This is a very commonly encountered issue. You can tell by looking at other examples of the same type. Maybe not from the exact same dies, but the...
They both look like very poorly made fakes to me. Sorry. The Domitian in particular... The obverse looks very mushy overall. There doesn't appear...
I don't think you can get professional help on a coin forum. Not really possible to authenticate a coin based on photos, although it is possible...
Background info on the shekels. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrian_shekel And the listing in question. Weight, time period, price, all of those...
Lots of speculation in this thread, but more specifics are needed to tell what exactly happened. The most likely scenario is that there was a...
Please be aware that the Neapolis hemidrachm is commonly faked. https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/thumbnails.php?album=10&page=76
You have linked to a tetradrachm. The OP states his coin is a didrachm, and the weight would be that of a didrachm. New Style tetradrachms,...
I may be wrong... but no it doesn't look real. Even without the weight and diameter. It appears this coin was either sold several times on ebay,...
The reverse appears to be based on a genuine Byzantine coin commemorating the foundation of Rome, but I have never seen anything like this. It...
An obvious cast fake to my eyes, sorry. Reasons.. Casting pits, very soapy legend and devices, combined with an unnaturally sharp edge. Plus what...
The style is correct. Weight and diameter would help, but even if those are correct, I would still stay away from unknown sources/sellers. Just...
Just to point out that if the coin is authentic (I don't think it is) it would actually be a decadrachm/dekadrachm, not a tetradrachm. See here...
That coin has definitely been tooled. That means re-engraving has been done to reproduce details which were lost due to circulation. This is...
All three coins are in NGC encapsulation. Generally speaking, that will increase the cost of the coins. All three have a fair amount of wear. In...
Assuming "entry level" refers to relatively cheaper aurei: The cheapest aurei are coins that are heavily worn, AND with major surface issues....
Verdigris is not the same as bronze disease.
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I was wondering about the weight myself... I thought Alexander tetradrachms were struck on the Attic standard and should weigh about 17.xg, or...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoriatus
It looks like a match with this example in Forvm's Fake coin reports. Hard to tell because of the small image size, but it does look like a...
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