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Alexander III - Fantasy Medallion81 viewsModern AR Fantasy medallion

Seller desc.:
Obverse: Head of Alexander the Great right wearing the lion’s skin - struck in excessively high relief.
Reverse: ΒΑCΙΛΕΥC AΛEXANΔPOC. Alexander the Great on his horse Buchephalus in heroic pose brandishing a spear to the lion beneath.
Diameter: 2.5” (65 mm)
Made of Silver 905

Offered as ALEXANDER THE GREAT Large COPY REPLICA Coin Medallion on ebay
Dec/2011
mdelvalle
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Alexander III - Fantasy Medallion79 viewsModern AR Fantasy medallion

Seller desc.:
Obverse: Helmeted goddess Athena Nikephoros
Reverse: AΛEXANΔPOC. Alexander the Great on his horse Buchephalus in heroic pose brandishing a spear to the lion beneath.
Diameter: 1.5” (37 mm)
Made of Silver

Offered as ALEXANDER THE GREAT - ATHENA COPY REPLICA Coin Medallion on ebay
Dec/2011
mdelvalle
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Alexander III - Fantasy Medallion100 viewsModern AR Fantasy medallion

Seller desc.:
Obverse: Helmeted goddess Athena Nikephoros
Reverse: AΛEXANΔPOC. Alexander the Great on his horse Buchephalus in heroic pose brandishing a spear to the lion beneath.
Diameter: 1.5” (37 mm)
Made of Silver Gold Plated

Offered as Goddess ATHENA ALEXANDER THE GREAT COPY REPLICA Coin Medallion on ebay
Dec/2011
mdelvalle
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Alexander III - Fantasy Medallion 82 viewsModern AR Fantasy medallion

Seller desc.:
Obverse: Diademed head of Alexander with wavy hair struck in high relief.
Reverse: ΒΑCΙΛΕΥC AΛEXANΔPOC. Alexander the Great on his horse Buchephalus in heroic pose brandishing a spear to the lion beneath.
Diameter: 2.5” (65 mm)
Made of Silver 905

Offered as Alexander the Great Large COPY REPLICA coin medallion on ebay
Dec/2011
mdelvalle
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Augustus (Octavian), Fantasy Denarius170 viewsFantasy denarius

Obv: Head of Divus Julius Caesar ?
Rev: CAESAR III VIR RPC Bare head of Octavian right, bearded

Offered as genuine on ebay by NFS mangizite-2008 (Dec_2011) and Antares27 (Jan_2012)
mdelvalle
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Babylon forgery, Fantasy4 viewsCopyright BNF
Reverse is of Antiochos VI
MYRINA AND RELATED FORGERIES by Philip Kinns
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Constantine I Constantinopolis Fantasy Medallion277 viewsSold in May 2005 on German Ebay by a seller whose name I have forgotten (none of our special friends) for 81€.

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Rupert
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Fantasy coin14 viewsModern tourist fake, sold in Turkey near EphesosMartin B4
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Fantasy coin, obverse of Apollo?18 viewsModern fake fantasy coin.
Laureate bust of (Apollo?) facing left / Unknown monogram or device within dotted border.
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Fantasy Fake Baktrian Sophytes AV Stater73 viewsPurportedly derived from the Mir Zakah II Hoard this unique coin was condemned by Francois de Callataÿ in his analysis Pourquoi le «distatère en or au portrait d’Alexandre»
est très probablement un faux moderne in Revue Numismatique 2013 (Vol. 170)

Summary – The recent publication of the proceedings of the conference held in 2007 concerning the unique gold “distater” with the portrait of Alexander the Great (Holt, BopearaCHCHi 2011), including the eagerly awaited metal analyses, combined with the appearance of a critical review of that book (BraCey 2011), invites reconsideration of the problem by adding some new arguments, classified in decreasing order of their power of conviction. Out of the 17 presented arguments, two seem to us to create an impossibility while nine others make it unlikely that the piece could be genuine. In addition, reasons are given why the gold stater of Sophytes is surely a fake.
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Fantasy Piece49 viewsMuseum copy of greek coin
Athenas in Obv. and Parthenon in rev.
27mm/9 grs

Offered as Copy on ebay
Dec/2011
mdelvalle
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Geta Sestertius182 viewsFantasy Geta sestertius. Sold as replica.1 commentsawl
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Gordian III, Fantasy Medallion62 viewsAE35 Medallion, 35 mm / 30 grs.

Obv: AVT K M ANT GORDIANO EC?, Radiated and draped bust right.
Rev: AFRODICIEWN, Priapos-centaurus ? to right, holding thunderbolt.

