My life for the next couple of months...

From what I can see so far in the photos the coin looks ancient. It wouldn't hurt though to get an official stamp of approval from Sear.

 

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This might be a case where the cost of the certificate is worth the peace of mind knowing that you had not condemned a real coin. I'd still sell it with the certificate if it comes back good.

 

I posted this coin on the Forvm boards just a few hours ago because I thought it was interesting enough to warrant garnering more opinions. So far, Joe of Forvm has said that he thinks the edges and cracks look normal.

As it stands, based on my own thoughts as well as what everyone here has shared, the coin is definitely on 'The List'. I'm still waiting for a reply from Sear regarding return shipping charges, but in any case I'm in no hurry to send anything off right now. I haven't covered even a quarter of the collection in detail yet, so it will be sometime before I finalize exactly which ones I want to send for certification.

 

And the fun continues!

 

Send me a few, I'll help you out

 

As much as I am digging all of the silver coins I just wanted to point out we have yet to see a close up of some beautiful, beautiful bronze.

 

I'm definitely behind in photographing the coins, but here are two ...


AUGUSTUS
AE As
10.88g, 30mm
Rome mint, AD 11-12
RIC 471
O: IMP CAESAR DIVI F AVGVSTVS IMP XX, bare head of Augustus left.
R: PONTIF MAXIM TRIBVN POT XXXIIII around large S C.


NERO
AE As
10.11g, 27.6mm
Rome mint, AD 64-68
RIC 312
O: NERO CAESAR AVG GERM IMP, laureate head of Nero right.
R: Victory, winged, draped, moving left, holding in both hands shield inscribed S P Q R; S C in field.

 

The Augustus was the coin that looked odd to me in the group photo but it looks like that was just the angle on for the photo. Gosh that is a nice portrait. The Nero is no slouch either.

 

I'm hoping the best for the folks that are heading-off to Dave's California Ranch ... to me, all of the coins look awesome => but sadly, that's not quite the same as a certificate of authenticity, my friend!!

 

Almost as good, Steve .

 

These last two strike me as not to be sent off unless the first wave all come back as fakes and we are proved to be dreaming that any are good. They look OK to me. Of course that is an opinion of a guy who doesn't have enough 12 Caesar coins to justify buying RIC. Show me the Pertinax, Pescennius and Severus and I'll offer an opinion not worth much more. The problem is most of us will handle in a lifetime what big dealers like Sear touch every month.

 

Hopefully I will not be requiring more than one 'wave'. There are a couple that are dubious enough even to me that I doubt a Sear opinion will be needed.

 

dang Z, those are awesome..especially the nero.

 

Today's show and tell from this group is one of the outright dodgy bronzes. If it were real it would be a Severus Alexander dupondius (RIC 612h, Securitas seated).



But not only does it look odd and feel odd in hand, it sports an edge that looks like this:



I couldn't find any examples of this type online, authentic or otherwise. Old cast fake?

 

Here is one for comparison.



Your flan certainly looks like two cast halves joined together.
Regards,
Martin

 

Just a nice, toned Macrinus denarius struck on a broad flan. One of the early Rome issues with the short beard.


MACRINUS
AR Denarius
3.25g, 21mm
Rome mint, AD 217
RIC IV 66
O: IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate, cuirassed bust with cropped beard right.
R: FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing left, head turned right, holding standard in each hand.

 

That is one awesome lot. Too bad there are fakes mixed in there. Keep the coins coming!!

 

Thanks, Gil. You do run the risk with some of these large lots. In so far as there are just a few odd ones in this group, I'm not bothered and am in fact glad to have them for in-hand study.

 

I am bumping this one back to the top so @zumbly can hopefully post some more pics!

 

Ah, I hear the crack of the whip . I admit that after I finished the attributions for this lot, I got lazy with the photos and then got sidetracked with other stuff.

I have posted a couple in other threads here and there, such as this Gordian III just yesterday, but I'll see about getting more from this lot done soon.