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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 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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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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Constantine I, Ae3, RIC VII 321431 viewsObv: CONSTAN-TINVS AVG
Bust: Pearl diademed bust right
Rev: VIRTV-S AVGG
Campgate, 4 turrets, doors open, star above
Exe: SCONST. "S" in field left, "F" in right
Rated "C1" Arles mint
Sold on Ebay by Monneron.
Joe Sermarini: The authenticity of coins sold by monneron is disputed. At least one has been authenticated by David Sear. Other coins have been condemned by other experts. At this time it cannot be said with certainty if any or all the coins are genuine or if any or all the coins are fake.wolfgang336
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Constantius I, Follis, RIC - None929 viewsObv:- CONSTANTIVS NOB C AVG, Laureate bust right
Rev:- SACRA MONET AVGG ET CAESS NOSTR, Moneta standing left, holding scales and cornucopia
Minted in Siscia (* in left field, A in right field, SIS in exe.)
Ref:- RIC -.
Obverse legend CONSTANTINVS NOB C AVG does not exist for this coin. Should be "NOB CAES"
Offered on ebay Germany as genuine, seller truly did not know it was fake. He had bought 4 of them along with 5 fake Greek coins when on holiday in Turkey in Summer 2004.helvetica
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Constantius I, Follis, RIC - None591 viewsObv: CONSTANTINVS NOB C AVG
Bust: Laureate bust right
Rev: SACRA MONET AVGG ET CAESS NOSTR
Moneta standing left, holding scales & cornucopiae
Exe: SIS Star in field left, "B" in right
Ref: None. Fantasy coin
Die match, obverse and reverse, to another fake in this gallery.wolfgang336
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Constantius II, AE3, RIC - Unknown407 viewsObv: CONSTANTI-VS PF AVG
Bust: Rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: VICTORIAE DD AVGG Q NN
Two victories facing and holding wreaths
Ref: None
Example of uncleaned fakes which turned up enmasse in 2003, believed to have originated in Bulgaria. Quickly identified by the crude style, although originally thought to be Barbaric Imitations when first few appeared. Image courtesy Bob Bischoff at Petroni Coins
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Faustina Senior, denarius, RIC -172 viewsObv: DIVA FAVSTINA, bust right draped
Rev: AETERNITAS AVGG, Aeternitas facing left holding phoenix on globe lifting skirt with left hand.
Silver Denarius
Size: 21.45mm, 3.18g
Mint: Modern Bulgarian Product
Found: Mixed in with about a dozen authentic uncleaned coins from a reputable seller.
The AVGG was what caught my attention.
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Florian, Medallion63 viewsAE Medallion (33mm, 28 grs), circa 276 AD.
Obv: IMP C M ANN FLORIANVS AVG, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust r.
Rev: MO-NETA A-VGG, The three Monetae standing l., each holding scales and cornucopiae; at feet of each, a heap of coins.
Cohen #43; Gnecchi p. 115, #3; RIC pl. 12, #178; Toynbee p. 149 note 25 and pl. 47, #4. Musei Vaticani p. 113, #77.
Offered as Replica/Copy on Ebay (U.K.)
Dec/2011 mdelvalle
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Gordian I, Sestertius, RIC 14406 viewsObv: IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG
Bust: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right Rev: Rev: VIRTVS AVGG SC
Virtus standing left, leaning on shield, holding staff.
Diameter: 28-30mm
Ref: RIC 14, Cohen 15, Sear'88 2386
This has been on e-bay as both GI & GII
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Gordian II, Denarius, RIC 3289 viewsObv: IMP M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG.
Bust: Laureate draped bust right, seen from rear.
Rev: VIRTVS AVGG
Virtus standing left, right hand on shield, leaning on spear
Ref: RIC 3, RSC 14
Top coin sold at one day auction by power-of-love, a Toronto Fake.
2nd coin courtesy of Kevin at Barry & Darling coins
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Gordian II, Denarius, RIC 3209 viewsObv: IMP M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG.
Bust: Laureate draped bust right, seen from rear.
