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VITELLIUS 175 viewsDenarius
A VITELLIUS IMP GERMAN / FIDES EXERCITVVM
Clasped hands
Sold on eBay Nov.2019, matches FCR file # 96/178
Dominic T
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Aesillas224 viewsSelling as a copy on Ebay, November 2011

Sellers desc:
Ancient Greek Coin - Macedon, Silver Tetradrachm
Hellenistic Period Greek Coinage
AR Tetradrachm 90 - 75 B.C.
An Exact Original Coin Replica
Homeland of Alexander the Great; one hundred and seventy-five years after the creation of his great empire, Macedonian fell to the Roman empire. This coin was struck during Roman rule.
Diameter: 29 mm
Use this coin to do your historical research. Hold it in your hands, you will find that it is the next best thing to owning the original coin.
Material: Silver plated lead free pewter
Obverse:Head of Alexander the Great w/horn of Ammon and flowing hair.
Reverse: AESILLAS above club between money chest and quaestor's chair.
This coin is stamped on the reverse with the word copy.
SRukke
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Agrigentum Tetradrachm160 viewsSelling as a copy on ebay, 2011

sellers desc:
Agrigentum, Sicily, Ancient Greek Silver Tetradrachm Coin Replica
Classical Art Period
413-405 B.C.
BMC #58
An Exact Coin Replica
Diameter: 26 mm
Own a piece of ancient Greek history at an affordable price. Use this coin to do your historical research. Hold it in your hands, you will find that it is the next best thing to owning the original coin.
Material: Silver plated pewter
Obverse: Two eagles standing left on hare, behind horned head of young river god.
Reverse: Quadriga driven by by Nike.
This coin is stamped on the reverse with the word copy.
The rim is stamped with Becker and BMC 58.
SRukke
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Akragas Agrigentum50 viewsSicily, Agrigentum
Decadrachm, unsigned work of My(ron) and Poly(ainos) circa 409-406, AR 42.42 g. AKRAGAS Fast quadriga driven l. by charioteer, holding reins with both hands; above, eagle flying l., holding snake in its talons. Below horses, crab. Rev. Two eagles l., perching on dead hare lying on rock; the further with spread wings lowers its head towards the prey; the nearer, with closed wings, raises its head to screech. In r. field, grasshopper. L. Mildernberg, Essays Kraay-Mørkholm, p. 185, footnote 35 (this coin). SNG Dewing 562 (this coin cited). Gulbenkian 168 (this reverse die). Rizzo pl. II, 8 (these dies). SNG Lloyd 817 (these dies). Wealth of the Ancient World 77 (this coin). Seltman, NC 1948 part I, 8
Din X
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Albinus Bruti f.153 viewsAR Denarius minted at Rome, c. 48 BC.
Obv.: Diademed head right of Pietas.
Rev.: ALBINVS BRVTI F Two joined hands with winged caduceus.
Cr. 450/2; Syd. 942.
Cast.
Ilya Prokopov
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Albinus Bruti f.71 viewsAlbinus Bruti f. 48 BC. AR Denarius (17.5 mm, 3.59 g, 12 h). Rome mint. Bare head of Pietas right, wearing earring / Two clasped hands; winged caduceus behind. Crawford 450/2; CRI 26; Sydenham 942; RSC Postumia 10

Not an obvious fake by any means; the weight is right and the style seems correct. But there is a casting seem on one edge. Submitted for consignment to Agora Auctions.
Tom Mullally
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Alexander of Carthage, AV Aureus302 viewsObv:- IMP ALEXANDER P F AVG, laureate head right
Rev:- INVICTA ROMA FEL KARTHAGO, Carthage standing facing, head left, in long robe, holding fruits in both hands
PK in exe
Fig 29a is the false coin - 4.52g
Fig 29b is genuine from Paris - 5.32g
Fig 29c is genuine from a private collection - 5.36g

This coin is part of what IAPN/BOC coined as the British Museum Forgers (BMF) production. These are coins based on electrotypes of coins from the British Museum (BM) that have been used to create new dies that have been enhanced in various ways. These coins are considered dangerous counterfeits and caused a lot of embarrassment amongst dealers in the mid-late 1980s when they made it through onto the market.

Whilst being dangerous they all share certain characteristics:-
a) the relief on the coin type is much more rounded and fuller than on the original coin and is often higher
b) many of the coins show no sign of any real wear but lack sharpness giving the impression of being weakly struck
c) the coin is known in an example from the same dies in the BM collection
d) the coin differs in very small ways and these changes are areas of either wear or damage on the BM coin
e) the area of join between the coin type and the flan is never really sharp
f) on gold coins the fields tend to be perfectly flat with some wavyness or convexity on the reverse. The surfaces are so perfect they look like melted chocolate
g) the pattern of wear makes no sense with very clear details on areas which are higher in relief than more flat or worn ones

It would appear that the Paris coin was the model but there are several mistakes.

