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Electrotype (Galvanocopy) Edge Stamped GB189 viewsSome electrotype copies of coins from the British Museum and are marked GB on the edge. Joe SermariniApr 05, 2019
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Edge - Electrotype (Galvanocopy) Stamped GB213 viewsSome electrotype copies of coins from the British Museum and are marked GB on the edge. Joe SermariniApr 05, 2019
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Septimius Severus denarius23 viewsSeptimius Severus denarius
19 mm 2.80 gm
Obverse: SEVERVS AVG PART MAX
Laureate bust right.
Reverse:. RESTITVTOR VRBIS
Emperor in military tunic sacrificing over portable altar, holding inverted spear in left hand.
Good quality cast fake, but not silver. Could be dangerous in the right metal.Joe SermariniApr 05, 2019
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Balbinus Antoninianus23 viewsBalbinus Antoninianus
Wrong metal. Reverse of Tranquillina(?)Joe SermariniMar 28, 2019
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Otho Denarius RIC I 16 - Slavey27 viewsSilver denarius, RIC I 16 (R3), RSC II 24, BMCRE I 24, BnF III 21, Hunter I 6, SRCV I 2165, weight 3.520 g, maximum diameter 17.7 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, 15 Jan - Feb 69 A.D.; obverse IMP M OTHO CAESAR AVG TR P, bare head right; reverse VICTORIA OTHONIS, Victory walking left, wreath extended in right hand, palm frond in left hand; 23/1000 coins of this type in Jyrki Muona' Otho die-study; very rare.
This is a dangerous Slavey fake, struck with modern dies. The type is often sold as genuine and even found published as genuine in at least one reference. Joe SermariniMar 23, 2019
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Abdera Thrace, 346-336 BC, Silver Stater - Becker Forgery87 viewsTHRACE, Abdera. 346-336 BC. Silver Stater, Pausanias, magistrate. Griffin seated left, raising forepaw; above and below, magistrate's name EΠI ΠAYΣANIΩ / ABΔHPI-TEΩN, laureate head of Apollo right; all within shallow incuse square. May 467; AMNG II 139; Weber 2388.
Becker forgery circa 1830.Joe SermariniMar 23, 2019
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Thrace, Abdera, Silver Stater, Becker Forgery25 viewsTHRACE, Abdera. 346-336 BC. Silver Stater, Pausanias, magistrate. Griffin seated left, raising forepaw; above and below, magistrate's name EΠI ΠAYΣANIΩ / ABΔHPI-TEΩN, laureate head of Apollo right; all within shallow incuse square. May 467; AMNG II 139; Weber 2388.
Becker forgery circa 1830.Joe SermariniMar 23, 2019
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Thrace, Abdera, Silver Stater, Becker Forgery24 viewsTHRACE, Abdera. 346-336 BC. Silver Stater, Pausanias, magistrate. Griffin seated left, raising forepaw; above and below, magistrate's name EΠI ΠAYΣANIΩ / ABΔHPI-TEΩN, laureate head of Apollo right; all within shallow incuse square. May 467; AMNG II 139; Weber 2388.
Becker forgery circa 1830.Joe SermariniMar 23, 2019
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Alexander the Great Tetradrachm Price F6741 viewsAlexander the Great Tetradrachm Price F67 16.95g 27.0mm
cf. Tetradrachm, c. 315-294, Amphipolis, Price 481.
Struck or pressed with modern dies. Many examples known. Joe SermariniMar 22, 2019
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Sextus Pompey Denarius Struck or Pressed with Modern Dies48 viewsSextus Pompey, 44-43 BC. Denarius (Silver, 18.3 mm, 3.34 g, 12 h), mint moving with Sextus Pompey, probably at Massalia, under the fleet commander Q. Nasidius. NEPTVNI Bare head of Cn. Pompeius Magnus to right; below, dolphin swimming downwards; before, trident upwards. Rev. Q.NASIDIVS Galley sailing right; in the prow to right, commander standing right with his right hand raised in salute; in the stern, helmsman holding rudder; above left, star. Babelon (Nasidia) 1, (Pompeia (28). Crawford 483/2. CRI 235. Sydenham 1350. Joe SermariniMar 22, 2019
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Sextus Pompey Denarius Modern Dies Crawford 483/221 viewsObv. Head of Q. Nasidius, commander of the fleet. NEPTVNI behind, bare head of Pompey the Great right; dolphin right below; trident before.
