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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.
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Antonia dupondius165 viewsAntonia Minor. Augusta
Æ Dupondius, Rome mint. Struck under Claudius, AD 41-42.
Obv: ANTONIA AVGVSTA, draped bust right.
Rev: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP, S C across field, Claudius, veiled and togate, standing facing, head left, holding simpulum.
RIC I #92 (Claudius); von Kaenel type #59; BMCRE #166 (Claudius); Cohen #6

Seller desc.:
This is a reproduction of a Roman brass dupondius of Antonia, younger daughter of Mark Anthony,and mother of emperor Claudius. The obverse shows a bare headed Antonia facing right. The reverse shows Claudius veiled and togatestanding left holding a simpulum. (Sear 2209). These pieces are NOT ancient coins. Each coin is stamped 'COPY' on the reverse.

Offered as Copy/reproduction on ebay
Dec/2011
mdelvalle
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Antonia Dupondius140 viewsAntonia Minor. Augusta
Æ Dupondius, Rome mint. Struck under Claudius, AD 41-42.

Obv: ANTONIA AVGVSTA, draped bust right.
Rev: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP, S C across field, Claudius, veiled and togate, standing facing, head left, holding simpulum.
RIC I #92 (Claudius); von Kaenel type #59; BMCRE #166 (Claudius); Cohen #6

Offered as "Repro ANTONIA AS - AES BRONZE" on Ebay (Spain)
Dec/2011
mdelvalle
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Appius Claudius Pulcher, T. Manlius Mancius, and Q. Urbinius60 viewsAR Denarius
Helmeted head of Roma right; circle in square behind
Victory in triga right.
Crawford 299/1a; Sydenham 570

Electrotype
Martin B4
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Becker - Claudius SPQR Denar439 viewsObv: TI CLAVD CAESAR AVG P M TR P VI IMP XI
Laureate head, right
Rev: S P Q R / P P / OB C S
Inscription in three lines within oak wreath.
Appears to be cast from original.
Identified and sold as counterfeit by ventmkting.
Submitted by Massanutten
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Bosporos, Claudius, Polemon II, Becker, Hill 793 viewsBosporos, Claudius, Polemon II, Becker, Hill 79
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Bosporos, Claudius, Polemon II, Becker, Hill 791 viewsBosporos, Claudius, Polemon II, Becker, Hill 79
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Bosporos, Claudius, Polemon II, Becker, Hill 793 viewsBosporos, Claudius, Polemon II, Becker, Hill 79
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Bosporos,Claudius, Cotys I, Becker, Hill 802 viewsBosporos,Claudius, Cotys I, Becker, Hill 80
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Bosporos,Claudius, Cotys I, Becker, Hill 803 viewsBosporos,Claudius, Cotys I, Becker, Hill 80
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Bosporos,Claudius, Cotys I, Becker, Hill 802 viewsBosporos,Claudius, Cotys I, Becker, Hill 80
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Britannicus. Uncertain Balkan or Thracian mint. Struck under Claudius, circa AD 50-54152 viewsBritannicus. AD 41-55.
Æ Sestertius 14,89g
Uncertain Balkan or Thracian mint.
Struck under Claudius, circa AD 50-54
TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG F BRITANNICVS, draped bust left. / Mars advancing left, holding spear and shield, S-C in fields.
BMCRE 226, Cohen 2, RCV 1908

A large number of the surviving examples of this series (one may even suggest a majority of them), due to their rarity, have been subjected to modern alteration techniques such as smoothing, tooling, and repatination. (Writing by Incitatus Coins)
The attribution of the sestertii of Britannicus has been a matter of some speculation. Formerly, the issue had been attributed to Rome around the end of Claudius’ reign when Britannicus adopted the toga virilis. Mattingly, however, demonstrated that such an attribution was problematic, since the Rome mint was not producing aes at that time. Instead, he assigned the type to the early years of Titus, when many restoration and commemorative issues were being struck, a logical assumption given the reported close friendship between the two. More recently, substantial numbers of Latin coins (sestertii and dupondii) in the name of Britannicus, Agrippina Jr., Nero Caesar, and Nero Augustus have been found in the Balkan region, and von Kaenel argued for a Thracian origin for the series. Von Kaenel’s analysis is plausible, since the style and fabric of the coins, as well as the find spots, indeed suggest a Thracian mint, and such local issues would have been struck for use by the legions servicing the border.
Tiberius Claudius Germanicus was born on 12 February AD 41, only a few weeks after his father Claudius became emperor. After Claudius' conquest of Britain in AD 43, the boy's name was changed to Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, and the sources refer to him simply as Britannicus. In AD 55 while dining with friends, he was poisoned and died. The murder was almost certainly ordered by Nero who wanted to clear the way for his own succession to the throne. (Writing by Flickr user Joe Geranio.)

