The auction house Nomos AG has recently listed this coin on auction (Estimate: 500 CHF). The lot was pointed out privately to me by an american collector who first had some suspects on it.
After I started this discussion on lamoneta, expert discussed and there was agreement it is likely a modern fake. The lot was withdrawn at the last minute.
The US auction house Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles is offering on auction this well known modern forgery. Continue reading “Currently on auction: fake gold Tremissis of Leo I”
I share an interesting article by Clive Stannard, titled “EVALUATING THE MONETARY SUPPLY: WERE DIES REPRODUCED MECHANICALLY IN ANTIQUITY?”. The work deals with the production of dies in antiquity. By this reading you can also indirectly acquire interesting notions to understand how some kind of modern forgeries are made.
Download the article at this link: Stannard 2008b
The Austrian auction house VL Nummus is currently auctioning this cast fake, Continue reading “Cast fake sestertius of Severus Alexander currently on auction”
I just realized all these samples of gold solidus of Constantine I are forgeries, Continue reading “Oh my… they are all forgeries!”
The Spanish auction house Jesús Vico, S.A. is currently listing this known cast fake (samples here and here), for 250 Eur starting Continue reading “Cast fake denarius of Nero currently on auction.”
This denarius of Marcus Antonius with L. Munatius Plancus (mint moving with M. Antonius) is currently listed on auction by Continue reading “Very suspicious denarius currently on auction.”
The two fakes from the same Bulgarian dies as previous post already discussed on this blog here, auctioned some days ago by Hirsch, went both unsold.
WARNING: Reading this post could scare you from collecting Roman coins, that is not at all the purpose of this blog. If you are a susceptible or faint-hearted collector… just don’t read this.
Two months ago… Continue reading “Letting the market decide…”
I already wrote about the British fakes seller Continue reading “A golden fraud!”
The shameless British seller Saxby’s Coins sold this bulgarian fake one week ago, for 180 GBP final price after 26 bids. Continue reading “Cornuficius”
Many novice collectors of ancient coins often orientate themselves by watching the feedbacks of sellers, convinced that it is a safe way to avoid frauds. Following this method Continue reading “This is for novice collectors: Feedback ratings on Ebay, should you trust?”
Recommended readings
For those who can read Spanish, here a didactic page from an interesting website, with many links to useful sources Continue reading “¡Ojo con las falsificaciones!”
The Austrian auction house VL Nummus is currently auctioning this amazing coin, 250 eur starting Continue reading “Cool hairstyle bro!”
This coin was discussed on October 8 2013 by F. Lamanna, during the conference Continue reading “A fake denarius of M. Junius Brutus”
Recommended reading, at this link: Highly_Deceptive_Forgeries_of_Constantin
Abstract: “The most famous and sought after of all coins from antiquity include Constantine the Great’s SPES PVBLIC coinage. These small bronze coins were issued 321 -328 AD at Constantine’s new capital-to-be Constantinopolis. They are the first coins said to carry an unequivocally Christian message from the emperor to his subjects. They are hard to get, and a SPES PVBLIC is usually the star of any numismatic collection. Recently, a number of ingenious forgeries of SPES PVBLIC coins have come on the market. These forgeries have deceived every numismatist that has handled them, and they pose a threat to collectors and researchers alike. This paper examines these forgeries, to date the most skilled known of Late Roman Bronzes, and explains how they were produced.“
Beware collectors of Roman coins, two new fakes are on auction these days.
The first one is from famous bulgarian fake dies (also published in: Prokopov Volume III, Agrippa no. 1), the same already discussed in this blog (go on the index “Rulers->Agrippa” on the left side of the main page of this blog to see them).
This time the auction house is british Continue reading “Fakes Agrippa (again) currently on auction.”
The german seller Auktionshaus Felzmann on August 2015 listed this well known bulgarian fake, struck by modern dies. Continue reading “Fake denarius of Vespasianus”
Some new bulgarian fakes appeared on ebay some days ago, not very dangerous and actually listed as replicas, but they could cheat unexperienced collectors in future listings.
Sestertius of Marcus Aurelius
Aureus of Continue reading “New Bulgarian fakes”
Several copies of a forgery of Claudius, made by modern fake bulgarian dies, have been sold in recent years, on the bay, and by major auction houses.
Source: http://www.lamoneta.it/topic/140646-dupondio-di-claudio-in-asta-hirsch/
Here some samples…
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