Ebay item #372199689536

So I put in a relatively small bid on this lot and won. I don't know anything about this lot or these coins. Was this a good buy at $25?

 

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From what I see, you did alright.

 

Mat is nicer than most of us who would expect you to provide a link we could click to see the lot. IMO one of the coins is worth $25; the rest may add up to that much again.

 

Why don't you just post a link to the listing, and upload the images so that when the eBay listing link goes dead it won't ruin this thread? No one (except Mat ) is likely to search for the lot by eBay item number.

Edited: and Doug, who did so grudgingly

 

here ya go...

 

It would be fun to research and attribute these. I think they're worth $25 of education and enjoyment.

 

Sorry about that. I have a new phone and couldnt figure out how to copy the link from the eBay app. That's my bad. Thanks for the information everybody.

 

I also have trouble with copying and pasting stuff here when using my phone. Glad I'm not alone

 

I'll be the odd man out. I don't see anything on which I would spend $25 in those coins. Sorry. But to be honest I've just about given up on buying coins that are barely identifiable, especially off of ebay. Good luck with your attribution. Post them again, one-by-one, as you identify them.

 

That phoenix on pyre is not especially common. And the bottom center votive seems to show some good detail.

Note that your eBay coins are cleaned and done. They are not going to get any better. I'd probably invest my $25-30 in a lot like this, which would give me some opportunity to clean and would probably end up showing more detail.

https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/zurqieh/171/product/lot_of_8_roman_ae_coins/870704/Default.aspx


But to each his own.

 

Yeah I'll probably go that route next time. I'm reading up on how to clean so I just wasn't sure. I'm just dipping my toes in the ancients right now.

 

That's a good expression. I agree with folks above that $25 is not a bad way of getting a little education and attribution practice. And you did get some variety, including a 3rd c. coin.

I similarly started with some small, low- to medium grade lots, maybe 25-40 at a time, but back when the quality was a little better. Then after I got tired of scrubbing my umpteenth GLORIA EXERCITUS reverse, I started buying individual coins of better quality. But I don't regret my initial learning days and those cheap, worn LRBs.

 

Not suprising. Phones are for talking on, hence phone. If they were for typing on they would be called teletypes.

 

I second this notion!!!!!!!

 

i pass/ i dont see 25 to rough/ a nice collection for to start

 

I have fun with the cheap eBay coins. If they are fake, they go in my reproduction box. If they are real, I have fun researching them. I got one recently that's a beaten-up Nero sestertius for under $30. The exact same coin type (in poor condition also) was featured in a horror novel by Jay Anson. My philosophy with cheap ancients is have fun, but don't expect to make a profit.

 

I understand the benefit of researching these poor quality coins. The more you research and identify, the better one gets at it. That being said, my referece was to wasting MY money on coins I do not want. Of course I can be educated and perfect my abilities to ID and attribute, but I would rather, for myself, purchase the coins I want and not have a box full of coins I do not want.

 

+1 I have wondered why so many beginners find appeal in buying coins they can not see because of the dirt but so few would consider sending an amount of money to a dealer and saying, "Send me something you think I might like." Either way you get a surprise but the second might be a good one if the seller wants to encourage a new, repeat customer. Either way you might get nothing worthwhile but with the second you at least learned one seller not to patronize again.

 

99% of my interaction with you guys takes place with me on my iPhone

There is no way I'd be able to spend as much time here looking and reading about everyone's great collections if I was shackled to a computer!

I think it's worth $25 if you get $25 worth of fun out of them I think you'd be surprised though how little of an upcharge you would pay to get some of these same coins with much better detail.

Either way there is no such thing as a bad ancient coin for $2.50 a piece! Hope to see some of the single photos of these when you get them.

 

The best of both worlds for me - 100% of my interaction is via my iPad!