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Antonia and Claudius114 viewsAntonia AE Dupondius. 28.51 mm, 10.60 gr. ANTONIA AVGVSTA, draped bust right / TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP S-C, Claudius, togate, standing left, holding simpulum. Cohen 6.
RIC 92; Cohen 6; Sear 1902.
The figure of Claudius is too stiff, too many fold lines in his toga, Antonia's neck is too short, lettering much too large on both sides.
Genuine examples:
http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/antonia/RIC_0092.1.jpg
http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/antonia/RIC_0092.2.jpg
http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/antonia/RIC_0092.3.jpg
Offered to an auction house in England together with a number of other modern, struck fakes, in Sept/Oct 2014.helvetica
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Antoninus Pius & Marcus Aurelius, Denarius, RIC 417a964 viewsObv:- ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, Laureate head of Pius right
Rev:- AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII F COS, Bare head of Aurelius right.
Date: 140 AD
Ref: RIC 417a, RSC 15, BMC 155
Sold on Ebay as a reproduction. "R" stamped on coin
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Antoninus Pius - temple sestertius35 viewsAntoninus Pius fake Sestertius
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P (TR P XX II)
TEMPLVM DIV AVG REST, S C, COS IIII in ex. temple of Augustus and Livia.
30.60 x 30.00 mm. 26.63 g
The huge giveaway signs are the letters on the reverse.
They all have an indentation around the letters. These indentation are caused by blocks of metal with letters on them which were used to stamp the letters into the metal.
On genuine coins the letters were hand-engraved into the die, and struck together with the rest of the image in one work job, not stamped separately.
Another giveaway are the figures on the reverse. There should only be Augustus and Livia, and not have a child between them.helvetica
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Arcadius, Ae3,650 viewsObv: D N ARCADIUS P F AVG
Bust: Diademed draped and cuirassed, right.
Rev: SALVS REIPVBLICAE
Victory advancing left carrying trophy on shoulder and dragging captive.
Exe: SMN
Ref: None. Fantasy coin. Mint mark to early for coin.
Part of a 1000 coin lot from Germany/Bulgaria. GregK
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Augustus91 viewsAugustus AE 24.93 mm, 11.50 gr. Uncertain mint in Cyprus or Syria, ca 25 BC. CAESAR, bare head of Augustus right / AVGVSTVS within laurel wreath. RIC 486; BMCRE 731, RPC 2235.
Lines of hair too simple, face is wrong for Augustus. The form of the "R" of CAESAR in incorrect. Leaves of the wreath too large making the legend squashed together.
Genuine examples:
http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/augustus/RIC_0486.jpg
http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/augustus/RIC_0486_2.jpg
Offered to an auction house in England together with a number of other modern, struck fakes, in Sept/Oct 2014.helvetica
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Augustus Caesar229 viewsSold in Brazilian eBay as a perfect copy of Augustus bronze the reverse is of Marc AntonyGustavo Mazzarollo
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Augustus, AV Aureus, Struck circa 12 BC. 225 viewsObv:- CA-ES-AR, youthful, bare head right; all within oak wreath
Rev:- AVG-VST across field, candelabrum, ornamented with rams’ heads and surmounted by a crescent; all within a floral wreath entwined with two bucraniums and two pateras.
RIC I 539; BMCRE 683
Fig 20a is the false coin - 7.92g
Fig 20b is genuine from London - 7.96g (photo from cast)
Fig 20c is genuine silver denarius from the same pair of dies - ex Ars Classica 17, 1934. Lot 1226
This coin is part of what IAPN/BOC coined as the British Museum Forgers (BMF) production. These are coins based on electrotypes of coins from the British Museum (BM) that have been used to create new dies that have been enhanced in various ways. These coins are considered dangerous counterfeits and caused a lot of embarrassment amongst dealers in the mid-late 1980s when they made it through onto the market.
Whilst being dangerous they all share certain characteristics:-
a) the relief on the coin type is much more rounded and fuller than on the original coin and is often higher
b) many of the coins show no sign of any real wear but lack sharpness giving the impression of being weakly struck
c) the coin is known in an example from the same dies in the BM collection
d) the coin differs in very small ways and these changes are areas of either wear or damage on the BM coin
e) the area of join between the coin type and the flan is never really sharp
f) on gold coins the fields tend to be perfectly flat with some wavyness or convexity on the reverse. The surfaces are so perfect they look like melted chocolate
g) the pattern of wear makes no sense with very clear details on areas which are higher in relief than more flat or worn ones
This coin is so marvellous looking that no one wanted it to be fake. By using a denarius from the same die pair we can see that the hair above the ear has not been properly re-cut to make it look less worn. Several other details including some lettering differ from the denarius and all combined are enough to condemn the coin.
