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ACTA ACCLA, November 2006FANTASY COUNTERFEIT

Photograph by Michael J. Connor.
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| This "worn" looking silver denarius of Trajan (ruled 98-117 CE) is a modern counterfeit made from copies of 2 different coins originally minted more than a century apart. The obverse shows the laureate head of Trajan right, IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P around. The reverse is the reverse of a coin minted in the days of the Roman Republic in 62 BCE and is Sear RCV 366, Cr415/1, Syd 926. It shows L Aemilius Lepidus Paullus standing to right of a trophy, Perseus and his two sons captive on the left, TER above PAVLVS in exegue. |
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