Rev. Q NASIDIVS below, ornate galley advancing right with bank of rowers and under full sail; on the prow stands the hortator, and in the stern is seated a man guiding the rudder; six-rayed star in upper left field.
Crawford 483/2; CRI 235; Sydenham 1350; Kestner 3698; BMCRR Sicily 21-24; RSC 20 (Pompey the Great). Joe SermariniMar 11, 2019
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Sextus Pompey Denarius Modern Dies Crawford 483/216 viewsObv. Head of Q. Nasidius, commander of the fleet. NEPTVNI behind, bare head of Pompey the Great right; dolphin right below; trident before.
Rev. Q NASIDIVS below, ornate galley advancing right with bank of rowers and under full sail; on the prow stands the hortator, and in the stern is seated a man guiding the rudder; six-rayed star in upper left field.
Crawford 483/2; CRI 235; Sydenham 1350; Kestner 3698; BMCRR Sicily 21-24; RSC 20 (Pompey the Great). Joe SermariniMar 11, 2019
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Manlia Scantilla denarius, RIC IV 7a31 viewsManlia Scantilla. Augusta, AD 193, wife of Didius Julianus AR Denarius, Rome mint. Struck under Didius Julianus.
Av: MANL SCANTILLA AVG, draped bust right
Rv: IVNO RE GINA, Juno, veiled and draped, standing left, holding patera in outstretched right hand and vertical scepter in left; at feet, peacock standing left with head right.
2,94 gr 18 mm
RIC IV 7a (Julianus); RSC 2; BMCRE 11 (Julianus)
Cast confirmed from duplicates. Joe SermariniFeb 22, 2019
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AEGINA84 viewsAegina
24.5 mm. 4.2 mm height. 10.47 g. Sharp edge.
Cast with a strong seam. Joe SermariniFeb 10, 2019
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Seleukid Kingdom, Demetrios I Soter28 viewsModern dies published in IBSCC Bulletin on Counterfeits BOCS Vol 5 No.1/2 1980 Page 4 Fig 3
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pos=-18281
Seleukid Kings of Syria, Demetrios I Soter AR Tetradrachm. Antioch, dated SE 160 (153/2 BC). Diademed head right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ, Tyche seated left on throne decorated with Tritoness, holding short sceptre and cornucopiae; monograms in outer left field; ΞΡ (date) in exergue. SC 1641.5; SNG Spaer 1275; SMA 113. 16.27g, 30mm, 12h.Joe SermariniFeb 09, 2019
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Seleukid Kingdom, Demetrios I Soter24 viewsModern dies published in IBSCC Bulletin on Counterfeits BOCS Vol 5 No.1/2 1980 Page 4 Fig 3
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pos=-18281
Seleukid Kings of Syria, Demetrios I Soter AR Tetradrachm. Antioch, dated SE 160 (153/2 BC). Diademed head right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ, Tyche seated left on throne decorated with Tritoness, holding short sceptre and cornucopiae; monograms in outer left field; ΞΡ (date) in exergue. SC 1641.5; SNG Spaer 1275; SMA 113. 16.27g, 30mm, 12h.Joe SermariniFeb 09, 2019
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IONIA, Smyrna. c. 150-143 BC. AR Tetradrachm50 viewsIONIA, Smyrna. c. 150-143 BC. AR Tetradrachm, stephanophoric type. Poseidonios(?), magistrate. Turreted head of Tyche right / ZMYP/NAIΩN and magistrate's monogram within laurel wreath. Milne Autonomous 145; Milne, Silver 2, obv. die A; SNGvA 2161..
Pressed rather than struck, white metal with a matte surface - Dangerous.
