Anyone want a "Silver Gordian III Denarius Faustina II"?

I am rolling my weak and aging eyes at this one. Gordian III and Faustina II, eh?

Here's a properly attributed example from my collection:


Faustina I, Augusta AD 138-141, wife of Antoninus Pius.
Roman AR Denarius, 3.10 g, 17.6 mm.
Rome, AD 147-161.
Obv: DIVA FAVSTINA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.
Rev: CONSECRATIO, peacock walking right, head left.
Refs: RIC 348; BMCRE 473; Cohen 175; RCV 4594.

 

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About 6 months ago I saw on Ebay what seemed like a decent denarius of Elagabalus labeled as a denarius of Emperor Antoninus Pius. At least with that one you can see how the seller could have made that mistake. Not sure how this one got Gordian III mixed in there.

 

I like the flow lines on your example better.

 

Here is my Faustina the Elder

 

Common malpractice amongst the higher end of the sales spectrum as well.
How many wrong attributions can you name from this page?

 

1. The identity of the emperor is wrong. This is clearly Caracalla.
2. The date of Caracalla's reign is way off.
3. The medium is obviously gold and not silver.

On top of that, I really can't say I condone a business whose sole purpose is to destroy dozens of semi-uncommon ancient coins to make a really tacky pendants that will be out of style in 5 or 10 years.