The final one is a fake Ptolemaic tetradrachm. Cast. Don't buy coins from Middle Eastern bazaars. There will be NOTHING real there.
This is referring to the ones with Latin legends, yours has Arabic legends.
The second one is a fake ancient coin of the Seleukid dynasty. The third a fake gold sovereign (yours is copper!). And the final one is fake...
Diameter in millimeters and weight in grams are important for attribution.
1 and 4 were definitely cleaned, probably won't slab. 3 was cleaned, but has started to retone. Its an important enough coin that they may let it...
Thanks guys! I am rather fond of the provenance on this, its a good collection.
So, we know that the coins I like to collect are old. The collector's ticket with this coin really illustrates that point. It was bought in...
Frank is right. Late Roman bronzes are ugly. Nobody should collect then. They lack an artistic essence that is only truly captured in the...
Austrian pfennigs, but they're a bit ugly. English pennies of Edward I are also quite affordable. But there really is no equivalent.
Post images of both sides, size in millimeters, and weight in grams. It will save us all time in helping you.
Thanks, guys. The important thing to realize is that this is not only an attack on collectors of Roman coins, but of ALL coins.
Found in London? Yes. Minted in London? No. But good luck explaining that to the customs agent.
It was originally unifacial, with the obverse being the only side. The reverse was carved in later.
That's a bit wishful. But it is a decent looking piece. This appears to be an official one, too. The Minerva type as was the most...
I recently received this email: Once again the ancient numismatic industry is asking our supporting customers to come to the aid of the...
Very nice! The only Anglo-Saxon coins I have are Northumbrian stycas: [IMG] Irregular, Civil War Issue AE styca York - c. 843/44-c. 855 dot in...
OPPORTVNVS ADEST / HAEC PER TE AVCTA COLVM It came at an opportune time. / Let this growth is pleasing for your heart.
From a discussion of this piece in an earlier thread -
Wow! That is great! I can't complain about the designs - very practical, they fit the nature of element collectors.
As per Gao's response - Constantinian Dynasty, Gloria Exercitus type, mid 4th century AD. No further attribution is possible in this type.
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