IBSCC Bulletin on Counterfeits BOCS Vol 14 No.1 1989 Page 25 Fig 6b Joe SermariniFeb 09, 2019
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Caligula, aureus, Divo Augustus reverse43 viewsAV Aureus 37-38 AD, CALIGULA 37–41 AD Lugdunum. Bare head right C· CAESAR· AVG· GERM· P· M· TR· POT· COS. Rev. radiate head of Augustus right between two stars. RIC I 1; Cohen 10-11; BMC I 1. IBSCC Bulletin on Counterfeits BOCS Vol 14 No.1 1989 Page 11 Fig 8 Published fake Forgery Type: struck. Also made in silver. Joe SermariniJan 27, 2019
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Seleukid Kingdom, Seleukos I, Alexander Style Tetradrachm42 viewsSeleukos I Alexander style tetradrachm.
Seleukos I. Nikator, 312 - 281 B.C. Tetradrachm (14,24g). c. 300 - 295 B.C., Seleukeia am Tigris mint. Obv: Head of Herakles right wearing Nemean Lion's scalp. Rs.: BAΣIΛEOΣΩΣ - ΣEΛEΥKOΥ, Zeus Seated left on throne, nude to the waist, himation around hips and legs, eagle in extended right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, monogram left, ΔI below throne.
Houghton-Lorber SC 117.1c. Newell, ESM 4
Weight of this one is 14.99 and weight of almost identical piece is 14.24g, Weights of both are too low should be about 17.3g.
A known fake cast by the "Lebanese School."Joe SermariniJan 27, 2019
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Seleukid Kingdom, Seleukos I, Alexander Style Tetradrachm52 viewsSeleukos I Alexander style tetradrachm.
Seleukos I. Nikator, 312 - 281 B.C. Tetradrachm (14,24g). c. 300 - 295 B.C., Seleukeia am Tigris mint. Obv: Head of Herakles right wearing Nemean Lion's scalp. Rs.: BAΣIΛEOΣΩΣ - ΣEΛEΥKOΥ, Zeus Seated left on throne, nude to the waist, himation around hips and legs, eagle in extended right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, monogram left, ΔI below throne.
Houghton-Lorber SC 117.1c. Newell, ESM 4
Weight of this one is 14.24 and weight of almost identical piece is 14.99g, Weights of both are too low should be about 17.3g.
A known fake cast by the "Lebanese School."Joe SermariniJan 27, 2019
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Galba, denarius, RIC I 18619 viewsGalba. AD 68-69. AR Denarius. Rome mint. Struck circa July AD 68-January AD 69.
Obv : IMP SER GALBA – CAESAR AVG, Laureate head right
Rev : DIVA – AVGVSTA, Livia standing left, holding patera and scepter.
RIC I 186; RSC 55.
Sold with a group overstruck with modern dies on worn genuine ancient coins, but this looks as if it may be cast. In any case, it is certainly fake. Joe SermariniJan 27, 2019
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Zenobia, antoninianus, RIC 247 viewsObv:- S ZENOBIA AVG, diademed and draped bust right on a crescent
Rev:- IVNO REGINA, Juno standing facing, head left, holding patera in right hand, sceptre in left, peacock at her feet; star in left field.
RIC 2.
Overstruck with modern dies on a genuine worn ancient coin. Joe SermariniJan 27, 2019
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Labienus, Denarius, RSC 221 viewsLabienus, Denarius, RSC 2
Obv: Q LABIENVS PARTHICVS IMP, Bare head right
Rev: No Legend, Horse standing right, with bridle and saddle, to which a bag is attached
Date: 40 BC.
Ref:- Crawford 524/2; CRI 341; Hersh, "The Coinage of Quintus Labienus Parthicus," SNR59 (1980), 9, Sydenham 1357; RSC 2.
Overstruck with modern dies on a worn genuine denarius. Joe SermariniJan 27, 2019
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Julius Caesar, denarius, Elephant type, RSC I 4952 viewsobv: elephant advancing right, trampling on horned serpent CAESAR in exergue
rev: Pontifical implements (simpulum, aspergillum, securis, and apex)
cf: Crawford 443/1; Sear CRI 9; Sydenham 1006; RSC I 49
Overstruck with modern dies on a worn genuine ancient denarius. Dangerous fake. Joe SermariniJan 27, 2019
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