There are some really great ancients guys on here, but you might want to take some closer, more detailed photos if possible -- particularly on the first coin.
Until you can get better pics, DO NOT CLEAN THEM. It will only decrease its value. But great ancients there!
The picts are good enough to ID from... Coin 1: Mark Anthony, Legionary Denarius, Legio III. Coin 2: Domitian, AE. Possibly: IMP CAES DIVI VESP F DOMITIAN AVG P M Laureate head right, with drapery on left shoulder TR P COS VII DES VIII P P S-C in field Minerva standing left, with spear We will need a diameter to finish the ID of this coin. I would wait for an expert to confirm this. You have no idea what you are talking about... Even though I would not recommend cleaning the ancients posted, all ancient coins have been cleaned. Some advice from a fellow YN, don't post as an expert if you don't know what you are talking about. Note how I post that I would wait for confirmation, even though I am 99.9999% sure on the first coin.
Well, I meant 'cleaning' as in the way of like shining it up, making it resemble a higher grade coin. anxients are only cleaned in the sense of getting the dirt and the dirty stuff out of the coin, right?
You mean removing the Patina? That makes it resemble a lower grade coin, as you are removing metal from the coin.. Ancients are cleaned to get dirt, encrustations and contaminates off, while leaving the patina (the coins surfaces) on.
I believe that this is what you mean: Not in bronze or silver. There are in gold, with one posted by AncientJoe in this thread: http://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-ancient-gold-and-silver.222241/ This is my opinion, which not everyone holds.
WOW, the Dekadrachm (I dunno if I spelled that one right) is amazing. I have a friend who collects ancients (Roman artifacts, Greek artifacts, arrowheads, coins, etc.) , I can tell that he would like the coins there.
Thanks for the replys. But I really do not understand anything that was said about what the coins are. I do not have these coins so better pics may not happen someone is wanting to sale them an I was just hoping someone could tell me more about them an a good price. I understand what your saying about cleaning. I do buy a good bit of US coins but not many ancient coins the guy has a lot more but I do not have pics of them all. I will try to get better pics. In the mean time if anyone would like to add more please do so.
Grrrr, I keep typing 'anxients'...The X and the C are too close to eachother, plus I don't pay too much attention to what I type on my iPad...
