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Antoninus Pius - temple sestertius35 viewsAntoninus Pius fake Sestertius
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P (TR P XX II)
TEMPLVM DIV AVG REST, S C, COS IIII in ex. temple of Augustus and Livia.
30.60 x 30.00 mm. 26.63 g

The huge giveaway signs are the letters on the reverse.
They all have an indentation around the letters. These indentation are caused by blocks of metal with letters on them which were used to stamp the letters into the metal.
On genuine coins the letters were hand-engraved into the die, and struck together with the rest of the image in one work job, not stamped separately.
Another giveaway are the figures on the reverse. There should only be Augustus and Livia, and not have a child between them.
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Antoninus Pius Sestertius - RIC III 1004332 viewsObverse: ANTONINVSAVG PIVS PP TRP XXII. Antoninus Pius, Laureate, facing right
Reverse: TEMPLVMDIV AVG REST COS IIII S C, octastyle temple with Augustus and Livia. Unlike the authentic/unmodified coin (as pictured in RIC III, plate VI 114), the Augustus in this thing is hilariously waving at the viewer in this coin. Who knew the Princeps was such a friendly guy?

Sold on eBay on 12/29/2010 for $710 by moonstone_lovely, where it was misidentified as RIC 787 (a rare coin). This coin instead loosk like RIC 1004 (which is more merely scarce according to RIC III). In the opinion of Forvm experts, this coin is at best heavily tooled and repatinated, and most likely the underlying coin that was damaged to make this thing may not have even been an authentic sestertius.
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Antoninus Pius, Denarius, RIC 143547 viewsObv:- ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P Laureate head right.
Rev:- TEMPLVM DIVI AVG REST Temple of Divus Augustus and Livia, statues within.
RIC 143

Cast fakes sold by fakes seller 'empire_gallery' on eBay. These are not the same coin, but identical cast copies. The top one sold for $23.55 (Nov. 2005) and the bottom one sold for $32.00 (Jan. 2006).
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Antoninus Pius, Denarius, RIC 14352 viewsObv:- ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P Laureate head right.
Rev:- TEMPLVM DIVI AVG REST Temple of Divus Augustus and Livia, statues within.
RIC 143

Cast fake.

Sold on ebay by machairidis14 in January 2015
maridvnvm
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Augustus and Livia58 viewsAUGUSTUS and LIVIA. (27 B.C. -14 A.D.)
Obv: Jugate heads of Augustus and Livia
Stag standing right
SRukke
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Augustus and Livia tessera231 viewsJugate portraits of Augustus and Livia / Number XIIII in wreath
First coin NAC 40, 16 May 2007, lot 651, 3.97 grams, made $3128 plus juice.
Second coin from Italian dealer, eBay, July 2009, 5.37 grams, bought for around $200. Filing and traces of seam on edge; a decent cast.
curtislclay
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Augustus and Livia tessera 2183 viewsJugate portraits of Augustus and Livia / Number XIIII in wreath


Sold on ebay 10/18/09
Ardatirion
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Cavino - Tiberius. Æ Struck "Sestertius"244 views[Paduan medals] "PADUAN" after Giovanni Cavino. 1500-1570. Tiberius. Æ Struck "Sestertius" (34mm, 23.21 g). Laureate head left / Legend around large SC. Cf. Klawans p. 30, 1 ('sestertius" of Livia, same reverse die); Lawrence -. VF, dark brown patina with some green encrustation around the devices, bulged obverse with an unusual square depression before the bust, some smoothing on the obverse.

Courtesy CNG
FORVM AUCTIONS
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Evidence of Casting - Uneven and Porous Fields - Tiberius Denarius Tribute Penny Giard Lyon Group 51024 viewsTiberius, 19 August 14 - 16 March 37 A.D., Tribute Penny of Matthew 22:20-21
Silver denarius, Lugdunum mint, 16 - 37 A.D., 3.747 grams, 18.7 mm maximum diameter
RIC I 30, RSC II 16a, SRCV I 1763
Obv: TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS, laureate head right
Rev: PONTIF MAXIM, Livia seated right holding scepter and branch, legs on chair ornamented, feet on footstool


Small traces of the casting process remain, circled in red, most noticeable on the first I in the obverse legend. The fields are uneven and porous - in green.
Joe Sermarini
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FAKE Livia - Pietas Dupondius42 viewsFAKE Livia - Pietas Dupondius
22-23 AD
Rome mint. Obv: PIETAS legend beneath veiled and diademed bust of Livia as Pietas right. Rev: DRVSVS CAESAR TI AVGVSTI F TR POT ITER legend around large SC.
RIC 43; BMCRE 98; Sear 1741. Rated scarce.
Early 20th century fake. Note the missing dot between the S and C. Also the somewhat mushy lines of the obverse image.
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Galba204 viewsIMP SER GALBA CAESAR AVG
Laureate head of Galba right

