Hello all I am ConfusedI bought some coin from Facebook I was flowing him from long time ago he from uk But I am Confusedabout the 3 coin when I got it because my experience its not to much Plz if any one can help me if u think this coins authentic thank all for help
You have violated the 'rules' we have advised here many times. You ask us to say from photos whether a coin is genuine or not. This is never safe. You bought coins you do not know well yourself from someone who you do not know and trust. We always advise you either know the coins or know the seller. Someone here will tell you the coins look good and that may be true but this is still based only on photos and photos can be deceptive. Your next step should be to show the coins in person to a full service dealer in ancient coins (not just any and all coins) OR to send them to a paid third party like NGC or David Sear. There are poor fakes that we can tell easily from even poor photos but these three, if they are fake, are good looking and deceptive. They need to be seen in person by someone who knows Roman Republican coins. The important thing is to stop buying coins you do not feel comfortable with to the point you ask us, a bunch of strangers, whether we think the coins are good. Possibly, after you have participated here for a while, you might know which of our members are good with which kinds of coins and you might ask them privately giving them the name of the seller. There are people and places from which most of us would not buy a coin under any circumstances. Did you check the published lists of known 'Fake Sellers' to see if your source is known to be a problem? There are people we would trust over our own personal opinions assuming they had seen the coin 'in hand'. Sorry I can not give the simple answer you want.
Thank u so so much for all information I like to exspline to you why I ask here Ian from Saudi Arabia her no one can know any think about Greck or Roman just they know about Islamic coin about to go to gnc I register there and I pay i have acount but when I try to ship coin outside from Saudi Arabia the coustom stop it say more than 100 years I can’t ship because if this I come to ask I know have a lot of exsperins like you. But any way if I am not flowing the forum Ian sorry I will never post any think like this but plz if u know any websit to show the coin and pay for the services I don’t have any problem I will do it I pay for the 3 coin 1200$ Ofcouers I can pay for this kind of services before buy it any way thank so much
I don't think there is a way to tell if these coins are authentic or not just from the images provided. And you seem to be in a situation where you cannot remove them from Saudi Arabia because of antiquities laws. It's been near 30 years since I was in Saudi Arabia, but I recall coin dealers in Riyadh which may be able to help you. I'm not advising you to break any laws, but if you can carry the coins to and back from Bahrain, there are dealers there as well. BTW, what are the weight and dimensions of each coin? That may help someone here take an educated guess. I own authentic examples of two of the coins you show, so I can compare them to yours.
The information given is already a huge red flag on the authenticity of these. I am a novice for sure, but do see a few things that makes me confident in Elaine’s assessment:
I think you got about 100 years of collectors experience from Doug and Bing over here. I can't add much to the discussion, except a photo of a genuine Q.Titius denarius:
The Q. Titius varies a lot in style. I have been suspicious of many of that type, just because it looks different than mine. A collector friend showed me his the other day, and I got afraid it could be a fake, but it looks a lot like yours, Bing. So probably genuine, then
thank for ur raply about the weight and dimensions strat from left coin coin number 1--- 19 mm/3.11 gr coin number 2--- 17 mm/ 2.62 gr coin number 3--- 19-20 mm/ 2.73 gr
yes i leran the lason after mr. dougsmit advis me here i will nevery buy any think from unknown buyer but some times i found item loook realy real this make me counfus
this realy make me believe the coin i bought its genuine. becoues i found on net many of them its look like same but from today i will flow the FAKE SELLERS LIST if list i will run away
My coin example of your Number 1 coin (the Poblicius) weighs 3.88g and is 16mm. My example of your Number 3 coin (the Q. Titius) weighs 3.81 and is 18mm
All 3 are cast fakes and matches can be found in the FORVM fake reports. Aside from the evidence of the matches, however, all 3 are far underweight, another sign they are all casts
