Gao's answer was very good! The point to remember is that ancient counterfeits were made profit by containing less metal than appropriate....
My first inclination was to read the mintmark as CONSgamma making the coin Constantinople rather than Antioch. The C is weak at the left. I...
Did you notice the die break on the last coin? Both shown are the same die but the break was a baby in the bottom one. Syracuse had the finest...
...also Don't get too worried about spelling Sassanian names. We see several transliterations of the same name and there really is no 'right'...
The coin is Sasanian. A reference worth checking for this and all old Eastern coins: http://www.grifterrec.com/coins/sasania/sas_khuI_1.html...
Venice, medieval. I'll need more sharpness to go further but start here:...
Euainetos was one of the die engravers that worked in Syracuse, Sicily, during the period that some were allowed to sign their dies. There are...
All ancient coins have been cleaned. The ones with a n inch of dirt still on them probably once had two inches. Modern US coins from 1793 and...
Ancients are hard to grade. That is one of the best features about the hobby. The rule is there are only two grades: "I like it" and "I don't...
Congratulations! I once found a Seated Liberty dime in a bunch of coins I got from a vending machine place. This was before 1964 so being silver...
My first thought seeing this is that the coin certainly is old and Roman but that does not mean it was lost anything like 200 BC. The state of...
I believe this is what they call Anonymous Class I Byzantine. The rulers did not put their image or name on the coin but showed Jesus and a...
I apologize for the hijack and thread killer above and for the fact that the image no longer matches the text. I updated the image and rearranged...
Considering where you live, you might want to research shows in Mobile, Pensicola or New Orleans (Metairie) as well. Depending on what you...
suggestions I'm very new here but that does not stop me from having a few suggestions. I do not collect US coins but have a few from the old days...
Neither. I prefer open trays. Almost all ancient coins have been cleaned to some degree so anything air tight can hold in gasses that should...
Indian denarius My photo of this type was posted above but I want to make clear that this coin is not a counterfeit. Counterfeits are made to...
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