Not too bad! But oh no, are you falling down the rabbit hole of provincials now?
A little higher even, maybe $20-$30.
A dealer would likely sell it for $20, but I'd be surprised if you got more than ten. Antiquarica sells nice coins, doesn't he? :D
He's right, I never proved that it was fake. I really ought to show why, but I was pressed for time. In addition to the fact that it is a die...
Unless you're living in the future, its under 2000 years old. :kewl:
A nice, genuine bronze of Akragas in Sicily. Akragas, Sicily 275-250 BC Obv: laureate head of Apollo r. Rev: two eagles on hare references: SNG...
First - give the size (in millimeters!) and scans/photos of both sides of the coin. Crop the photos so the coin fills most of the image!
Sounds about right, at least from those pictures. Its definitely a Byzantine histamenon, in any case. I can't tell if its genuine or not from the...
Pretty good! I think you got it about right, but I have to check. The other three are late Romans, Constantinian and Valentinian dynasties.
Depending on the size, a tetra, octa, or dekadrachm from the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom. Fake, unfortunately. Genuine ones are quite valuable, easily...
http://www.catbikes.ch/coinstuff/coins-ric.htm Sorry, thought I showed these to you before on another thread!
You should be able to figure out most of them. Use the site with the spreadsheets! The third one may be a little bit tough: its a Byzantine...
Modern numerals ARE Arabic numerals.
A Coin tells a Story: Spain's last stand in Latin America I found this post on "A Coin tells a Story: Spain's last stand in Latin America"...
Is that a before and after of the Maximinus II?
The ones you posted are legend variants. Yours reads IMP CM AVR PROBVS PF INVICTO AVG, the ones you posted read IMP CM AVR PROBVS PF INVICTVS AVG....
I'm going to teach you to fish. :D You have all the important info on the coin, particularly the mintmark on the reverse. Now use this site to...
Unfortunately, the rarity is irrelevant as it IS a fake. (Although, to give an idea, it was most likely mass produced on modern machines) It...
A fantasy coin, combining the reverse of a provincial tetradrachm of Roman Egypt (the side with the bust of Zeus) with a reverse imitating...
Its not an authentication service, only attribution. There's the difference. I would expect that the dealer would give a full refund for it, as...
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