I will state up front that I know nothing about ancients. These are not my coins but coins that I was shown. Knowing nothing about them, some of them looking like the same bust that I see on hobo nickels and the tool marks or whatever they are - made me say no thanks. However, I'm curious as to what they are supposed to be and whether my gut was right that they are fakes. Thanks in advance
It is always hard to be 100% sure just from photos but I am 99.9% sure you did the right thing staying away from these fakes. If one is good and just butchered in cleaning, I apologize to it but they look bad to my eye. Surfaces like this are generally seen on cast fakes commonly made relatively recently where the faker fails to even use silver for the silver coins and fails to pay attention to weights.
Thank you everyone. I didn't even think about whether they were the right size/weight/material because they just looked wrong - even for someone who doesn't know anything about them.
http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Ancient-Roma...56?pt=UK_Coins_Ancient_RL&hash=item33779bebd8 http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Ancient-Roma...97?pt=UK_Coins_Ancient_RL&hash=item33779319cd Was just browsing the ancients on ebay today, found these and many more similar ones from the same seller, he must have bought that lot and split it up or something. But also notice he has said in the description that they are replicas, so I would think you made the right decision
Which is against eBay's new policy on replica coins... they are not allowed. Copied directly from eBay's policy: Replica coins aren't allowed. All other stamps, coins, and paper money must be accurately described.
