Out of my depth. What is it, and whats its value . Described as.... 20mm 3.83g Helmeted head of Roma right. Jupiter driving galloping quadriga right, hurling thunderbolt, and holding reins and scepter; prow below. Guaranteed Authentic Asking $USD63 Seems similar to this one on Stacks Bowers ROMAN REPUBLIC. M. Aburius M.f. Geminus. AR Denarius, Rome Mint, 132 B.C. NGC AU. Edge Cut. Cr-250/1; Syd-487. Obverse: Helmeted head of Roma right; mark of value to lower right; Reverse: Sol, holding reins and whip, driving galloping quadriga right. https://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotv...ot=22104&Val=16a62f450707e1af86685b279c97d4f2
Q. Caecilius Metellus, Rome, 130 BC. Helmeted head of Roma r. R/ Jupiter, holding palm frond, reins, and thunderbolt, driving triumphal quadriga r. Crawford 256/1 Nice coin
Thanks Ajax - do you feel this is genuine and good value at US63? What do you feel its value is in this condition?
Looks OK to me for your basic quadriga-reverse RR denarius, though I profess no great expertise with ancients. It's a well-worn example but pleasing for the grade, I think. Dunno on price, but $63 does not sound outrageous to me, offhand.
Looks like a to me too. I would add that the name on the coin is a junior official or moneyer. The Roman Republic did not allow living people on their coins. Julius Caesar changed that about the time the Republic ended. https://www.acsearch.info/search.ht...s=1&thesaurus=1&order=0¤cy=usd&company=
In my opinion it is a decent example of a typical Roman Republic Denarius. I think at a coin show it would sell for in the range of maybe US$45-50 because of considerable wear. I think US$63 a bit expensive, especially with shipping costs added. As for its authenticity, one cannot really tell for sure from a photo only.
