What is this ancient?

Hello, I am the holder of the above coin, & I do want to thank John for his guidance (even in suggesting I photograph outdoors in natural light) as well as each of you for your ideas. ArtDeco, the weight (on my breadmaking scale) is 7g. A local coin place did tell us it was gold & not to sell it for gold weight. Ryro, I literally did stumble across these coins in a sense. My uncle was an avid coin collector who, quite unfortunately, suffered a stroke before instructing the family on the coins in his absence. My mother inherited them. When my mother passed, I inherited her estate and found a container with probably a thousand coins in her garage - under a pile of stored things.
I've attached a photo of a few others that we haven't been able to identify. Seeing the name Stack's on there, I wonder if I should bring the collection there. Or Sotheby's? Or not an auction?
Thank you again for any suggestions you can offer.
Christine

 

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I wouldn't expect her to say anything else. Read these posts enough times to here the same stories. Deceased relatives, estate sales.

 

You will want to look up David R Sear authentication services if that's the case.
Ps, the other image didn't show up

 

..that's damn near spam....and we don't help people sell here..go hire somebody...

 

Thank you. I will. I sent the photos to John because copy & pasting them didn't seem to work.

 

How so? Just trying to figure out how to manage my uncle's coins. I'm not asking anyone to buy them at all. Just seeking guidance from anyone kind enough to offer it.

 

..that'll be 50 bucks per coin...

 

Ryro, that was exactly what I needed, a perfect start. Thanks so much!

 

Ok got it, the reason I asked about weight is becuase you can compare the size in mm. and the weight in grams to other examples online, if they match or are close then that is another way to check if it might be genuine.

 

Gonna need a picture of the coins with today's newspaper for 'proof of life'.

 

It's $55/coin, but since I don't think any coin I sent (or not many) would be worth less than that, it seems like it makes good sense. Thank you.

 

Here are the pics she posted on Facebook. Some of y’all are being pretty obnoxious honestly. I understand a lot of “new” people post junk, etc, but I don’t get that vibe from her. Just a lady trying to figure out what she has.

 

Thank you, John. It's really ok. I understand. I posted these others to hopefully give some legitimacy to my questions. I think the David R Sears route makes good sense, & I never would have found someone I could be confident to trust on my own, so I'm grateful to you guys. Nothing on the East coast, right? We're only 2 hrs to Manhattan and Philly.
(Thanks for posting the pic. Even goggling, I wasn't able to get a url for my pics to work.)

 

By the way, if no one mentioned it already, here is the aureus version documented on numismatics.org database,

http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2.tr.368

It is a variation of
RIC II Trajan 368
Rome Mint.

The diameter should be 19-21mm and the weight is around 7 grams, which is correct.

 

You guys truly are the best. I don't seem to have the "like" button you're all using, so I'll just say thank you once more.

 

You are welcome. There are just so many posts these days asking for Numismatic "help" when it could be forgers honing their craft. Or then they sell them. The pain point for me is "how much is it worth?" We rarely talk price on here as it comes off as tacky. But for the situations like yours where I get you not wanting to keep these, possibly, ancient treasures. I hope yours is a best case example, as a Sears approval is essentially universal recognition of authenticity.
Sorry to be jaded... but when in Rome

 

I agree with the value thing, it's easy enough to search up sold listings on eBay once one has an approximate attribution, at least.

 

Oh wow. I was thinking thieves, not forgers. I've been a nurse for 25 yrs. I learned long ago not to become offended because others come from different places of knowing. I'm pretty naive to those things. I scrolled back and did see that John mentioned value. I hadn't. My question on FB was "can I ask if you have any idea about this coin? Our local coin buyer couldn’t find it anywhere in her books or online. Lots real close, but the back was different." I needed the ID to search NGC and eBay sold. Ryro, your kindness greatly overshadowed any "jaded" skepticism

 

Yeah, it was me that asked approximate value. I know that’s one thing that people want to know when they don’t know what they have. As a coin guy, I find no offense in asking that, but I know the ancient world is a little different, sorry if that ruffled any feathers.

 

You were being a good guy and helping a friend