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Contemporary fake

This term has 181 records attributed within our system.

Term type

Object name
AAT

Broader Terms used

forgeries

Created

14yrs ago

Connected records

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As

Maker(s)

Ruler: Augustus (27BC-14AD) (Struck in the name of)

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Sestertius

Maker(s)

Ruler: Gordian III (238-244) (Struck in the name of)
State: Roman Empire

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Sestertius

Maker(s)

Ruler: Severus Alexander (222-35) (Struck in the name of)
State: Roman Empire

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Denarius

Maker(s)

Ruler: Septimius Severus (193-211) (Struck in the name of)

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Denarius

Maker(s)

Ruler: Antoninus Pius (AD 138-61) (Struck in the name of)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Rome

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Antoninianus

Maker(s)

Ruler: Philip I (AD 244-49)
State: Roman Empire

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Halfpenny

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Kempson, Peter (After)
Die-engraver: Wyon, Thomas (After)
Place of use: London

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Penny

Maker(s)

Issuer: Cornish Mines (Struck in the name of)
Moneyer: Halliday, Thomas (After)

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Halfpenny

Maker(s)

Issuer: Associated Irish Miners (Struck in the name of)
Place of use: Cronebane

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Halfpenny

Maker(s)

Issuer: Associated Irish Miners (Struck in the name of)
Place of use: Cronebane

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Cash (Chinese money)

Maker(s)

Ruler: Xuan Zong (1821-1850)
Ruler: after (Inferred)
Mint: Guangzhou (After)

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4 reales

Maker(s)

Ruler: Charles III (1759-88)
Ruler: George III (1760-1820) (Countermarked by)
Mint: Potosi
State: Spain

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Contemporary fake

Maker(s)

State: Gandhara (After)
Place of use: Pakistan

Roman Republic

Maker(s)

Moneyer: Octavianus, Gaius Julius Caesar
Place of use: Rome

Roman Republic

Maker(s)

Moneyer: Publius Licinius Crassus
Mint: Rome

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Roman Republic

Maker(s)

Ruler: Octavianus, Gaius Julius Caesar (Struck in the name of)
State: Rome

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Denarius

Maker(s)

Ruler: Augustus (27BC-14AD) (Struck in the name of)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Lugdunum (Uncertain)
Mint: Lyons

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Denarius

Maker(s)

Ruler: Augustus (27BC-14AD) (Struck in the name of)

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Roman Republic

Maker(s)

Moneyer: Anonymous

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Cash (Chinese money)

Maker(s)

Ruler: Ren Zong (1022-1063)

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Denarius

Maker(s)

Ruler: Augustus (27BC-14AD) (Struck in the name of)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Lugdunum (Uncertain)
Mint: Lyons

An image of Denarius

Denarius

Maker(s)

Ruler: Augustus (27BC-14AD) (Struck in the name of)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Lugdunum (Uncertain)
Mint: Lyons

An image of Denarius

Denarius

Maker(s)

Ruler: Augustus (27BC-14AD) (Struck in the name of)
State: Roman Empire
Mint: Lugdunum (Uncertain)
Mint: Lyons

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Halfpenny

Maker(s)

Issuer: Wilkinson, John (Warks, C18th) (After)

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