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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;sand, post: 25800112, member: 118540&quot;]Hello [USER=13307]@stldanceartist[/USER]. Welcome to Nvmis Forvms Ancients.</p><p>I&#039;m not an expert in ancient Roman coins, but I have a large number of ancient Roman coins in my collection, so I know a few things about ancient Roman coins. The information on the cardboard holders may be correct, but I&#039;m not certain. Anyway, it&#039;s a good starting point.</p><p>The coin on the left seems to be an antoninianus, because the Emperor is wearing a radiate crown. The coin on the right seems to be a denarius, because the Emperor is wearing a wreath. Both coins are an alloy of silver and a base metal such as copper, tin, or lead.</p><p>I&#039;m not expert enough, to know if the coins are authentic, from photos. I don&#039;t see any obvious signs of fakes.</p><p>1 way to check for authenticity, is to look at the edges of the coins. Authentic examples were struck, not cast. If the coins have a casting seam on the edge, or file marks where someone tried to hide a casting seam, then the coins may be cast, which would make the coins fake.</p><p>Another way to check for authenticity, is to search for similar coins on 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>To view the larger photos, you have to register with your email address. To view the hammer prices, you have to pay.</p><p>To figure out the market value, you can search for the coins on Vcoins, which is a reputable marketplace where many dealers sell ancient, medieval, and modern coins : <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>In the ancient coin market, condition (wear) is important, but eye appeal is even more important. Style, strike, condition/wear, tone/patina, historical interest, and rarity are all factors which determine the value of an ancient coin.</p><p>I can&#039;t tell the exact condition from the photos. Often ancient coins have been cleaned, because often ancient coins come out of the ground covered with dirt. Therefore, cleaning is considered just fine, for most ancient coins, as long as the cleaning is done reasonably well, without visibly damaging the coin. For bronze coins, if some nice looking patina is on the coin, then that increases the coin&#039;s value.</p><p>For the above searches, you can search as follows.</p><p>Elagabalus antoninianus</p><p>&quot;Severus Alexander&quot; denarius</p><p>There are Coin Talk Ancients members, who know way more about ancient Roman coins than I do. Perhaps some of them will see this thread, and add their opinions about authenticity and market value. It may take a few days.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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