Yeah, I don't think my example would hammer for much if I were to sell it. It does look better in hand though.
Here's mine. Difficult to really see the faces, which were engraved very flat like @Bing 's example, but style is somewhat different. I know mine...
I would agree that the coin is authentic, but a contemporary imitation. Size looks smaller than these typically are (usually sestertius size)....
Looks like a drachm of Metapontum, if it's silver... you can read META to the left of the grain ear (which was the symbol of Metapontum). These...
Drug cartel money laundering, most likely.
In your condition I don't think that it would be worth much, it's a relatively common Roman Republican coin... $25-50 or so, maybe? Not an auction...
Nice! Looking forward to seeing how they clean up...
Awesome writeup - thanks for sharing and great collection!
wow... great hoard!
The first one is likely Austrio-Hungarian with a coat of arms on the obverse (second picture), which should be rotated 90 degrees to the right....
Looks like a provincial bronze of Caracalla? Not my area of expertise, but the designs look soft, so not sure if it is genuine. A worn coin would...
Wow - that is indeed really cool! I wonder what your collection of antiquities looks like!
It's my understanding that weight (ponderal) standards were different across Greece and the Magna Grecia as each Greek polis originally developed...
The big Levant hoard of Athenian tetradrachms and the influx of Alexander the Great Dekadrachms from Gaza are two examples I'm aware of. See...
I would say that in some cases, hoards have reduced the value of previously "scarce" and therefore expensive coins. Athenian tetradrachms were...
Cool article and cool coin! It sounds like a denarius of Antoninus Pius with Marcus Aurelius on the reverse. Would have been collectable even in...
Looks beautiful, thanks for sharing!
Nice coin. Looks genuine, if that's what you're asking about. Has some honest wear.
Try Wildwinds https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ It looks like a drachm of Parion, Mysia. You can read PA on the reverse above the bull....
Just a thought... if other coins you acquired from your collector friend are suspect, I would be wary of all coins you acquired from him. Perhaps...
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