Published in the IAPN BOC Vol 17, No. 1 in 1992 - Example 29
Image used with permission of IAPN
maridvnvm
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ALEXIUS I COMNENUS (1081 - 1118).155 viewsSteel Dies for Electrum or AR histanenon nomisma, Mint of Thessalonica.
Obv. + KE RO ALEZ, Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cr., pallium and colobium, holding book of Gospels with both hands.
Rev. St. Demetrios and Alexius holding sceptre. To l., IC; to r., XC.
Rev. St Demetrius (on l.) stg. three-wuarter face to r., presenting labarum to Alexius (on r.) who stands facing; the saint is nimbate, wears military attire and holding sword in l.; the emperor wears crown and loros, and grasps shaft of labarum with r.; DI / MI / TI; to r., D EC / PT / H.
Sear 1094
“Dimitrovgrad Studio”
Ilya Prokopov
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Andronicus III Palaeologus 1328-1341 Cast AR Half Basilikon124 viewsObv:- St. Demetrius standing facing, holding spear and shield.
Rev:- Andronicus, raising hands in adoration, and the Virgin Mary standing slightly facing one another.
DOC 867-8; PCPC 196; LPC p. 120, 6; Sear 2476. Constantinople mint.
Multiple casts: three of the above casts were listed in published auctions.
(16mm-17mm, 0.97g-0.99g, 6h). Heavy series.
1 commentsLacedaemon
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Annia Faustina RIC 23242 viewsJulia Soaemias AR Denarius

O: Draped bust right, ANNIA FAVSTINA AVG

R: CONCORDIA, Elagabalus, laureate and togate, and Annia Faustina, diademed and draped, standing facing each other, clasping right hands; star between them.

3.41g, diameter unknown.

Modern Yugoslavian reproduction. Listed as authentic on e-bay January 2021.
Ron C2
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Annia Faustina, third wife of Elagabalus163 viewsAE Sestertius circa 221
Obv. ANNIA FAVSTI – NA AVGVSTA Diad. and dr. bust r.
Rev. CONCORDIA Elagabalus and Faustina standing facing each other and clasping hands; between them, star. In exergue, S C.
Struck.
Ilya Prokopov
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ANTONINUS PIUS319 viewsAR Denarius, 3.24 g.
Obv . ANTONINVS / AVG PIVS PP. Laur. head r.
Rev. C O S І І I I. Clasped r. hands holding caduceus, between corn-ears.
Type RIC III, 136.
Cast. Light trimming of the hair and beard.
Published: Prokopov/Paunov Sofia 2004, no. 39
Ilya Prokopov
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Antoninus Pius 57 viewsOffered currently by reputable auction house as authentic, published as fogery from "modern dies" in bulletin IBSCC Bulletin on Counterfeits BOCS Vol 13 No.1 1988 Page 23 and
IBSCC Bulletin on Counterfeits BOCS Vol 20 No.1 1995 Page 28.
From pseudo hoard from Jordan "and there is only one pair of dies for each emperor".
But these are possibly still transfer die fakes and the usage of "modern dies" in bulletin missleading.
They have very smooth soapy details and a flat surface and no metal flow.

IBSCC Bulletin on Counterfeits BOCS Vol 20 No.1 1995 Page 29 Fig 10c

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https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pos=-8457

IBSCC Bulletin on Counterfeits BOCS Vol 13 No.1 1988 Page 23 Fig c

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https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pos=-9819

IBSCC Bulletin on Counterfeits BOCS Vol 13 No.1 1988 Page 23 Fig B

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IBSCC Bulletin on Counterfeits BOCS Vol 13 No.1 1988 Page 23 Fig A

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Antoninus Pius; 138-161 AD, Rome, c. 143-4 AD, Aureus, 7.28g. RIC-109, Calicó-1548, BM-492. Obv: ANTONINVS AVG PI - VS P P TR P COS III Laureate head r. Rx: IM - PERA - T - OR II Victory flying r. holding trophy in both hands. The reverse legend and design alludes to Antoninus' victory in Britain, as he successfully pushed northward past Hadrian's Wall.Lustrous fields.
Din X
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Antoninus Pius70 viewsWas withdrawn from auction as modern FORGERY with other fake aurei
"Retrait de la vente"

published as fogery from "modern dies" in bulletin IBSCC Bulletin on Counterfeits BOCS Vol 13 No.1 1988 Page 23 and
IBSCC Bulletin on Counterfeits BOCS Vol 20 No.1 1995 Page 28.
From pseudo hoard from Jordan "and there is only one pair of dies for each emperor".
But these are possibly still transfer die fakes and the usage of "modern dies" in bulletin missleading.
They have very smooth soapy details and a flat surface and no metal flow.

