Please help identify these beautiful ancient coins

John Antony, that seam I believe is just an artifact of lighting in my photos here are more and I can take more as asked of various spots to the best of my ability.

 

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Perhaps, but Martin has put the matter to rest.

 

Light from the side is not on the side but actually where the very last front of the side meets the beginning of the edge - it is not in the middle of the edge.

 

More images were requested so I am providing more.

 

... man, it's kinda sad to watch, eh?



Dude, I was totally pumped when TIF posted her optimistic post ... but sadly, it went south pretty quickly when Martin stepped-in, eh?

Again, those are very cool cuff-links (I'd wear 'em) ... but it sounds like the people have spoken

 

I understand that it's difficult to take the word of strangers on an internet forum. You could send the coins to David Sear, who is a world renowned classical numismatist. He offers an authentication service here. It costs $45 per coin, plus the shipping charges, but you would be wasting over a hundred dollars in my opinion.

 

Okay, you wore me down => One Million Dollars!!

 

I am just providing more info - it was asked for so I am providing it. That's all.

 

If it was so obvious, I wouldn't be adding additional info. Not sure what the big deal is.

 

Hey, never say die, my friend ... I'm not trying to be a jerk

On page-1 => I told you that you could send it to a professional for $50-$100

... ummm, and after several responses and an additional comment that you could send it to David Sear (for $100), you seem perturbed that we won't tell you that you have an amazing set of genuine ancient coin, 28 karat gold cuff-links

 

Hey => there are two amazing NFL games on the tube this afternoon ...

Let's both relax and have a sweet Sunday ..... coin collecting is supposed to be fun, my new friend

 

Could you please look at the reverses of your coins to confirm or refute my identification of the types? It is difficult with only partial information.

 

Good luck ...

I hope your cuff-links are genuine

cheers

 

The first coin definitely has a goose on the back and is extremely similar to the image of the coin you provided.

 

Hi DavidE,

I'm sorry to have given any false hope. Please understand that maridvnvm (Martin) is not a novice in detecting fakes. He is a moderator on Forvm's Fake Ancient Coins board, along with another numismatist who is an expert in fakes. The information he provides in his first posts contains information that really isn't refutable.

 

I wasn't trying to refute it - I believe they are fake - though so far it seems like one is more obvious fake then the other perhaps? I just want to learn what it is. No harm in education - its one thing to know an item is fake and another to learn how to determine it is fake. I have extensive experience in jewelry with differentiating fake from real. So I know how easy and sometimes difficult it can be for jewelry. I am not saying they are real - 99.9% I think they are probably both fake - though not impossible one could be fake and the other real. It does look like the reverse of the second coin is similar to that described but it seems like it might not be a total match. Here are a few photos of the reverse.