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AES Grave, Roman Republic 71 viewsRome Republic, 225-217 b.C.
Aes Grave Quadrans 50,93g
Head of Hercules l., wearing lion's skin headdress, three pellets behind / Prow r., three pellets below
Thurlow-Vecchi 54

Sold as replica InAsta auction 43 06/03/2013 lot 8290
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AES Grave, Roman Republic 69 viewsRoman Republic. Anonymous. Circa 240-225 b.C.
Aes Grave Sextans 37mm; 44.4 g).
Head of Mercury left, wearing petasos, two dots below / Prow of galley right;two dots below.
Thurlow-Vecchi 55

Sold as replica ebay on january 2013
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AES Grave, Roman Republic. Decussis. 82 viewsRoman Republic. Decussis. AES Grave; circa 215
Ae. unknown size and weight
Head of Roma r., wearing Phrygian helmet; behind, X. / Prow l.; above, X.
Haeberlin pl. 46, 1-3. Sydenham Aes Grave 67. Kent-Hirmer pl. 7, 15. Sydenham 98

Sold as replica ebay, 2011
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Anonymous38 viewsAnonymous. 211-210 B.C. AE triens. Sicilian mint.

Obv : Helmeted head of Minerva right
Rev : ROMA, prow of galley right; grain ear above, four pellets below.

Crawford 72/6 or 72/13; Sydenham

Modern dies
Martin B4
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Anonymous48 viewsAnonymous, Mint of Luceria: first heavy series, 214-212. AE Sextans.

Obv : Head of Mercury r.; above, two pellets.
Rev : ROMA Prow r.; below, L between two pellets.

Sydenham 128. Crawford 43/4.

Modern fakes and genuine coin
Martin B4
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Anonymous AS, Republican121 viewsAE As, Rome mint, struck after 211 BC.

Obv.: Laureate head of bearded Janus; I (mark of value) above .
Rev.: ROMA in exerge, Prow of galley right; I (mark of value) above.
Cr. #56/2; BMCRR #217; CRR #143; SRCV I #627.

Cast fake presumably manufactured by Remoneda and submitted to Forum Imperio-Numismatico for verification
Aug_2010.
mdelvalle
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Anonymous Republican, Semis 573 viewsComposition of pictures of the mold of wax used in the micro-fusion (Lost-wax casting) and the replica submitted by Remoneda to the Spanish Forum OMNI in May 2010.

Æ Semis, Rome mint, struck After 211 BC.

Obv: Laureate head of Saturn right; S behind.
Rev: Prow of galley right; S above.
Crawford #56/3; Sydenham #143a.
mdelvalle
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Anonymous Republican, Semis132 viewsReplica make by Remoneda offered in ebay Spain by another seller, without clarifying their genuineness.
Jan_2012

Æ Semis, Rome mint, struck After 211 BC.

Obv: Laureate head of Saturn right; S behind.
Rev: Prow of galley right; S above.
Crawford #56/3; Sydenham #143a.

Die Match:
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pos=-12673
mdelvalle
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Antigonos Doson or Gonatos 74 viewsAntigonos Doson or Gonatos. modern fake tetradrachm, Slavey dies.
Obv: Wreathed head of Poseidon right.
Rev: BASILEWS ANTIGONOY on side of prow, upon which Apollo is sitting left, examining a bow in his outstretched hand; DS monogram below.
Type Sear 6789; AMNG III, 4.
Example on wildwinds with the correct monogram:
http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/macedonia/kings/antigonos_doson/AMNG_4cf.jpg

Although this coin is apparently slabbed in a pronged holder, this is NOT an NGC Ancients holder.
1 commentshelvetica
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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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PHOENICIA, Byblos (Gebal). Addirmilk. Circa 352-340 BC. 35 viewsCast Modern Fake

Obverse: Three hoplites, holding shields, on galley left above waves, prow ending in lion's head; below, hippocamp left above murex shell, AD (in Phoenician) above dorsal fin /


Reverse: Lion attacking bull left; ADRMLK MLK GBL (in Phoenician) above. Betlyon 18; Rouvier -; HGC 10, 136. Good VF, obverse adjustment marks.

Shekel = Carrying three hoplites.