Offered as "Replica" on Ebay (Germany)
Dec/2011
mdelvalle
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Gordian III, Medallion, Fantasy piece64 viewsObv: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, Laureate, cuirassed bust left, with spear in right hand
Rev: BONONIA OCEANEN, Galley with rowers; the emperor, in a military dress, and with buckler and lance, stands on the deck in the attitude of hurling the lance downwards, as if at a figure swimming in the sea. On the prow of the galley is a Victory, with garland and palm branch; at the stern are two ensigns. On the shore is seen a lighthouse of some other edifice
A fantasy piece combining the bust of Gordian with the reverse form a rare medallion of Constans.

Seller Desc.:
This is a reproduction of a Roman brass sestertius of emperor Gordian III. The obverse shows a wreathed head of the emperor dressend in armor with a spear over his right sholder. The obverse shows a ship facing right with warrior spearing a person in the water. Victory is on the prow of the ship. The inscription of GO NONI OCEANEN. 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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Gordian III, Medallion, Fantasy piece52 viewsAE Sestertius, 37 mm / 31.00 grs.

Obv: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, Laureate, cuirassed bust left, with spear in right hand
Rev: BONONIA OCEANEN, Galley with rowers; the emperor, in a military dress, and with buckler and lance, stands on the deck in the attitude of hurling the lance downwards, as if at a figure swimming in the sea. On the prow of the galley is a Victory, with garland and palm branch; at the stern are two ensigns. On the shore is seen a lighthouse of some other edifice
A fantasy piece combining the bust of Gordian with the reverse form a rare medallion of Constans.

Offered as Replica/Copy on Ebay (U.K.)
Dec/2011
mdelvalle
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Hadrian fantasy32 views
Stylistically bad obverse titulature containing an error.

IMP CABSAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG

Reverse based on 3rd century BCE Janiform Dioscuri / anonymous ROMA didrachms

Unlikely circular flan.

Observed on Facebook July 31st, 2009.
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Julia Domna33 viewsSame kind of fake as reported in Fake Report 350. From that report:

Modern fake of AE sestertius of Julia Domna, wife of Septimius Severus
obv: IVLIA PIA FELIX AVG draped bust, left
rev: IVNONI LVCINAE Juno seated left, holding flower & child; SC in exe.
A fantasy mule of obv. and rev. not paired in any genuine coins.
Match to published fakes of Bulgarian origin.
peterpil19
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Julius Caesar, Fantasy piece155 viewsSeveral examples of a fantasy cast piece in base metal and different patinas, imitating two denarius of Julius Caesar, but without legends.

Obv: Elephant advancing right, trampling on horned serpent. (cf: Craw. #443/1; CRI #9; Syd. #1006; RSC #49)
Rev: Aeneas walking left, carrying Anchises and the Palladium. (cf: RSC #12, Craw. #458/1, Syd. #1013)

Shown at the Spanish Forum Imperio-Numismatico in Oct_2010.
mdelvalle
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Large Silver Coin (fantasy piece?)378 viewsThis one was on German Ebay in May 2005, seller antika99, but was withdrawn before the auction ended.

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Rupert
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Magna Urbica48 viewsFake aureus sold as "gold coin" with a weight of 6,2 grams. Probably a fantasy piece created making a gold copy of an antoninianus (RIC 345) which exists with this reverse with VENVS CELEST and SXXICliff
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Mariniana denarius Caritas Clasped hands Sacrificial Implements Fantasy coin102 viewsSold, or rather not sold, because at 61€ it missed the reserve price, on French Ebay in August 2005. The seller guaranteed its authenticity and said it came from a Turkish private colection and was acquired 30-40 years ago. The coin is a complete fantasy piece, I know no denarii of Mariniana and the rev. is an entirely modern invention.

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Rupert
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Nero Cistophoros41 viewsObs: NERONI·CLAVD·CAES·DRVSO·GERM
Rev: COS DES / PRINC / IVVENT

25 mm diameter.

Cast in a white metal (silver with lead according to the seller)
Offered on ebay as copy by antares27
November 2011
mdelvalle
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Olympias Alexander the Great Mother - modeled after an Abukir medallion79 viewsModern AR Fantasy modeled after an Abukir medallion

Seller desc.:
Obverse: Diademed head of Olympias struck in high relief.
Reverse: Nereid riding on a sea animal
Diameter: 2.5” (65 mm)
Made of Silver 905

Offered as Queen Olympias wife of king Philip II of Macedon and Mother of Alexander the Great
Large COPY REPLICA Coin Medallion on ebay
Dec/2011
mdelvalle
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Parthia, Tetradrachm, Fantasy372 viewsFacing bearded head wearing headress / indistinct, perhaps writing?

Sold on German eBay as an 'unknown Parthian tetradrachm, probably fake'.
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