEΩN, Hekate standing half left, holding patera over altar in right hand, torch in left hand, tiny bird at foot right; RR stamp on edge, Robert Ready electrotypeJoe SermariniMar 11, 2023
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Mithradates II (Parthia)2 viewsDrachm
Sellwood type 26
Cast fake in the wrong metal, listed as ancient by eBay seller uddiyanaart4 (Thailand), March 2023.KamnaskiresMar 05, 2023
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Gordian III - CARIA, Aphrodisias. Æ 3 Assaria1 viewsObv:- Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right
Rev:- Centaur standing right, holding bow and arrow.
MacDonald, Coinage, Type 184 (O232/R426); Weber 6407; SNG München -; SNG von Aulock 2462; SNG Copenhagen -.
Sold as part of a job lot on eBay by seller Glbe02, February 2023Harry WFeb 27, 2023
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Gordian III, fake RIC 84. Antoninianus8 views
IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate, draped bust right.
IOVI STATORI, Jupiter standing front, looking right holding sceptre and thunderbolt.
Modern fake of RIC 84; Sear 8615; RSC 109.
Sold on an Eastern European auction site, January 2023. After receiving the coin, the purchaser was suspicious of the odd "feel" of the coin and had its metal content electronically examined at a local university. The metal comprised of nearly 70% zinc (normal is up to 25%) and was identical to a number of similar coins which the professor had already come across.helveticaFeb 21, 2023
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Antoninus Pius CONSECRATIO eagle denarius3 viewsModern Fakes
Divus Antoninus Pius Denarius.
DIVVS ANTONINVS, bare head right.
CONSECRATIO, Eagle standing right, head left.
modern fakes of RIC 429; RSC 154 and BMC 41, struck under Marcus Aurelius.
Two examples from identical dies, including the deliberate damage in the same places, offered on an Eastern European auction site, January 2023.helveticaFeb 21, 2023
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Artabanos I (Parthia)6 viewsDrachm
Sellwood type 22
Cast fakes sold as “Unresearched Ancient Parthian Drachm Coin” by eBay seller antiques-and-artefacts-uk.KamnaskiresFeb 03, 2023
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Gotarzes II (Parthia)6 viewsTetradrachm
Sellwood type 65
Cast fakes sold as “Unresearched Ancient Parthian Drachm Coin” by eBay seller antiques-and-artefacts-uk.KamnaskiresFeb 03, 2023
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