Hello! Does anybody have any idea, please, what coin might this be? I am new to this website and recently became very interested in coins all over the world, so I found this coin in a box of coins purchased from an auction. Thank you
I am led to think you have a Byzantine Scyphate (meaning cup shaped) Trachy.... If so, it would likely be from 1100-1200 AD. We have a superbly educated group here on the ancients forum. Hopefully one of them might find their way to this forum and offer you a more enlightened answer.
That's a nice looking Byzantine coin you got there. There are a ton of different types, but they are attributable with some work. You might check out this on-going post about these coins here on Coin Talk - many different examples here: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-trouble-with-t̶r̶i̶b̶b̶l̶e̶s̶-trachys.308085/ And welcome to Coin Talk.
..welcome @Doris Goga ...it indeed looks like a 'cup coin'..i don't know enough really about them to make any determination, but we have several good collectors here that do..please stand by ...
I think it is probably a cast fake attempting to be one of these.. https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5577095 Theodore I Comnenus-Lascaris AR Aspron Trachy.
Thank you. How do you know it's a forgery? It's definitely a very old coin, I found it together with a few other Roman coins, I will post a few photos later, in a very old box, in an auction. But thank you very much for your help!
You might check your Romans to see if they, too, are cast copies. Look for soft, mushy details and small, circular pits in the metal.
What I haven't identified is this coin. Could anyone help? Thank you. Also, as I said, I bought these coins from an auction. If one would like to purchase ancient coins, what would be the best source?
Depends on what your budget is. If you go to VCoins you can compare the inventories of many different dealers. You can even have your search results displayed in order of lowest prices first so you can get some idea of how the prices increases as the condition increases. It's probably not a bad place to start. If your budget is really low, try eBay. There are a lot of fakes on eBay, and you should not shop there for high quality coins until you become much more savvy about spotting them, but if you are looking for coins for under $10 each, it's about your only option outside of coin dealers' bargain bins at coin shows. Be sure to check shipping charges, though. A $1 coin might not be a bargain if an additional $8 shipping charge is added on.
Thank you.... I am willing to pay hundreds to start with for a coin, and thousands maybe, if I know it's not a fake. I recently went to a sale, and bid for a Gold Aureus Licinius II, I really wanted that coin, went to view it the day before, unfortunately had to stop at £2500, as I was bidding against a very wealthy woman whom I met before and I knew I had no chances as money is not a problem for her, she got it for £3600!
In that case you might want to start with--in addition to VCoins--C.N.G. They have coins for sale at fixed prices in their online shop as well as online and periodic feature auctions. There are many other excellent coin dealers out there, and I'm sure many other members can offer suggestions. These are just the first two that came to my mind.
