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Arcadius Ravenna solidus RIC X 1286264 viewsObv: D N ARCADI - VS P F AVG
Bust: Pearl diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev: VICTORI - A AVGGG
Emperor standing right, holding standard and Victory on globe, with left foot treading upon bound captive, knees bent, seated left; in field: R - V
Exe: COMOB
Mint: Ravenna
Date: 402-408
Ref: RIC 10 1286
Reported by new FORVM member, 3 Jan 2007. Same as eBay coin in previous entry (same photo, too).
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Arcadius, solidus, RIC X 1286287 viewsObv: D N ARCADI-VS P F AVG
Bust: Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right
Rev: VICTORI-A AVGGG,
Honorius standing right, holding labarum in right hand and Victory on globe in left, left foot upon prostrate barbarian (one leg, partially bent at knee); "R" in field left, "V" in right
Exe: COMOB
Weight: 3.72 g
Date: 402-408 AD. Ravenna mint
Ref: RIC X 1286
Not made of gold (unknown metal: billon?)
From Anders' private collection (obtained by grandfather in 1917). Same dies as specimen in ANS (obtained 1962)
Becker counterfeit (Hill, pl. XIV, 267)
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Arcadius, solidus, RIC X 1286303 viewsObv: D N ARCADI-VS P F AVG
Bust: Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right
Rev: VICTORI-A AVGGG,
Honorius standing right, holding labarum in right hand and Victory on globe in left, left foot upon prostrate barbarian (one leg, partially bent at knee); "R" in field left, "V" in right
Exe: COMOB
Date: 402-408 AD. Ravenna mint
Ref: RIC X 1286
Not made of gold (unknown metal: bronze?)
Specimen held by ANS. Same dies as Anders' specimen (obtained 1917)
Becker counterfeit (Hill, pl. XIV, 267)
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Galla Placidia RIC 10.2020 solidus36 viewsObv: D N GALLA PLA-CIDIA P F AVG
Bust: Diademed and draped bust right, with necklace and ear-rings, cross on shoulder
Rev: VOT XX - MVLT XXX / R - V
Victory standing left, holding long jewelled cross; star above
Exe: COMOB
Date: AD 430-439. Ravenna mint
Ref: RIC X 2020
A free-hand fake offered by auction in November 2017 with estimate of £1500.
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Galla Placidia solidus RIC 10 201285 viewsObv: D N GALLA PLA-CIDIA P F AVG
Bust: Diademed and draped bust right, with necklace and ear-rings chi-rho on shoulder
Rev: VOT XX - MVLT XXX / R - V
Victory standing left, holding long jewelled cross; star above
Exe: COMOB
Date: AD 426-430. Ravenna mint
Ref: RIC X 2012
A cast offered for sale on eBay March 2008
Same coin as previous posting, but different seller
Submitted by Hydatius (03/08)
Hydatius
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Galla Placidia solidus RIC 10 202093 viewsObv: D N GALLA PLA-CIDIA P F AVG
Bust: Diademed and draped bust right, with necklace and ear-rings, cross on shoulder
Rev: VOT XX - MVLT XXX / R - V
Victory standing left, holding long jewelled cross; star above
Exe: COMOB
Mint: Ravenna
Type: solidus
Date: AD 430-439
Ref: RIC 10 2020
A free-hand fake offered on eBay May 2010 for £10,000 (!)
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Hydatius
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Galla Placidia solidus RIC X 2012152 viewsObv: D N GALLA PLA-CIDIA P F AVG
Bust: Diademed and draped bust right, with necklace and ear-rings chi-rho on shoulder
Rev: VOT XX - MVLT XXX / R - V
Victory standing left, holding long jewelled cross; star above
Exe: COMOB
Date: AD 426-430. Ravenna mint
Ref: RIC X 2012
A cast offered on eBay October 2007
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Galla Placidia solidus RIC X 2020143 viewsObv: D N GALLA PLA-CIDIA P F AVG
Bust: Diademed and draped bust right, with necklace and ear-rings cross on shoulder
Rev: VOT XX - MVLT XXX / R - V
Victory standing left, holding long jewelled cross; star above
Exe: CONOB
Date: AD 430-445. Ravenna mint
Ref: RIC X 2020
A disgustingly bad free-hand copy offered on eBay January 2007
Sold for $1,112.65
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Honoria tremissis RIC 10 206891 viewsObv: D N IVST GRAT HONORIA P F AVG
Bust: Pearl-diademed, draped, wearing necklace and ear-rings, right
Rev: No legend
Cross within wreath
Exe: COMOB
Mint: Ravenna
Date: 430s
Ref: RIC 10 2068
Cast offered for sale on eBay in 2008.
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Hydatius
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Honoria, Iusta Grata tremissis West/East combination124 viewsObv: D N IVST GRAT HONORIA P F AVG
Bust: Pearl-diademed, draped, wearing necklace and ear-rings, right
Rev: No legend
Cross within wreath
Exe: CONOB*
Mint: Ravenna/Constantinople
Weight: 1.47 g
Date: 430s
Ref: RIC 10 2062/2068 (matches neither)
Free-hand copy offered for sale by major German auction house in February 2012. The style of engraving and lettering gives this away in the first instance, but it is condemned by the fact that it combines a western obverse with an eastern reverse (has CONOB* but should be COMOB).
