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Antoninus Pius / Pius on horseback right260 views40 MM medallion of Antoninus Pius, probably 19th Century tourist copy.
IMP CAES T AEL ANTONINVS AVG PIVS, laureate head left / PONT MAX, Antoninus Pius on horseback pacing right, raising right hand.
Possibly based on (but mirror-image reproduced) RIC 879 and 890 (pacing left, bust right with PP at end of obv. legend). Appears to have been struck (not cast) with only faint traces of a seam around the edge.
As an Ant. Pius fan, I love this huge medallion!
Bought on ebay as a modern replica in December 2007.
Submitted by Helveticahelvetica
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Augustus72 viewsAVGVSTVS DIVI F, laureate head right.
AVGVS F beneath Caius Caesar on horseback galloping right, legionary eagle between two standards to left.
Modern fake copy of Augustus, RIC 199.
1) the surface on both sides is very pitted and shows air bubbles - especially on Augustus' cheek and neck, as well as above the third letter at the bottom of the reverse.
2) On the reverse, the lower parts of the masts of the two standards: one is bent, the other does not line up.
3) The legionary eagle between those two standards has no lower mast at all and is just floating in the air.
4) Augustus' neck is too narrow.
5) At top right of the obverse, the beaded border turns into small crescents, usually caused by using a small tube to make the "beads" in a fake die.
6) Augustus' forehead is missing and simply bulges inwards, so the faker very likely took a cast of a worn coin.
7) On the reverse - the letters at the bottom should be larger, clearer and better spaced. They should read AVGVS F. Here they appear to be AVGVT.. On this coin, if you complete the A, the right hand \\ of the A would also form the \\ of the V. Such a ligation was not used on these coins.
Purchased from roman.land (already on the Forum Fake Sellers list) by an wildwinds user in the US at the end in May 2020. Refund has been requested.
helvetica
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Charles IV563 viewsModern replica by ANTIQUANOVA.
This is work of talented engraver Petr Sousek (CZ). Coins are sold as replicas made in different metals (tin, lead, copper, silver, gold). Only in silver and gold are countermarked by author as "Sou.", "S." (greek sigma), "SYSOK" (by greek letters) - BUT sometimes are these countermarks secondarily removed by different sellers. See also www.antiquanova.com page.
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Kidos drachm20 viewsKnidos, silver drachm
Obv: head of roaring lion right.
Rev: K-N-I-D, Head of Aphrodite right, hair in queue and bound with diadem of beads; all within incuse square.
Fake of the Knidos drachm, offered as genuine to a dealer in Southern England by a passerby who said he had found it metal-detecting in his hometown in Bulgaria before he came to England. This was in April 2016.helvetica
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Mn Fonteius Cf Cast Denarius 85 BC35 viewsModern cast forgery.
Obv:- MN FONTEI CF, laureate head of Apollo right, thunderbolt below, monogram to right.
Rev:- Cupid seated on goat right, pilei of the Dioscuri above, thyrsus of Bacchus in exergue, all within laurel-wreath.
Crawford 353/1a, Sydenham 724, RCV 271, Fonteia 9.
Cast fakes sold by notorious fake sellers zade-nikol and machairidis14 on eBay.Lacedaemon
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Mn Fonteius Cf Cast Denarius 85 BC33 viewsModern cast forgery.
Obv:- MN FONTEI CF, laureate head of Apollo right, thunderbolt below.
Rev:- Cupid seated on goat right, pilei of the Dioscuri to right and left, thyrsus of Bacchus in exergue, all within laurel-wreath.
Crawford 353/1d, Sydenham 724b, RCV 271, Fonteia 11.
Cast fakes sold by notorious fake sellers zade-nikol and turcumansells on eBay.Lacedaemon
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Mn Fonteius Cf Cast Denarius 85 BC45 viewsModern cast forgery.
Obv:- MN FONTEI, laureate head of Apollo right, thunderbolt below, CF below chin.
Rev:- Cupid seated on goat right, pilei of the Dioscuri above, thyrsus of Bacchus in exergue, all within laurel-wreath.
Crawford 353/1c, Sydenham 724a, RCV 271, Fonteia 10.
Cast fakes sold by notorious fake sellers zade-nikol and 2014mitsotakis on eBay.Lacedaemon
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Mn Fonteius Cf Cast Denarius 85 BC35 viewsModern cast forgery.
Obv:- EX A P, laureate head of Apollo right, thunderbolt below.
Rev:- Cupid seated on goat right, pilei of the Dioscuri to right and left, thyrsus of Bacchus in exergue, all within laurel-wreath.
Crawford 353/2, Sydenham 726, RCV 271, Fonteia 12.
A pair of casts from the same host coin.Lacedaemon
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Rhodes Caria26 viewsCast tetradrachm, cast in copper.
Obv: Head of Helios facing slightly right.
Rev: POΔION above, rose without bud (unless it is the blob below). Φ over Θ (Phi over Theta) or patera in left field.
No genuine coin known with these letters in left field. Hill in NC 1930 (p. 296, no. 27 and plate XXI, describes a coin with a bud at lower left, with a Phi in the lower left field and a theta or patera in lower right field.
Sent to wildwinds for identification.
Copper core showing through in numerous places, casting signs (air holes) particularly on the reverse.
Same obverse die and same basic die (no Phi) as
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/albums/userpics/23798/Picture_36.pnghelvetica
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Seleukos I AE - Stele between piloi (caps of the Dioskuri)1 viewsFake of Seleukos I, AE, no size or weight given.
Obv: Young male head with flowing hair
Rev:BASILEWS SELEYKOY, stele between piloi (caps of the Dioskuri), IDI monogram in left field, H monogram in right field.
Same reverse die as https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/albums/userpics/10618/BOC_1990_FEMFAGP_1.jpg
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/albums/userpics/10618/BOC_1990_FEMFAGP_2.jpg
Sent to wildwinds with request for identification.helvetica
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Valerian Valens Follis of Alexandria97 viewsModern fake of RIC Alexandria 19.
Valerian Valens. AE follis. AD 316-317. Alexandria mint.
IMP C AVR VAL VALENS PF AVG, laureate head right.
IOVI CONSER-VATORI AVGG, Jupiter standing left, chlamys across left shoulder, holding Victory on globe and sceptre, eagle with wreath at foot left.
K in left field, wreath over X over A in right field.
Mintmark ALE.
RIC VII Alexandria 19.
What to watch for:
1. The wreath ties on the genuine coin are hanging vertically.
2. The eagle on the reverse of the genuine type has a smaller wreath.
3. On the fake, the eagle looks like a swan with its head and neck left.
4. On the fake, the laurel leaves on the obverse are larger than on the genuine item.
See a genuine coin here:
http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/valerius_valens/_alexandria_RIC_019_A.jpg
and unlisted officina B:
http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/valerius_valens/_alexandria_RIC_019_B.jpghelvetica
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Volusian modern copy by Lipanoff119 viewsVolusian
IMP CAE C VIB VOLVSIANO AVG, radiate, draped bust right
ADVENTVS AVG, Emperor on horseback to left, raising right hand and holding spear
Similar to RIC 214 (Cohen 1) obv. inscription is different
Faint doublestrike to right of bust (nose, mouth and beard visible)
Found in an uncleaned lot (!) from Ivo in 2003.
The lettering on the obverse is very odd, becoming larger. The base of the bust is very flat but otherwise it is pretty nice.
Apparently Lipanoff. Page 77.Plate 129 and very similar to this one in the fake reports: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/albums/userpics/15216485%7E0.jpg
Submitted by Helveticahelvetica
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