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<p>[QUOTE="sand, post: 25358774, member: 118540"]Hello [USER=157976]@KAJ[/USER]</p><p>Welcome to Coin Talk Ancients.</p><p>Here are a couple of good places, to shop for ancient coins, and medieval coins, and modern coins. I know that Vcoins has policies to try to prevent fakes from being sold on its web site. I think MA-Shops probably also has such policies. There may be a few fakes, but the fakes seem to be rare, on these 2 web sites. Also, if I remember correctly, these 2 web sites have money back guarantees, that the coins are not fakes.</p><p>Vcoins : <a href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/Default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">https://www.vcoins.com/en/Default.aspx</a></p><p>MA-Shops : <a href="https://www.ma-shops.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ma-shops.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.ma-shops.com/</a></p><p>On both of the above web sites, you can do a keyword search, for the following 2 keywords : Trajan denarius</p><p>You can also view different categories of coins, such as Roman Imperial Coins, Greek Coins, etc.</p><p>You can also find ancient coins on Ebay, but you have to be very careful, and you have to be knowledgeable about the coin type for which you are shopping, because there are many fakes on Ebay. However, there are some good dealers on Ebay.</p><p>I agree with everyone above, that the price ($60) seems high, given the appearance of the coin. I recommend shopping around some more. Look at the condition of the coin, and look at the appearance of the coin. Look at the style of the portrait. Some portraits have good style, and some portraits have average style, and some portraits have poor style. The same is true, for the design of the reverse side of the coin.</p><p>Regarding authenticity of the coin, it's good that you have asked Coin Talk Ancients about it. Myself, I'm not expert enough in the coin type, to know if the coin is authentic or fake. Nothing about the coin screams "fake" to me, but that's just my educated guess.</p><p>I often search the following web site, for examples of a coin, if I'm trying to figure out, if a coin is fake.</p><p>ACsearch : <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/</a></p><p>Here are some not very good photos of my Trajan denarius. The 1st pair of photos are the seller photos. The 2nd pair of photos are the seller photos, which I lightened using a photo editor. The final photo is 1 of my not very good photos. The coin is rather dark, because of the tone/tarnish.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1622286[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1622287[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1622288[/ATTACH]</p><p>Trajan. AR Denarius. Minted 108 AD To 109 AD. Rome Mint. RIC 119. Maximum Diameter 19 mm. Weight 2.86 grams. Obverse : Trajan Bust Facing Right. Reverse : Aequitas Seated Holding Scales And Cornucopia.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="sand, post: 25358774, member: 118540"]Hello [USER=157976]@KAJ[/USER] Welcome to Coin Talk Ancients. Here are a couple of good places, to shop for ancient coins, and medieval coins, and modern coins. I know that Vcoins has policies to try to prevent fakes from being sold on its web site. I think MA-Shops probably also has such policies. There may be a few fakes, but the fakes seem to be rare, on these 2 web sites. Also, if I remember correctly, these 2 web sites have money back guarantees, that the coins are not fakes. Vcoins : [URL]https://www.vcoins.com/en/Default.aspx[/URL] MA-Shops : [URL]https://www.ma-shops.com/[/URL] On both of the above web sites, you can do a keyword search, for the following 2 keywords : Trajan denarius You can also view different categories of coins, such as Roman Imperial Coins, Greek Coins, etc. You can also find ancient coins on Ebay, but you have to be very careful, and you have to be knowledgeable about the coin type for which you are shopping, because there are many fakes on Ebay. However, there are some good dealers on Ebay. I agree with everyone above, that the price ($60) seems high, given the appearance of the coin. I recommend shopping around some more. Look at the condition of the coin, and look at the appearance of the coin. Look at the style of the portrait. Some portraits have good style, and some portraits have average style, and some portraits have poor style. The same is true, for the design of the reverse side of the coin. Regarding authenticity of the coin, it's good that you have asked Coin Talk Ancients about it. Myself, I'm not expert enough in the coin type, to know if the coin is authentic or fake. Nothing about the coin screams "fake" to me, but that's just my educated guess. I often search the following web site, for examples of a coin, if I'm trying to figure out, if a coin is fake. ACsearch : [URL]https://www.acsearch.info/[/URL] Here are some not very good photos of my Trajan denarius. The 1st pair of photos are the seller photos. The 2nd pair of photos are the seller photos, which I lightened using a photo editor. The final photo is 1 of my not very good photos. The coin is rather dark, because of the tone/tarnish. [ATTACH=full]1622286[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1622287[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1622288[/ATTACH] Trajan. AR Denarius. Minted 108 AD To 109 AD. Rome Mint. RIC 119. Maximum Diameter 19 mm. Weight 2.86 grams. Obverse : Trajan Bust Facing Right. Reverse : Aequitas Seated Holding Scales And Cornucopia.[/QUOTE]
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