Constantinus I
FAKE
Follis
CONSTANTINIANA DAFNE
Mint : Constantinople
CONSTANTI - NVS MAX AVG
Bare bust of Constantinus I to the right with a rosette diadem and looking upward.
CONSTANTINI - ANA DAFNE
Victory seated on a cippus, resting her legs on a shield. Holding a palm in each hand and looking behind it. A trophy in front of her on the left with a captive at her feet.
Marks
Imitation of RIC VII 32. It is a fake coming from Eastern Europe and which is very widespread. This type is very rare. We see that the counterfeiters have probably sold a stock at low prices, since we see many of these fakes on the market. This allows them to have a lot of buyers thinking of winning money. This false sometimes meet with the same form of blank and the same centering, but also with other centering or forms of blank. However, we always find the same black color with the same highest points of the coin being lighter. You can compare your copy with the coin in the photo to see these similar elements.
Follis
GENIO IMPERATORIS
Mint : Alexandria
FL VAL CONSTANTINVS FIL AVG
Laureate bust of Constantine I right.
GENIO IMPE - RATORI
Genius standing left, holding patera with the right hand and cornucopia with the left hand.
Photos from coin sold as modern fake by London Ancient Coins, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3221541, link to their website: https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/london_ancient_coins-89/ancient-coins/Default.aspx?#!/Home.
Imitation of the RIC 104 (Alexandria). Uncertainty about the bust: draped? cuirassed? The mint mark on the reverse is Invisible. Informations of weight and diameter, die axis: 12h, from London Ancient Coins.
Follis
SOL INVICTO COMITI
Mint : Lugdunum
IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Constantine I right.
SOL INVIC - TO COMITI / F – T
Sol standing left, extending right hand and holding a globe with the left hand.
Photos from coin sold as modern fake by London Ancient Coins, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3221540, link to their website: https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/london_ancient_coins-89/ancient-coins/Default.aspx?#!/Home.
Imitation of the RIC 308. Informations of weight and diameter, die axis: 12h, from London Ancient Coins.
Argenteus
VIRTVS MILITVM
Mint : Trier
CONSTAN - TINVS NOB C
Laureate bust of Constantine I right.
VIRTVS – MILITVM
Campgate surmonted by four turrets. No doors.
Marks
Photos from coin sold as modern fake by London Ancient Coins, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3221539, link to their website: https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/london_ancient_coins-89/ancient-coins/Default.aspx?#!/Home.
Imitation of the RIC 638. Informations of weight and diameter, die axis: 6h, from London Ancient Coins.