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Authentic ancient coins??

 

I do not think they are authentic, but don't take my word for it. I'm about 50-50 at this. Good luck.

 

I don't think so.

 

Struck fakes/fantasies, I think. Appear to all be using the same, or very similar, reverse die - of a type I don't recognize from any ancients.

 

Created from fakes of ancients ranging from different Greek regions to Roman Republican obverses combined with the eye motif on the reverse.

The most fake fakes I have seen for a while.

 

When they were posted on CT separately, several of us said they were fakes. Posting them all together does not improve them. They are fakes. Since you do not believe those of us here, I suggest you send them off to be 'graded' by NGC or to get David Sear certificates. They will be returned and you will be out the charges but perhaps you will value opinions that cost you money.

BobL is right. Each of the obverses copies the design of a genuine ancient coin but none of them were struck with anything remotely similar to the common reverse they share. As I recall, some were identified in your other, separate postings. Also odd is none of these unrelated obverse types are commonly seen struck on small, odd shaped flans like these.
http://bpmurphy.ancients.info/images/misc/histaiacomp.jpg
I find most interesting the upper right item which not only copies an original of Histiaia but seems to share the incorrect beaded headband style of the recent Bulgarian fakes of the type shown on the link above. This does not mean that these were also Bulgarian but only that whoever made them copied this rather recent fake. That means that the group can not be very old (21st century?).

 

The OP poster has yet to respond to any of the above mentioned posts...spammer maybe???

 

I usually don't respond, I just read it and go about my life. I got the information I need, don't need to waist any more time then necessary...

 

A man after my own heart. I hate to waste my time as it is getting shorter and shorter. Man, I'm feeling my mortality lately.

 

I'm young, 17, but I don't want to have to look back and regret waisted time!

 

Yeah, I saw that you were only 17. In your haste, however, don't forget to slow down once in a while and smell the roses.

 

That's what coins are for

 

Glad to know I'm not the only one that smells my coins.

 

I sniff my coins...

 

It's good that you're "hip" to "waisted" time. Do you use a belt when you don't want to "waist" time, or maybe suspenders?

Good god, the level of literacy and education in this country is just atrocious.

 

Maybe you should stop worrying about small grammatical errors caused by auto correct, I'm on this website from my phone, and be more concerned about yourself. Don't you have more important things to do instead of reading comments, then making a whole new post pointing it out to everyone? If not, that's sad and you need to get a life...

 

Maybe it's not the best idea to criticize someone as wasting their life on the same thing you yourself are currently commenting on? Just a thought.

And while Ides' critique was perhaps a bit harsh, our generation does need to learn that, when commenting online, your grammar is practically the ONLY thing that one has to evaluate the quality of your character and intellect. Grammar and spelling are the clothes and haircut of the digital world. You will be judged by them, like it or not.

(For the record, unless it was specifically set to, modern phone keyboards will not autocorrect waste to waist. But hey, it happens. )

 

One more thing. While in your hurry to avoid wasting your life online - a goal that I find admirable - be sure to stop and thank those who help you in such little things as authenticating coins. Many of us have a tremendous amount of expertise in this and some of us are actually paid good money to apply it. A little thank you would be appreciated.

 

It is set, I text fast and it helps to not have to delete and correvt