Hello All I bought this gold Aurius Roman coin from the reign of Honorius. It was hold by customs for quite a long time and eventually got to my hand today. I am so happy because I was worried if I will not get it somehow . I would like to hear your comments on the coin. For records, I paid 900 USD for it, hope I did not pay too much?
can't say if it's real or not, but looking at prices on ebay for similar coins, you did very very well and this ones not even as nice as yours... https://www.ebay.com/itm/1743016414...98kJr_SBgUP5R1rqMbIc4L4-VvwkQf3AaApiWEALw_wcB
It is real because it has flow lines which indicates the die strike and the obverse match with another coin also leans more towards it being authentic and plus it came from a well known collection of John L. Cowan (Although I don't know him personally but have seen his coins on CNG )
Congrats! I have no reason to question the authenticity. Looks like a good coin to me. One used to be able to buy a solidus for half of what you paid, but I am not holding my breath waiting for that to happen again. Your coin has a profile portrait. My impression is that these are scarcer than those with facing portraits. Nice reverse too!
Thanks for looking this up for me! Considering the fact that since start of 2020 the price of Roman and Greek coins in auctions doubled , I think I got a great deal on this since I paid less than what it worth in 2017!
Thanks for comments! Yea it looks obviously authentic, purchased from CNG and come from Pegasi 2009 and ex John L Cowan col. I usually only get safe coins which come with great provenance and great price