"The piont where the metal was poured is evident in image".
Arados
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Phoenicia, Tyre 86-85 BC. AR Half Shekel.22 viewsObverse: Laureate head of Melqarth right.

Reverse: Eagle standing left on prow, palm branch on right shoulder with Δ below, in left field era date ΑΜ (year 41) and club below, letter beth between legs. Two additional palm branches between club and Eagle.

Ref: HGC 10, No.358; DCA 921.

Offered on Ebay February 2019 (Sold for $57).
Arados
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Phoenicia, Tyre 86-85 BC. AR Half Shekel.25 viewsObverse: Laureate head of Melqarth right.

Reverse: Eagle standing left on prow, palm branch on right shoulder with Δ below, in left field era date ΑΜ (year 41) and club below, letter ? between legs. One additional palm branches between club and Eagle.

Ref: HGC 10, No.358; DCA 921.

Offered on Ebay February 2019 (Sold for $152).
Arados
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Republican Anonymous AS60 viewsComposition of pictures of three replicas with three different patina submitted by Remoneda to the Spanish Forums OMNI in may_2010 and Imperio-Numismático in Jul_2010.

AE As, Rome mint, struck after 211 BC.

Obv.: Laureate head of bearded Janus; I (mark of value) above .
Rev.: ROMA in exerge, Prow of galley right; I (mark of value) above.
Cr. #56/2; BMCRR #217; CRR #143; SRCV I #627.
mdelvalle
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Republican tooled AS133 viewsHeavily and ugly tooled, carried out by a person without any knowledge

Offered on Ebay (Spain)
Dec/2011
mdelvalle
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ROMAN REPUBLIC AE As Struck early 1st century BC.41 viewsROMAN REPUBLIC AE As
Struck early 1st century BC.
Uncertain type, 21,81g
Laureate head of Janus. / Prow of ship right, ROMA below

Sold as replica InAsta auction 48 06/03/2013 lot 7226
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Roman Republic AES Grave Triens33 viewsRoman Republic 240-225 b.C.
AES Grave 79g
Triens
Head of Mars l, four dots below / Prow r., four dots below
Thurlow-Vecchi 53

Sold as replica InAsta 43 lot 8289
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Roman Republic AES Grave Triens24 viewsRoman Republic 240-225 b.C.
AES Grave 82g
Triens
Head of Mars l, four dots below / Prow r., four dots below
Thurlow-Vecchi 53

Sold as replica InAsta 35 lot 5813
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Sextans, Museum Copy118 viewsAE Sextans, Museum (?) copy of Rome, Anonymous, AE Sextans (25mm)
Head of Mercury right wearing winged petasos, two dots above
Prow of galley right, ROMA above, two dots below
(CL) stamped on rim. (Anyone know the source of this stamp?)
Museum (CL?) copy of Crawford 38/5; Syd 85; BMCRR 59
Coin was cast in two halves (visible around the rim) and glued or otherwise stuck together
Sold as a replica by a Munich dealer.

Submitted by Helvetica
helvetica
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Sextus Pompeius80 viewsSextus Pompeius; 48-34 BC.
Æ bronze As, Spain or Sicily mint, about 45 BC.
29-32mm; 40g
Janiform male head, with the features of Pompey the Great, inscription MAGN above. / Prow of ship right, inscription PIVS above and IMP below.
Crawford 479/1. Syd. 1044. B. Pompeia 20. Cohen 16

Modern cast fake, sold for 177,50 Eur by a notorius ebay fake seller on January 2013
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Tyros, Phoenicia141 viewsTyros, Phoenicia, cast imitation, modern, (dated 84-83 BC.),
"Shekel" (25-28 mm / 6,42 g),
Obv.: laureate head of Melqart right.
Rev.: ΤΥΡΟΥ ΙΕ[ΡΑΣ] - ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ , eagle standing l. on prow, palm over shoulder; date ΓΜ above club in left field, ΑΣ in right field, Phoenician letter "aleph" between legs.
cf. BMC Phoenicia 134 (AM) and 135 (EM) .
Seam on the edge. Genuine coins show ca. 14 g good silver. The fake are made of a lower density casting alloy.

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