I'm on both sites as well. I have tried not to get dragged into any of the animosity or negative feelings in the past but I have seen on occasion...
Just to clarify an earlier comment, fake coins can be struck, cast or "pressed", as @RichardT mentioned. So just because they aren't cast doesn't...
Cool... didn't know they also minted these early denarii at Antioch.
Not an expert in any of these coins, but the style looks off on the second coin, which should be a Corinthian style stater, and I agree with @The...
I like Frank's auctions as well - he has a good spread of ancients. I have been interested in a few and bid on some, but they always went too high...
I think we need to decouple rarity and price in this discussion. Just because a coin may be rare (which I think implies that there are very few in...
Cool, thanks @tenbobbit . Alexandrian tetradrachms are unfortunately not a specialty of mine.
Here goes my take: 1) Antoninus Pius denarius Rev. TEMPLVM DIV AVG REST COS IIII RIC 290a BMC 939 (158-159 AD) 2) Byzantine - not my area of...
Agree, the portrait looks like that of Marcus Aurelius, not Antoninus Pius, and yes, radiate crown typically indicates a dupondius.
I would echo a combination of what others have already stated. The high value stuff will do better at auction (but you will have to deal with...
Wow, absolutely beautiful coin!
Looks legit to me
Beautiful coin, thanks for sharing!
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...
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