Here are some Mark Antony Legionary denarii from the same seller as the Domitian and Pescennius Niger I have seen a few other examples of these queried already but thought it worth sharing them together here Leg I Leg II Leg III Leg V Leg VIII Leg XII Leg XX
Man, I hate to see these as I collect the MA Legionary series. I have yet to find a "real" Leg I" or "PRI", but if they are out there I sure would like to obtain one. Marcus_Antonius_Leg_II Marcus_Antonius_Leg_III Marcus_Antonius_Leg_V Marcus_Antonius_Leg_VIII Marcus_Antonius_Leg_XII Marcus_Antonius_Leg_XX
These fakes are very similar to the ones that Lanz has been selling off and on over the past year or so. These coins lack any of the black gunk that was applied to Lanz's coins though... Appreciate the ongoing vigilance - it's always great to raise awareness of these forgeries. I hope you log them in the fake coins database as well, so others can also be made aware.
These are very, very similar to those. I will be adding all the coins I identify as fakes here to the Forvm Fake Reports. Regards, Martin
Perfect, Martin. Again, many thanks for raising awareness of these. I find these posts very helpful so I am aware of the fakes out there. Please continue posting these.
..as soon as i saw these i knew this was your element ...and thanks to Martin(@maridvnvm ) for enlightening us
No. The figure on obverse is Julius Caesar. This is a cast copy of a denarius. The type was struck in 42 BCE under the authority of the moneyer Mussidius Longus. The moneyer's name is visible on the reverse. Caesar had already been assassinated two years before of course, so this is a posthumous issue. Another example is here: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3359221 Again, you may like to research a little before posting.
I didn’t say I was sure. I just said it looked like an Augustus to me. It was a guess not a statement of fact. I was wrong. I admit it. Frankly I was just trying to see if I could identify it without looking it up and I was going to be proud of myself if I could but unfortunately I still have a lot to learn.
I was going mostly based on the reverse. Because I remember seeing a denarius of Augustus with the “priestly implements” on the reverse and it looked almost exactly like the reverse of the denarius of Caesar’s with the elephant. I was actually going to make a post asking if Augustus copied it from Caesar and I figured that was the same coin as the one shared here.
Rest assured that after collecting Roman coins for a while, you'll be able to identify nearly every single emperor just by the portrait. I was in a museum in Poland about 6 years ago where they had a borrowed display of Roman Imperial coins. The curator was surprised that I could identify each coin by just a glance at the portrait. He seemed impressed. I suppose most of the observers he spoke with had no idea.
Just FYI I have added the first 46 coins from this seller to the Forvm fake reports. I still have many more to go. For those interested in seeing these reports they can be seen here:- https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/thumbnails.php?album=lastupby&uid=618