Photo compares subject forgery with real Honoria tremissis (for obverse) and real Eudocia tremissis (for reverse)
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Honorius solidus RIC 10 1321297 viewsObv: D N HONORI - VS P F AVG
Bust: Pearl diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev: VICTORI - A AVGGG
Honorius standing right (‘relaxed’), holding standard and Victory on globe, with left foot treading upon bound captive, knees bent, seated left; in field: R - V
Exe: COMOB
Mint: Ravenna
Weight: 4.45 g
Date: 408-423
Ref: RIC 10 1321
A very deceptive forgery identified by French dealer CBG in a lot of sixteen fake gold coins from a pre-1980s collection:
http://www.cgb.fr/monnaies/articles/faux/faux6.html.
I have identified two other copies of this type from recent European auctions (see following photos).
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Honorius solidus RIC 10 1321222 viewsObv: D N HONORI - VS P F AVG
Bust: Pearl diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev: VICTORI - A AVGGG
Honorius standing right (‘relaxed’), holding standard and Victory on globe, with left foot treading upon bound captive, knees bent, seated left; in field: R - V
Exe: COMOB
Mint: Ravenna
Weight: 4.40 g
Date: 408-423
Ref: RIC 10 1321
A very deceptive forgery identified by French dealer CBG in a lot of sixteen fake gold coins from a pre-1980s collection:
http://www.cgb.fr/monnaies/articles/faux/faux6.html.
This specimen from Hess-Divo auction 298 lot 1136 (22 Oct 2003).
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Honorius solidus RIC 10 1321220 viewsObv: D N HONORI - VS P F AVG
Bust: Pearl diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev: VICTORI - A AVGGG
Honorius standing right (‘relaxed’), holding standard and Victory on globe, with left foot treading upon bound captive, knees bent, seated left; in field: R - V
Exe: COMOB
Mint: Ravenna
Weight: 4.43 g
Date: 408-423
Ref: RIC 10 1321
A very deceptive forgery identified by French dealer CBG in a lot of sixteen fake gold coins from a pre-1980s collection:
http://www.cgb.fr/monnaies/articles/faux/faux6.html.
This specimen from Fritz Rudolf Künker Münzenhandlung auction 89 lot 2716 (8 March 2004).
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Honorius solidus- Western Eastern mismatch107 viewsObv.: D N HONORI - VS P F AVG
Bust, facing right, draped and cuirassed, pearl-diademed
Rev.: CONCORDI - AAVGG I / CONOB
Constantinopolis enthroned facing, head r., holding sceptre and Victory on globe, her r. foot on prow; star in left field
Obverse is a Milan type, RIC X 1209 looks the closest (AD 402)
Reverse is Constantinople type from reign of Theodosius, RIC X 201 (AD 408-420)
The style is a dead giveaway of forgery, even if the coin had the proper obverse or reverse. The obverse is from the same fake die as the other Honorius solidi I have posted here and was condemned as a forgery in BoC 21.2 (1996/1997), p. 29. The reverse is from the same die as was used for a solidus of Theodosius II condemned as a forgery in BOC 2.4 (1977), p. 93.
Another copy of this impossible coin, sold with fake solidus of Valentinian II as detectorist finds from Britain.
From eBay (04/09). Sold by Notorious Fake Seller Saxby Coins.
Added by Hydatius (April 2009)
Hydatius
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Valentinian III tremissis118 viewsObv: D N PLA VALENTI - NIANVS P F AVG
Bust: Pearl and rosette diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev: Cross in wreath
Exe: COMOB
Mint: Ravenna
Date: 426-455
Ref: RIC 10 --- (no such type in RIC)
A poor quality free-hand copy of a tremissis that appeared at almost exactly the same time from numis18 (red background) and clairecoins (green background; sold for $795) on eBay in February 2007.
Submitted by Hydatius (02/07)Hydatius
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Valentinian III tremissis113 viewsObv: D N PLA VALENTI - NIANVS P F AVG
Bust: Pearl and rosette diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev: Cross in wreath
Exe: COMOB
Mint: Ravenna
Date: 426-455
Ref: RIC 10 --- (no such type in RIC)
A poor quality free-hand copy of a tremissis that appeared at almost exactly the same time from numis18 (red background) and clairecoins (green background; sold for $795) on eBay in February 2007.
Submitted by Hydatius (02/07)Hydatius
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Valentinian III, half siliqua, RIC 10.2085117 viewsOBV. D N PLA VALENTINIANVS P F AVG
Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right
REV. VICTOR - IA AVGG / RV
Victory moving left, holding wreath and palm branch
MINT Ravenna
DENOM. Half siliqua
WEIGHT 0.88 g
Same specimen offered by Serdiko, eBay (27 May 2008), no bids, and Gorny & Mosch 186 lot 2399 (8 March 2010), withdrawn.
Another specimen of this cast was offered by Dorotheum auction lot 148 (22 May 2006) 0.93 g.
Host was sold at New York Sale XI lot 370 (11-12 Jan 2006), 0.91g.
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