Rev: VIRTVS AVGG
Virtus standing left, right hand on shield, leaning on spear
Ref: RIC 3, RSC 14
Image courtesy of Kevin at Barry & Darling Coins
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Gordian III, Antoninianus, RIC 63551 viewsObv: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG
Bust: Radiate draped bust right
Rev: AEQVITAS AVGG
Equity standing left with scales and cornucopia
Ref: RIC 63, RSC 25, Sear'88 2429
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Gordian III. antoninianus - LIBERALITAS AVGG II154 viewsknown modern fake from eBayTibsi
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Herrenia Etruscilla, Denarius, RIC - None242 viewsObv: HERETRVS CILLA AVG
Rev: PIETAS AVGG
Size: 18mm
Weight: 3.47 g
Ref: None. Fantasy coin
Sold on Ebay as authentic ancient coin, 260 AD, by Syrian seller. Fantasy coin; Herrenia Etruscilla has no Pietas reverse listed.
Submitted by Bluefish
Note the obverse die match to other Herrenia Etruscilla fakes here.
Bluefish
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Honorius, Solidus, RIC X 1206404 viewsObv: D N HONORI-VS P F AVG
Bust: Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev: VICTORI-A AVGGG,
Honorius standing right, holding standard and Victory on globe, spurning captive seated left
Exe: COMOB "M" in field left, "D" in right
Date: 394-402 AD. Mediolanum mint
Ref: RIC X 1206; DOCLR 712ff; Depeyrot 16/2
First published in Bulletin on Counterfeits 21.2 (1996/7), p. 29.
This specimen from e-Bay (05/04)
A very good fake, identifiable as such in the photo only by the odd style of the obverse.
Added by Hydatius
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Licinius I, Argenteus, RIC - None237 viewsObv: LICINIVS PF AVG
Bust: Laureate head right
Rev: GLORIA EXERCITI AVGG NN
Emperor on horseback left
Exe: PR Rome Mint
Ref: None. Fantasy coin
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Licinius I, Argenteus, RIC - None309 viewsObv: LICINIVS PF AVG
Bust: Laureate head right
Rev: GLORIA EXERCITI AVGG NN
Emperor on horseback left
Exe: PR Rome Mint
Ref: None. Fantasy coin
Another example of this coin. This time with good quality images and in near mint state.
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Maurice Tiberius Forgery Sear F23138 viewsDescribed as a gold solidus, weighing 3.7 gr this coin was sent to Wildwinds for identification.
The obverse type and reverse type were - on genuine coins -. used about 200 years apart. This fake is published as forgery type F23 in Sear. It was ceated before 1974.
The obverse imitates solidi of Tiberius II Constantinus, the legend is blundered to oMIIbIONS T_OTPPAVI instead of dMTIbCONS TANTPPAVI. The beading on the obverse only goes halfway around the flan.
- This Concordia type (with Constantinopolis holding Victory) was used e.g. for Honorius and Arcadius, but only together with either a diademed bust right, or with the helmeted bust of the emperor facing, holding a spear over his shoulder.
- The globe on which the cross is placed is very badly engraved which makes is look as though the person who made this coin did not know what he was doing.
- There is no I in CONCORDIA.
- The star in the left field is very badly made.
- The figure of Victory held by Constantinopolis is atrocious with no facial details, just a square for the body and what appear to be three legs.
- the mintmark is completely fake - it should be CONOB or COMOB. There is no mintmark CONVV of any mint for any coin of any emperor.
Probably a highly polished brass or copper modern tourist fake.
[submitted by Helvetica, Oct. 2011]helvetica
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ORBIANA, Denarius, RIC IV 319468 viewsObv: SALL BARBIA ORBIANA AVG
Bust: Diademed and draped bust right
Rev: CONCORDIA AVGG
Concordia seated left on throne, holding patera and double cornucopiae
Date: 225 AD
Ref: RIC IV 319 (Severus Alexander), BMCRE 287 (Severus Alexander); RSC 1, Sear5 8191
Wife of Severus Alexander. Sold on eBay by "coinz4life". A Toronto Group forgery.
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Otacilia Severa, Antoninianus, RIC 125c392 viewsObv: M OTACIL SEVERA AVG
Bust: Diademed, draped bust right on crescent
Rev: CONCORDIA AVGG
Concordia seated left with patera and cornucopiae
Ref: RIC 125c, Cohen 4
Bulgarian hand struck forgery.
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