Box o' Mystery

It's a sestertius. Probably real, too, unlike the recently posted Galba.

Don't hold your breath. I highly doubt that.

 

The Claudius sestertius has Spes on the reverse.





I like this Trajan. Dunno if it is a Dupondius or an As? Says "S918" on the old holder. Has a little green verdigris action on the edge.






The Nero that incorrectly labeled "Trajan" on the front of the holder does say "Nero" on the back.

Still no Arthur Conan Doyle. Stay tuned.

 

Well, it's not technically mine. Just something I'm supposed to look into for a relative. But I'll have a buy option.

 

... and don't forget, this bundle said it was the "better ones". Might be downhill from here.

I found a note that these were appraised by someone in 2001, but not a name that I recognized, nor has the itemized appraisal itself been found yet.

 

This Trajan isn't a sestertius. It's too small for that. I don't have a scale here. There IS a Trajan sestertius, though. It was the coin playing peekaboo is that picture where the rubber bands slipped and the bundle was coming loose.

 

Oh, it is- with very high relief, which I've seen on a lot of Trajan's coins. But the coin pictured above is Dupondius or As sized, and definitely not big enough to be a sestertius. (The Claudius/Spes is, though.)

 

Been a while since the last update. I've been busy.

I'm gonna kinda breeze through the rest of the Romans/Ancients in the top box, OK? It's time these got sent off to the dealer(s) so cousin Maureen can get an offer on all this.

 

Maybe I'll keep y'all hangin' on this one for a little while...

 

And then for later, there's the second sub-box, with presumably all the Chinese coins in it. That's the size of a child's shoebox.