Suggestions how to identify my coins?

Hi. I'm new to the forum, as I've decided to become more serious about my amateur collecting. That said, over the years I would sometimes buy an ancient coin, but long ago lost track of information about them. I won't make this mistake going forward. But I have several coins that I know nothing about. I don't believe they have great value, and so all I care to know about are dates they were likely struck, and where. Could anyone suggest my next step? Many thanks!

 

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Here are some links that can help id coins, or you can always post pics here and someone can help.

http://www.wildwinds.com
http://www.tesorillo.com/aes/home.htm
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/idric.html
http://www.catbikes.ch/coinstuff/coinlinks.htm
http://www.catbikes.ch/coinstuff/coins-ric.htm

 

Wow, thanks for tips, and for the welcome. I will check out those links, and I'll post one or two coins here. Again, my thanks.

 

Ac search is an invaluable tool. You can type partial descriptions, the letters that you can make out, who you think it might be ect. And it will populate coins fitting that description for you to sift through. Wild winds is also great. And then you can also post the coins here! We love a good mystery (I sure get a thrill IDing...when I can #stilllearning). But we have some real pros who've been collecting ancients for decades!
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A las, the one I care most about right now: a Ptolemy, I think. But I have scanned VCoins and other sites and have yet to find a match. Ptolemy IX or XII, perhaps, or something from a different planet altogether? Thanks, all.

 

I think this site might help...
http://ptolemybronze.com/ptolemy_series.html

 

And thank you, Ryro. That sounds exciting to try.

 

buy coin books.

 

Ahh, I actually tried the PtolemyBronze site a few weeks ago, and nearly got mummified. Very impressive site, but it turns out that identifying your Ptolemy is alot harder than finding your coat in the world's biggest checkroom after you've lost your ticket. IllI keep trying all the sites. And glad to have found CT. Thanks again.

 

Rick, your coin looks silver, not bronze , can you give us the approx weight and diameter ?

I'm thinking its one of these:

 

I've found that, if you really can't find something, Facebook is a great tool.

This Group always has people that respond quickly with fairly accurate information:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1499155480368990/

 

Thanks, Andres2. Ok, here is whete everyone gets to chuckle. I need now to buy proper measuring tools. My crude postage scale reads 7 grams, and my child's school ruler insists it's 13/16"

 

Great. I will go there, too. Thanks!

 

that's a start

 

I'm at Amazon right now, in fact, checking out calipers and scales.

 

In most instances a ruler is just as good as a caliper for most of us, just express the result in tenths rather than fractions, The last scale I had, I bought at Fry's Electronics for $10, just get one that goes to two places past the decimal.

 

Put an average nickel on the scale. If it ways 5 grams it's working right.

 

Thank you for saving me a few good bucks/coins.

 

5.000 g +/- 0.194 g

 

Yep, just tried that, a a regular nickel weighs 5 on my postage scale, so maybe I don't need to buy another. Incidentally, it was a nickel I found in the dirt in my background when I was a child (circa 45 years ago) that triggered my initial interest in old coins. Of course I saved it, and here it is...