DIVA AVGVSTA
Livia staged left holdin patera & sceptre

Copy of Sear 2102, RIC 224, RSC 58

Sold as authentic by Saxby April 2010
Jay GT4
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Galba111 viewsModern cast fake of AR denarius of Galba, 68-9 AD
obv: IMP SER GALBA CAESAR AVG laureate head, right
rev: DIVA AVGVSTA the deified Livia standing left, holding patera in outstretched r. hand, staff in l.
cf: RIC 4, RSC 55
Toronto Group forgery

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Galba76 viewsModern cast fake of AR denarius of Galba, 68-9 AD
obv: IMP SER GALBA CAESAR AVG laureate head, right
rev: DIVA AVGVSTA the deified Livia standing left, holding patera in outstretched r. hand, staff in l.
cf: RIC 4, RSC 55
Toronto Group forgery
commodus
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Galba81 viewsModern cast fake of AR denarius of Galba, 68-9 AD
obv: IMP SER GALBA CAESAR AVG laureate head, right
rev: DIVA AVGVSTA the deified Livia standing left, holding patera in outstretched r. hand, staff in l.
cf: RIC 4, RSC 55
Toronto Group forgery
commodus
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Galba90 viewsModern cast fake of AR denarius of Galba, 68-9 AD
obv: IMP SER GALBA CAESAR AVG laureate head, right
rev: DIVA AVGVSTA the deified Livia standing left, holding patera in outstretched r. hand, staff in l.
cf: RIC 4, RSC 55
Toronto Group forgery
commodus
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Galba35 viewsGalba. 68 AD Rome mint
Sestertius 31,07g
IMP SER GALBA CAES AVG TR P. Laureate head r. / AVGVSTA S - C, female figure (Livia) seated l. on stool, holding patera in r. hand, vertical sceptre in left.
RIC2 335 (S); ACG 83

Sold as replica InAsta 48 lot 7253
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Galba37 viewsGalba. AD 68-69. AR Denarius (18mm, 2.82 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck July AD 68-January AD 69. IMP SER GALBA CAESAR AVG, laureate head right / DIVA AVGVSTA, Livia, draped, standing left, holding patera in outstretched right hand and vertical scepter in left. RIC I 186; RSC 55; BMCRE 8-9; BN 83-4Din X
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Galba36 viewsGalba. AD 68-69. AR Denarius. Rome mint. Struck circa July AD 68-January AD 69.

Obv : IMP SER GALBA – CAESAR AVG, Laureate head right
Rev : DIVA – AVGVSTA, Livia standing left, holding patera and scepter.

RIC I 186; RSC 55.

Modern fake
Martin B4
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Galba, April 68 - January 69 AD. 176 viewsAR Denarius, Rome mint, struck late 68 AD.
Obv. IMP SER GALBA CAESAR AVG. Laureate and draped bust of Galba r.
Rev. DIVA AVGVSTA. Livia stands l., holding long scepter and patera.
Cast, “Dimitrovgrad Studio”.
Ilya Prokopov
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Galba, Aureus172 viewsObv:- SER GALBA CAESAR AVG Bare bust right with cuirass and aegis
Rev:- DIVA AVGVSTA. Livia, draped, standing left, holding patera in extended right hand and vertical sceptre in left
Fig 2a is the false coin - 7.32g - ex Trau (Vienna 1935), lot 476
Fig 2b is genuine, Private collection, 7.26g

A well made and deceptive counterfeit from the early 20th century. Apparently copied from a denarius of the type rather than one of the few aurei known at the time. The counterfeit made it to two auctions before it was condemned.

Published in the IAPN BOC Vol 20, No. 1 in 1995 - example 2a
Image used with permission of IAPN
maridvnvm
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Galba, Denarius, RIC 224281 viewsObv:- IMP SER GALBA CAESAR AVG P M, laureate head right
Rev:- DIVA AUGUSTA, Livia standing left holding scepter & patera.
RIC 224

Somewhat dangerous cast fake.

Sold on ebay January 2007 by batibaleno.

Submitted by Maridvnvm
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Galba, Denarius, RIC 224142 viewsObv:- IMP SER GALBA CAESAR AVG P M, laureate head right
Rev:- DIVA AUGUSTA, Livia standing left holding scepter & patera.
RIC 224

Modern fake. Cast.

Sold as original by known fake seller cosii.sp.legv.roma.leg1 on ebay May 2009
maridvnvm
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Galba, Denarius, RIC 22411 viewsObv:- IMP SER GALBA CAESAR AVG P M, laureate head right
Rev:- DIVA AUGUSTA, Livia standing left holding scepter & patera.
RIC 224

Modern cast
maridvnvm
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Galba, Denarius, RIC 4327 viewsObv: IMP SER GALBA CAESAR AVG
Bust: Laureate head right
Rev: DIVA AVGVSTA
Livia stands facing left, holding a patera and scepter Date: 68 - 69 AD
Ref: RIC 4, RSC 55

Top coin sold in one day auction by "power-of-love", a Torono Fake.

2nd picture auctioned same day by "Bricklayeranc" also in one day private auction. Also a Toronto Group fake
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