IBSCC Bulletin on Counterfeits BOCS Vol 20 No.1 1995 Page 29 Fig 10c

http://forgerynetwork.com/asset.aspx?id=fr~x~gy/ySGM0=

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pos=-8457

IBSCC Bulletin on Counterfeits BOCS Vol 13 No.1 1988 Page 23 Fig c

http://forgerynetwork.com/asset.aspx?id=/93IFdvG0Ig=

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pos=-9819

IBSCC Bulletin on Counterfeits BOCS Vol 13 No.1 1988 Page 23 Fig B

http://forgerynetwork.com/asset.aspx?id=Jee51iGy5Jw=

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pos=-9818

IBSCC Bulletin on Counterfeits BOCS Vol 13 No.1 1988 Page 23 Fig A

http://forgerynetwork.com/asset.aspx?id=970/zt/Y9Hc=

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?pos=-9817

Antoninus Pius; 138-161 AD, Rome, c. 143-4 AD, Aureus, 7.28g. RIC-109, Calicó-1548, BM-492. Obv: ANTONINVS AVG PI - VS P P TR P COS III Laureate head r. Rx: IM - PERA - T - OR II Victory flying r. holding trophy in both hands. The reverse legend and design alludes to Antoninus' victory in Britain, as he successfully pushed northward past Hadrian's Wall.Lustrous fields.
Din X
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Antoninus Pius 138-161357 viewsAR 12 denarii
Obv. Laur. bust r.
Rev. Victori; Annona; Genius; Salus; Liberalitas; clasped hands ... etc.
Cast.
Ilya Prokopov
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Antoninus Pius AV Aureus.214 viewsANTONINVS AVG PI-VS P P TR P COS III Laureate head r.

IM-PERA-T-OR II Victory alighting r., holding trophy in both hands.

RIC 109. BMC 492. Calico 1548.

Being sold on ebay with no guarantee. Die match with published fakes "from a Syrian hoard".

Top coin compared with reference coin; IBSCC Bulletin on Counterfeits BOCS Vol 20 No.1 1995 Page 29 Fig 10c
Will Hooton
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Antoninus Pius Denarius39 viewsObv: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP
Laur. head r.
Rev: COS IIII
Clasped hands holding caduceus between corn-ears.
cf RIC 136
Cast
mauseus
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Antoninus Pius Denarius61 viewsAntoninus Pius Denarius

Rome. AD 145 - AD 161

ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P Head of Antoninus Pius, laureate, right

COS IIII Clasped hands holding caduceus between two corn-ears

RIC III Antoninus Pius 136

Cast, see discussion at https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=116387.0
1 commentsRL
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Antoninus Pius, as Caesar42 viewsAE As. 138 AD.
Obv. IMP T AELIVS CAESAR ANTONINVS, bare-headed, draped bust right, seen from behind.
Rev. TRIB POT COS S-C, clasped hands before winged caduceus flanked by two wheat ears.
RIC 1088b.
Cast and tooled!
Ilya Prokopov
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Antoninus Pius, Aureus164 viewsObv:- ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, Laureate head right
Rev:- IMPERATOR II, Victory advancing r., holding trophy in both hands.
Fig 10c is the false coin

Published in the IAPN BOC Vol 20, No. 1 in 1995 - example 10c
Image used with permission of IAPN
maridvnvm
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Antoninus Pius, Aureus126 viewsObv:- ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, Laureate head right
Rev:- IMPERATOR II, Victory advancing r., holding trophy in both hands.
Fig 10a is the false coin
Fig 11 is genuine

Modern dies. Several die duplicates. Reddish gold and slightly rough surfaces as if found in the Sea.

Published in the IAPN BOC Vol 11, No. 1 in 1988 - example 10a
Image used with permission of IAPN
maridvnvm
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Antoninus Pius, Aureus109 viewsObv:- ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, Laureate head right
Rev:- IMPERATOR II, Victory advancing r., holding trophy in both hands.
Fig 10b is the false coin
Fig 11 is genuine

Modern dies. Several die duplicates. Reddish gold and slightly rough surfaces as if found in the Sea.

Published in the IAPN BOC Vol 11, No. 1 in 1988 - example 10b
Image used with permission of IAPN
maridvnvm
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Antoninus Pius, Aureus116 viewsObv:- ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, Laureate head right
Rev:- IMPERATOR II, Victory advancing r., holding trophy in both hands.
Fig 10c is the false coin
Fig 11 is genuine

Modern dies. Several die duplicates. Reddish gold and slightly rough surfaces as if found in the Sea.

Published in the IAPN BOC Vol 11, No. 1 in 1988 - example 10c
Image used with permission of IAPN
maridvnvm
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Antoninus Pius, Denarius, RIC 136479 viewsObv:- ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, laureate head right
Rev:- COS IIII, Clasped hands holding grain ears & caduceus.
RIC 136, RSC 344, BMC 530

Somewhat dangerous cast fake.

Sold on ebay February 2007 by batibaleno.

Submitted by Maridvnvm
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