L VERVS AVG ARM – PARTH MAX IR P VIII

Buste of Lucius Verus to the right, laureate and draped.

_ COS II_ S C

The emperor? In a quadriga galloping to the left.

Fantasy coin, not wishing, in my opinion, to deceive collectors but simply to serve as curiosity. Indeed, if the obverse is known, the association with this reverse does not seem to exist. The general style, the centering of the striking, perfect, the bad quality metal ... all this makes me join the conclusions of Dr. Ilya Prokopov who evaluates this coin as "fantasy coin". He has already referenced this currency here: https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?album=42&pos=1179. For my part, it seems to me that the style evokes that of a Paduan. The illustration comes from a coin in the Dane Kurth collection. I saw a copy with IR P VI and not VIII, without I can conclude to a wear or a desire to change the number, because this coin is too much deteriorated.

L VERVS AVG – ARMENIACVS

Bare bust of Lucius Verus right.

TR POT XI – COS II

Apollo standing left, holding patera with the right hand and lyre 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=3221506, link to their website: https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/london_ancient_coins-89/ancient-coins/Default.aspx?#!/Home.

No official coin correpond o this imitation. Informations of weight and diameter, die axis: 6h, from London Ancient Coins. Uncertainty about the reverse legend X? XI? and COS II or III?

M COMMODVS AN - TON AVG PIVS BRIT

Laureate bust of Commodus right.

P M TR P X IMP VII COS IIII P P _ VICT BRIT / S – C

Victory seated right on pile of arms, inscribing sheild on her knee.

Photos from coin sold as modern fake by London Ancient Coins, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3221508, link to their website: https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/london_ancient_coins-89/ancient-coins/Default.aspx?#!/Home.

Imitation of the RIC 452. Informations of weight and diameter, die axis: 12h, from London Ancient Coins.