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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 7239190, member: 75937&quot;]The coin is indeed a double die-match to the coin in the Forum Counterfeit Report and it IS a fake.</p><p><br /></p><p>The counterfeit report is in error because it omits the SINGLE BIGGEST GIVEAWAY that it&#039;s fake: this reverse was only used on aurei, not denarii, of Faustina I. They have misidentified the coin as a copy of RIC 348. It&#039;s not.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=118287]@iameatingjam[/USER]&#039;s coin and the FCR coin depict Fortuna, veiled, standing l., holding <i><b>patera</b></i> and rudder on ground. This is the reverse type of RIC 349a, exemplified by <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1856-1101-38" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1856-1101-38" rel="nofollow">BMC 368</a>, an aureus:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1275045[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>In contrast, RIC 348 is indeed a denarius, but depicts Fortuna, veiled, standing l., holding <i><b>globe</b></i> and rudder on ground, exemplified by this example from my own collection:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1275046[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are the listings in RIC:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1275049[/ATTACH]</p><p>Now, RIC isn&#039;t the be all and end all, to be sure, but no denarii with the OP&#039;s reverse type are known to Cohen, Strack, or the British Museum, either.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are only two explanations for the existence of the OP coin. Either</p><p><br /></p><p>-- it&#039;s fake</p><p><br /></p><p>or</p><p><br /></p><p>-- it and the coin in FCR are denarii which were accidentally struck with a pair of dies intended for aurei. A royal fizzbin. </p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]hvGVi0df4A0[/MEDIA][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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