I would leave it the way it is as well. If you clean it, the value of the coin should you later decide to resell it will definitely be lower. Plus...
The coin definitely seems pressed rather than struck. The surfaces seem too even and there are no metal flow lines around the letters or the...
Left one looks Byzantine. Not my area of expertise, so can't help further...
Yeah, both look legit.
Agree with all here that this is a fake. Strike is too fresh and sharp to be genuine. Also, coming from Serbia is a red flag. Making fake coins is...
Yes, an easily discernable fake, based on the lettering, the style of Nero's bust and the even flan and metal... makes me think it's pressed...
looks like a beauty... hopefully will clean up well!
There are lots of examples: Countermarked coinage "NCAPR" etc. for earlier bronze sestertii to circulate at the value of a dupondius during the...
beauty
Here's an Ae that I acquired in one of the recent Artemide Aste auctions that I haven't seen for sale for a while. It's not in great condition but...
The more I look at this coin, the more it's clear that someone's done a real job on it. If you look at Diocletian's beard, it looks like all the...
There has definitely been some smoothing around the letters and in the fields but it appears to be a genuine coin. Perhaps the celator just...
Usually the radiate crown signifies it is a dupondius...
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Great writeup, @Ryro! It just so happens that this coin came in the mail this week - it's a hemidrachm of Elis / Olympia and features the nymph...
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Yep, looks like it.
Agree, the Domitian looks very nice!
Definitely fake. If you look at all the coins, they are all "engraved" with the same thick, rough, cartoony lines, and the metal and fabric are...
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