Sold as replica InAsta 48 lot 7244
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C. Claudius Pulcher Cast Denarius Rome 110-109 BC53 viewsModern cast forgery.
Obv:- Helmeted head of Roma right.
Rev:- Victory in biga right, C. PVLCHER in exergue.
Crawford 300/1, Sydenham 569.

Cast fakes sold by notorious fake sellers ‘zade-nikol’ and ‘machairidis14’ on eBay.
Lacedaemon
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Claudius116 viewsReproduction of a gold aureus of Claudius with a reverse of Agrppinea Jr. AD 41-54. Becker #153. Coin is stamped 'COPY' on the rim.Gustavo Mazzarollo
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Claudius83 viewsAR Denarius
Obv: Obv: TI CLAVD CAESAR AVG P M TR P VIII IMP, laureate head of Claudius right
Rev: SPQR / P P / OB CS in wreath

Selling as authentic on British ebay Sept 2011 - No diameter or weight given
Die Match: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pos=-6925
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Claudius94 viewsAE DUPONDIUS

Obv: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP - Laureate head left
Rev: CERES AVGVSTA - Exe: SC Ceres seated left on throne, holding 2 corn ears and torch

Pressed and distressed
27mm diameter - No weight given

Selling as a Bulgarian reproduction on ebay Sept 2011
bobbyhelmet
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Claudius96 viewsDupondius?

Obv: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP - Laureate head left
Rev: CERES AVGVSTA - Exe: SC Ceres seated left on throne, holding 2 corn ears and torch

Die match of a distressed example: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pos=-11652

Sold on ebay October 2011 - NFS mangizite-2008 - No attempt to describe as Original or fake
bobbyhelmet
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CLAUDIUS94 viewsÆ As 28mm, 180 axis, 12 grams

Obv: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP P P, bare head to left.
Rev: LIBERTAS AVGVSTA, S C across field, Libertas standing right, holding pileus in right hand, extending left hand.

RIC I #113, BMC 202, COHEN 47.

Modern cast fake: with casting seam, surface pits, and possible plating.
AVG.BRIT
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Claudius55 viewsClaudius - Dupondius
TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP, head left / CERES AVGVSTA, Ceres, veiled and draped, seated l. on ornamental throne, holding two corn-ears & long torch, S C in ex.
RIC 94, Cohen 1, BMC 136
Reverse artificially worn using acid.
Sold on ebay by 123polipat in Sept. 2014, describing it as coming from "an old German collection".
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Claudius103 viewsClaudius Sestertius. 35.86 mm, 25.25 gr. Struck ca 41-50 AD. Obv: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP, laureate head right. Rev: EX SC OB CIVES SERVATOS in four lines within wreath.
RIC 96; Cohen 39; BMC 115; Sear 1849.
The face is too flattering for Claudius, who had a pronounced Adam's apple and a different shaped nose.
The letters were "engraved" using the same punches as most of the other fakes from this batch, offered to an auction house in England together with a number of other modern, struck fakes, in Sept/Oct 2014.
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Claudius28 viewsSlavey fake dies
Claudius. AD 41-54. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.68 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck AD 43-44. Laureate head right / Battlemented wall inscribed IMPER RECEPT enclosing praetorian camp in which Fides Praetorianorum stands left, holding spear in right hand, aquila before him; behind, a pediment with fortified flanking walls. RIC I 20; RSC 42a.
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Claudius & Nero55 viewsAR Denarius - Based on RIC 83, RSC 5, BMC 80

Obv: TI CLAVD CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR III, laureate head right
Rev: NERO CLAVD CAES DRVSVS GERM PRINC IVVENT, bare-headed & draped bust of young Nero left

Reproduction in 'pure silver' - No weights or dims given
Sold as a reproduction on ebay Spain in 2011 and as genuine by Notorious Fake Seller coinaddiction81 in 2013.
bobbyhelmet
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Claudius - Dupondius86 viewsTI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP, head left / CERES AVGVSTA, Ceres, veiled and draped, seated l. on ornamental throne, holding two corn-ears & long torch, S C in ex.

RIC 94, Cohen 1, BMC 136

similar to: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?album=2&pos=700
J. B.
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CLAUDIUS - SPQR145 viewsObv: TI CLAVD CAESAR AVG P M TR P VIIII IMP XVI (numerals under lines), laureate head of Claudius right.
Rev: SPQR / P P / OB CS in three lines in oak crown.

Offered for sale in Ebay by romanprosecutor as "authentic coins, ex private UK collection"
mdelvalle
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