Ancient Coins: Newest Acquisitions

wow that is it. good man, any idea on value?

 

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If genuine and an 8 aurei, perhaps $20-50k; if not, melt. That, of course, assumes it is gold. Not all fakes are.

 

This coin is so rare and valuable, that if you got it for melt there are two possibilities: 1. it's a fake; 2. you just won the lottery. Since the odds of winning the lottery are so low, I'm guessing fake, but odds are all I have to go on. Can you post more information? Was it sold to you by a dealer? A reputable dealer in ancients? Can we see larger images?

 

I am not saying it's a fake!!! but would like to see is graded by a Tpg holder. that would stop the bugging when raw coin that a lot of $K
"fake" would not be said.

 

Basically the question is whether you want to spend $100 on certification and registered postage to find out if you have a $20000 coin. The other answer would be to consign it for sale to a major dealer (I'd use CNG but any of them would love to have this coin in their sales) and see if they are willing to handle the sale or if they return it as fake. The damage to the reverse at 1 o'clock should keep the price down to $20k unless it is the remains of a casting sprue (therefore fake!!!). Then you are only out the postage. In any event, do not sell it for any price between melt and what it is worth if genuine unless you place absolutely no value on your reputation in the hobby. Ancient collectors are very hard on fake sellers.

 

Lets hope it is real, but the detail looks a little soft and the surface is perhaps pitted..
Dougs right again......cost of recorded mail rather than certification.
Good luck

 

brought it to 2 different shops today. both made offers on it. definitely not a fake. and both offers were over $20k.

 

Called the guy I bought it from. Cant find the other. But told him ill split it with him when I sell it.

 

Cool it please.
We don't want this thread locked out.

 

Picked these up in Afghanistan recently. Kushan era, about all I can tell from them.

 

Augustus Caesar; 22-30 AD
(Death issue minted under Tiberius)
AE As; Rome Mint; 29mm/11g
Obv: DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER; Radiate bust Augustus left
Rev: PROVIDENT S C Facade of Ara Providentiae Augusti Double Panelled Door and Horns Above (Sear 1789, RIC I 81)

 

Galba Caesar; 68 AD
AE As; Rome Mint; 27mm/10.2g
Obv: IMP SER GALBA CAES AVG TR P Bare head of Galba right
Rev: Vesta seated left holding palladium and scepter VESTA in exergue
SEAR 2138 RIC 376

 

New here! My first ancient coin and found it in an unlikely place. Real small town.



Lepta

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Just picked this one up.

Emperor Vespasian AD 69-79
Conqueror of Judea, Builder of the Coliseum in Rome, Founder of the Flavian Dynasty, The Roman legions of Roman Egypt and Judaea declared Vespasian, their commander, Emperor on 1 July 69 after a year of internal strife in Rome which saw four separate emperors.


Seller's pics not mine.

 

Gorgeous patina, nice one RB.

 

Cool additions, brothers ...

Very nice green Vespasian, Bannon (yummy-yummy!!)

 

Just acquired this silver denarius of Emperor Alexander Severus which is also my profile pic. It's really the centerpiece of my collection thus far.

 

Is It normal orientation for the reverse of the Athens tetradrachm to be at a ninety degree angle from the obverse when flipped upside down? My other greek coins are oriented similar to modern day coins when u flip the coin the obverse is upside down to the reverse and vice versa

 

that's a cool tetradrachm nathan!