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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orange Julius, post: 3041696, member: 77226&quot;]April 1st in many areas is known as &quot;April Fool&#039;s Day,&quot; a day of pranks, practical jokes and hoaxes. To celebrate, I thought a thread of favorite ancient and modern fakes would be fun.</p><p><br /></p><p>I saw there&#039;s a thread of fun &quot;tooled&quot; coins but I was thinking this thread could be a place to show off coins that have either fooled us as collectors... or that we collect because they are great (or hilariously terrible) attempts to fool others.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, here&#039;s a white metal cast of a Constantius II campgate. I&#039;ve been trying to convince myself this is an ancient cast fake... but it&#039;s probably more likely modern.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Post your favorite fakes, imitations and whatever else!</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]759348[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Cast Fake of:</p><p>Constantius II, AE follis, Arles. 327 AD. FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust left / VIRTVS-CAESS, campgate, 6 layers, 4 turrets, open doors with panels. S-F across fields. Mintmark ARLQ. RIC VII Arles 316.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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