Hello all! Can anyone please tell me what this Ancient Roman coins is worth? It's an Ancient fouree of an extremely rare coin... http://www.bid-it.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.cgi?action=ViewItem&ID=1132550450&Lang=English Thanks! Caesar..
Well Caesar, I'd stay away from Brutus, especially if he has daggers. The coin it'self gives me a few worries. The first one appears to be the texture of the metal. The daggers and the bust are worn to VG/Fine condition, but they're unusual (bubbles) marks which are very high and sharp. From what I don't know... Second, there appears to be a bit of metal failure on the forehead of poor Brutus revealing a (2nd metal) underneath. Third, the lettering does not appear to be Latin or even very Romanesque. Forth, it looks cast with molten metal, refer back to first worry. Coins from this era are struck. Fifth, the seller has no feedback with which to judge his history and the buyer has no feedback as well, a oft used ploy in other auctions which the seller and a bidder know each other and the bidder drives the auction up by repeating small (incremental) bids with no intention to buy, which keep honest bidders increasing their bids. In short, I wouldn't bid on this coin and I have a quite a few ancients. Bone
Hi Bonedigger! Thanks for the input. Well, the site where the Eid-Mar is listed has been recently re-designed, so members had to re register and lost the previous feedback record. The seller also sells on another well known site and does have over 1000 positive feedback as does the current bidder... The condition of the coin is due to it being a fouree, (an Ancient forgery) with a copper or bronze core and an outer coating of silver. The reaction between the two metals is due to the coin being buried for nearly 2000 years, thus the bubbled appearance. A coin like this one minted of solid silver is worth over $40,000.00! I know this one is a fouree, but they are very collectable as well, I was just wondering on its potential value, not its authenticity.. Best, Caesar.
