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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 2449274, member: 31620&quot;]<b>Septimius Severus, Denarius</b></p><p><b>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </b></p><p>Obv:- L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP VII, Laureate head right</p><p>Rev:- DIVI M P II F P M TR P III COS II P P, Mars advancing right, holding spear and trophy.</p><p>Minted in Rome A.D. 195</p><p>Reference:- cf Aureus with references RIC 65. Cohen 123. Calico 2447.</p><p><br /></p><p>A cast fake made from an example from the Calico 2447 dies. Bought by myself as a study example as a fake.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/albums/userpics/10618/RI_064re_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Julia Domna, denarius</b></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Obv:- IVLIA DOMNA AVG, Draped bust right, hair tied in bun behind</p><p>Rev:- MONET AVG, Moneta standing left, holding scales in right hand, cornucopiae in left</p><p><br /></p><p>Cast fake. I bought one of the earliest of these to hit the market. I then saw three other matches appear on ebay. I have seen hundreds since. The broken N on the reverse is a simple tell.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/albums/userpics/10618/RI_065v_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Clodius Albinus, Denarius</b></p><p><b>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </b></p><p>Obv:– D CLOD SEPT ALBIN CAES, Laureate head right</p><p>Rev:– FELICITAS COS II, Felicitas standing half left, caduceus in right and scepter in right hand</p><p>Minted in Alexandria. A.D. 194. </p><p><br /></p><p>Cast fake.</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought the top coin and thought it superfically ok. Whilst researching the coin I located the lower coin. Upon much closer examination I found the traces of a casting seam on my coin confirming it as a cast fake. I suspect the lower coin is a cast fake too though there is an outside chance that it is the host but I doubt it.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/albums/userpics/10618/RI_063g_imga.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>I do have a Caracalla quinarius by Slavey knocking around somewhere that I bought as a curio. I will have to dig it out and take a photo.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Septimius Severus, Denarius</b></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Obv:- IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG COS II, Laureate head right</p><p>Rev:- FELICITAS TEMPOR, grain ear between crossed cornucopiae</p><p>Minted in Emesa. A.D. 194 - 195</p><p>Reference:- BMCRE 347 note. RIC IV 374A. RSC 141b</p><p><br /></p><p>A modern cast fake. The coin is too small and too light. The metal feels wrong and has artificial patination. The coins show casting pits and bubbles under magnification. There is an edge seam and there has been an attempt to obliterate this edge seam by filing the edge of the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bought on ebay November 2010 to go in my black cabinet as I have an interest in this coinage and have never seen a fake of this type before in hand.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/albums/userpics/10618/RI_064le_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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