Published in the IAPN BOC Vol 17, No. 1 in 1992 - Example 20
Image used with permission of IAPNmaridvnvm
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Augustus, Cistophor, RIC 83, 527338 viewsObv: IMP CAESAR
Rev: Bare head right
Rev: AVGVSTVS
Sphinx high-laid wings right, sitting
Date: 27-25 BC
Ref: RIC 83, 527, BN I 146, 927, RPC I 2204
Sold on Ebay as a Rosa copy. Rim stamped with "B"
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Augustus, Denarius, RIC 207/2101160 viewsObv: CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER PATRIAE
Bust: Laureate head right
Rev: AVGVSTI F COS DESIG PRINC IVVENT
Gaius and Lucius standing front, each with hand resting on round shield and spears, simpulum right and lituus left in field above, "X" between.
C L CAESARES
Ref: 1) RIC 207, BMC 533, RSC 43
or
2) RIC 210, BMC 540, RSC 43b
Sold on Ebay by "narendra98", an alias of the Toronto Group. maridvnvm
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Augustus, Denarius, RIC 211/212902 viewsObv: CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER PATRIAE
Bust: Laureate head right
Rev: AVGVSTI F COS DESIG PRINC IVVENT
Gaius and Lucius standing front, each with hand resting on round shield and spears, simpulum right and lituus left in field above, "X" between.
C L CAESARES
Ref: 1) RIC 211, BMC 537, RSC 43a
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2) RIC 212, BMC 538, RSC 43d
Sold at one day private auction by bricklayeranc, a Toronto Group fake.
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Augustus, Denarius, RIC 211/212717 viewsObv: CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER PATRIAE
Bust: Laureate head right
Rev: AVGVSTI F COS DESIG PRINC IVVENT
Gaius and Lucius standing front, each with hand resting on round shield and spears, simpulum right and lituus left in field above, "X" between.
C L CAESARES
Ref: 1) RIC 211, BMC 537, RSC 43a
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2) RIC 212, BMC 538, RSC 43d
Sold on Ebay by a member of the Toronto Group. whitetd49
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Balbinus, Antoninianus, RIC 10865 viewsObv: IMP CAES D CAE L BALBINVS AVG
Bust: Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: CONCORDIA AVGG
2 hands clasping
Diameter: 21mm Weight: 4.51g
Ref: RIC 10, RSC 3, Sear 2394
Bulgarian imitation from false modern dies
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Balbinus, Antoninianus, RIC 11527 viewsObv: IMP CAES D CAE L BALBINVS AVG
Bust: Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: FIDES MVTVA AVGG
2 hands clasping
Ref: RIC 11, BMC 71
Sold on Ebay by a member of the Toronto Group. Cast forgery. forgery.whitetd49
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Balbinus, Antoninianus, RIC 11326 viewsObv: IMP CAES D CAE L BALBINVS AVG
Bust: Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: FIDES MVTVA AVGG
2 hands clasping
Ref: RIC 11, BMC 71
Sold at one day private auction by bricklayeranc. A Toronto Group fake
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Balbinus, Antoninianus, RIC 11488 viewsObv: IMP CAES D CAE L BALBINVS AVG
Bust: Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: FIDES MVTVA AVGG
2 hands clasping
Ref: RIC 11, BMC 71
For sale on eBay 11/13/2004 by Toronto Group, ID "priapuslarge".
Submitted by Joe Sermarini
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Balbinus, Denarius, RIC 03253 viewsObv: IMP CD CAE L BALBINVS AVG
Bust: Laureate, draped bust right
Rev: LIBERALITAS AVGVSTORVM
Libertas standing left holding cornucopia and cadeus
Ref: RIC 3
Sold on Ebay by "bricksoftime" (Toronto Group)as an original coin in 1 day private auction.
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Balbinus, Denarius, RIC 08314 viewsObv: IMP C D CAE L BALBINVS AVG
Bust: Laureate, draped bust right
Rev: VICTORIA AVGG.
Victory standing, looking left, holding wreath and palm branch.
