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NOT IN RIC
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UNLISTED ISSUE. Obverse RIC VI CARTHAGO 31a with reverse RIC VIII ANTIOCH 229 minted sixty years later for Jovian. This coin seems to be unlisted in RIC but in fact belongs to the group of rather deceptive forgeries. Apparently this time counterfeiter made a mistake and mixed up his dies.
See six examples of RIC VI CARTHAGO 31a from the same obverse die:
- Triskeles (auction 20, lot 661, 11.95 g, 27 mm);
- CNG (eAuction 321, lot 690, 13.09 g, 28 mm);
- Münzkabinett der Universität Göttingen (no. BA-0282, 7.131 g, 26.27);
- eBay (sold as replica, December 2020, 10.36 g);
- VCoins (CIVITAS Galleries) (8.99 g, 27 mm);
- Artemide Aste (e-Live auction 23, lot 717, 8.48 g, 26 mm).
One example imitating Syrian tetradrachm from the same obverse die:
- eBay (FAC; posted by Din X).
And ten examples of RIC VIII ANTIOCH 229 from the same reverse die:
- Sincona (auction 10, lot 325, 9.13 g);
- InAsta (E-Live auction 99, lot 551, 9.91 g);
- Vico (auction 142, lot 267);
- Alpha Auctions (auction 7, lot 294, 10.31 g);
- eBay (from Din X collection);
- Stephen Album Rare Coins (online auction 24, lot 126, 10.09 g;
- Stephen Album Rare Coins (auction 48, lot 1641, 11.35 g, withdrawn);
- Stephen Album Rare Coins (auction 48, lot 1642, 10.78 g, withdrawn);
- Numismatik Naumann (auction 149, lot 888, 8.79 g, 27 mm);
- InAsta (E-auction 117, lot 1156, 11.8 g).
Of course all these coins are also fakes [Thanks to the collaboration of Janusz Kamiński, Din X and six2ten].
See also:
ANTIOCHIA [after 54a], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND [FORGERY]
ALEXANDRIA [after 32a], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND [FORGERY]
ALEXANDRIA [before 124], MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND [FORGERY]
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