Its great that you're interested in Roman coins! But you need some more work with your emperors....
Oh yes, I can help you. But only if you decide to learn some patience and spelling.
Macedon, Uncertain city (perhaps Philippi?). Augustus. Bare head right / Two founders driving yoke of oxen right, plowing pomerium. RPC I 1656
Do not believe him, they are definitely Indian.
Maybe $10. Not too much, for a plain one like this. Others, naming individuals and giving the date and place they were made, go for more. In...
No need. It is decidedly a cast fake. Sorry!
Its a rechenpfennig, a jeton from 15th-16th century Germany. Of the more common type. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeton
Consult this for addition reference and dating, its the same type and issue as yours: http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=183213
Heritage has a tremendous mailing list, and this is the kind of coin that would get a wealthy US collector interested. Who knows where it will go.
This is utterly untrue when it comes to ancient coins. When a coin is caked with centuries of dirt, it is not only acceptable, but necessary to...
Cast fakes of 18th century Spanish coins struck in S. America.
Not necessarily. I have certainly seen cents with the "hard green patina" that the OP is looking for. I personally find these to be attractive....
Emperor Gāo Zōng. 1736-1795. AE Wen (Cash). Board of Revenue (Běijīng) mint. Cast circa AD 1754-1760. Qian Long Tong Bao, in Hanzi / Boo Chiowan,...
Definitely an early 20th century imitation from India.
U.S./Philippine Coinage by Lyman Allen is the standard reference. Last edition was in 2009.
Ideally, I like to cite three references for each coin. A general reference (RIC, Sear Byzantine, etc), a specialized reference (die study, study...
Rex, you're missing one important detail. Mat and I are talking about the same mint! Gobl, the author of MIR, places it at Cologne, but the...
FYI - the coin I linked to should be identical to yours. The Wildwinds specimen apparently follows RIC V, citing Lugdunum (Lyons). But MIR is a...
Attribution as this one: http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=118678
Ptolemy III Euergetes. Æ Hemidrachm - Triobol. Alexandreia mint. First phase, struck circa 246-242/1. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / Eagle...
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