Absolutely, I agree. They need to be discounted at the point of sale, not because they are not ancient coins but because much of the collecting...
WE will need close up pictures of the coin and its weight in grams. Take a look at some of the coins posted in the ancients threads for good example.
That's because I am not 100% certain that they are all fakes.
Mine too, appears to be a fouree (3.5 grams) but I purchased it knowing that as, although the coin has much wear, the image of Pompey is pretty...
I have several ancient fourees and if they are ancient in time I don't put them in the fakes Black cabinet as if they circulated back then I...
Most of us who have been collecting coins for a while know full well that we probably have had fake coins or currency in our collections. What to...
The wear on the coin seems to be what it looks like, that it was genuine and remained in circulation for over a century before being lost or...
Yes, but think of it this way. Look at all the ancient Romans who handled that coin and think of all the places that coin was and all the things...
Yours is better than the one I have and I paid close to $300 for it. You must have done something to please the gods.
Sorry. For some reason I had thought that they were minted on the Attic standard and would weigh closer to 16-17 grams. Fourteen grams is the...
Syrian tetradrachmas do come in at about 14 grams, especially those with the head of a Syrian monarch on them, including those minted in Tyre but...
Considering the price of a Roman aureus on the market, if this coin were offered by a reputable firm, say at a coin show, at $1,000 I'd buy it.
If I had written this posting it would have come out pretty much the same. It is not just that dupondii are big enough for some excellent optics...
The scale reads "12". Is that 12 grams? If the weight is 12 grams for your coin, your coin would not likely be a tetradrachma which its diameter...
It's a bit difficult to determine from your pictures. If it is silver it may be a tetradrachma. Can you get its weight in grams. Depending on what...
If I am not mistaken those "mills" (two ll's) tokens were used in making property tax payments where the value was determined in mills. I remember...
In addition to that, Britain had a period a couple centuries plus back when "evasion tokens" were commonly circulated as the mint was not turning...
I have found that the greatest variation in toning of ancient aes is withing the denomination of the dupondius. I assume that the ancients did...
I have gotten the impression that modern historians use the SHA only because it is that or noting in the way of contemporary sources. Thanks for...
Thanks for your experiences. Museums who use this material seem to like it. Are there any examples from them that indicate potential problems?...
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