CONTEMPORARY
FORGERIES AND BARBAROUS ROMAN COINS
All coins listed below are GENUINE ANCIENT
coins.
Forgeries can be found in bronze,
silver and base metal masquerading as silver or gold. Often made to deceive, or
during times when there was a shortage of coinage in circulation.
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WCF 6063 |
JULIA DOMNA. Wife of Septimius Severus.
Contemporary Forgery. Struck copy of a silver denarius. PIETAS AVGG.
Pietas, veiled, standing half-left, dropping incense into lighted altar
and holding box. RSC 150. Bronze core with a silver wash. Struck from
coin dies of very good style. Some light pitting and discoloration. |
£25.00 |
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WCF 7291 |
ELAGABALUS. 218-222 AD. Contemporary Forgery.
Cast copy of a silver denarius. INVICTVS SACERDOS AVG. Elagabalus
standing front, head left, holding patera and club, recumbent bull
behind altar; star or comet in field to left. RSC 61. Cast in base
metal so as to appear silver when in circulation, now a silvery dark
grey. UK find. |
£25.00 |
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WCF 7023 |
SEVERUS ALEXANDER. 222-235 AD. Contemporary
Forgery. Cast copy of a silver denarius. VIRTVS AVG. Virtus, in
military dress, standing right, holding reversed spear and resting left
hand on shield. RSC 576. Cast in base metal so as to appear silver
when in circulation, now a silvery dark grey. UK find. |
£25.00 |
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WCF 6137 |
JULIA MAMAEA. Mother of Severus Alexander.
Contemporary Forgery. Struck copy of a silver denarius. VESTA. Vesta,
veiled, standing half-left, holding patera and transverse sceptre. RSC 87.
Bronze core with green patina. Struck from coin dies of very good style
possibly official. |
£25.00 |
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BARBAROUS ROMAN COINS
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WCF 6135 |
BARBAROUS CONSTANTINE the Great. Ca. 307-337 AD. Ae
16 mm. Laureate helmeted bust right. ® Two victories standing holding
shield inscribed over altar. Copy of the VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP
type. |
£20.00 |
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BROCKAGES OF ROMAN COINS
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WCF 6124 |
BROCKAGE of CONSTANTINE I (the Great). 307-337 AD.
Ae3. Blank. ® Mirror image of Constantine the Great with legend around. |
£35.00 |
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WCF 6125 |
BROCKAGE of CONSTANS. 337-350 AD. Ae4. Laureate
head of Constans right. ® Mirror image of obverse. |
£20.00 |
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