Date: 238 AD Rome Mint
Ref: RIC 8, BMC 37, Cohen 27
Image courtesy of Kevin at Barry & Darling Coins.
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Balbinus, Sestertius, Cohen 13335 viewsObv: CAES D CAE L BALBINVS AVG
Bust: Laureate, draped cuirassed bust right
Rev: LIBERALITAS AVGVSTORVM S C
Balbinus, Pupienus and Gordian III standing left on platform, accompanied by soldier, watching as Liberalitas dispenses coins to a citizen mounting the steps.
Ref: Cohen, vol 5, pag. 10, n°13.
Sold on Ebay as museum quality reproduction.
whitetd49
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Caligula35 viewsCaligula and Antonia as Salus
Copying an official issue from Carthago Nova, Spain.
G CAESAR AVG GERMANIC IMP P M TR P COS, laureate head of Caligula right.
CN ATEL FLAC CN POM FLAC II VIR Q V I N, SAL-AVG across fields, head of Antonia as Salus right
RPC 185; Cohen 1 (as Césonie et Caligula).
Submitted to wildwinds for addition, Oct. 2017.
Genuine versions of this issue tend - in the often-seen Hispanic style - to have slightly barbaric looking heads (especially the head of Caligula) and the II on the reverse is always barred. See a genuine version of RPC 185 on www.wildwinds.com/ric/caligula/i.htmlhelvetica
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Caligula and Agrippina, Denarius, RIC 14349 viewsObv: C CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR POT
Bust: Laureate head right
Rev: AGRIPPINA MAT C CAES AVG
Bust: Draped bust right, hair in plait behind
Date: 37-41 AD
Ref: RIC 14, RSC 2, BMC 15 sear5 1825
Sold at one day private auction on Ebay by "power of love", a Toronto Group Forgery
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Caligula and Agrippina, Denarius, RIC 14287 viewsObv: C CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR POT
Bust: Laureate head right
Rev: AGRIPPINA MAT C CAES AVG
Bust: Draped bust right, hair in plait behind
Date: 37-41 AD
Ref: RIC 14, RSC 2, BMC 15 sear5 1825
Image courtesy of Kevin at Barry & Darling Coins.
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Caligula and Germanicus, Denarius, RIC 12424 viewsObv: C CAESAR AVG GERM PM TR POT
Bust: Laureate head right
Rev: GERMANICVS CAES PC CAES AVG GERM
Bust: Bare head right
Ref: RIC 12, RSC 4, BMC 12
Sold at one day private auction on Ebay by "power of love", a Toronto Group Forgery
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Caracalla143 viewsAnother non-existent fantasy. This time Caracalla is the victim.
This obverse legend ANTONINVS AVG PONT TR P IIII was used on one single gold coin coin of Caracalla and one single silver coin, and for nobody else. The gold Aureus had Victory on the reverse, the silver denarius had the bust of Geta.
In addition, it is very unlikely that he would have used the Pudicitia reverse for his coinage as it is a reverse generally used for womens' coins. And a ponce he was not !
This object is a fake.
Sent to wildwinds for identification, July 2010
Submitted by Helvetica.helvetica
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Caracalla101 viewsObv: ANTONINVS PIVS AVGG BRIT, radiate, draped bust right
Rev: P M TR P XVIIII COS IIII P P, Serapis standing facing, holding sceptre, right hand raised.
Supposed to be silver.
1. Caracalla did not use the AVGG on his obverse legends.
2. Caracalla began using the word BRIT (for Britannia) on his coins from 211 AD.
3. It looks like the person who made it started to make the obverse legend ANTONINVS PIVS AVG G(ERM) then changed it at the last moment to the ending of (B)RIT. However, the AVG GERM legend was not used until 215, so 4 years after the BRIT series and it is unlikely that a genuine mint engraver would make a mistake like this.
4. This object is supposed to represent Serapis (RIC 216) but the person who made it forgot to add Serapis's modius (on his head). No genuine engraver of genuine dies would ever forget to engrave the modius on Serapis' head. The modius is the single, most important and distinctive feature of Serapis.
5. The spacing of the lettering is very uneven. Genuine coins have the legends well balanced with about the same number of letters on the left and on the right. On this object you have 12 letters on the left and only 8 on the right with large gaps between the last letters to fill the space.
Sent to wildwinds for identification, Jan. 2011helvetica
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