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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2741073, member: 56859&quot;]For value you can search auction archives (<a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coins_sold.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coins_sold.aspx" rel="nofollow">CNG</a>, and <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/" rel="nofollow">ACsearch</a> if you&#039;re a subscriber) for comparable coins and what they realized and you can also check &quot;retail&quot; prices of currently offered similar coins on <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">Vcoins</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some of the IDs.&nbsp; I&#039;m just going to post a CNG-archived picture of similar coins with a link and you can go from there.&nbsp; It is difficult to assess for authenticity based on pictures, especially for some of your coins.&nbsp; I&#039;m not going to render an opinion about authenticity on any of them (not that my opinion is the end-all <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=275373" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=275373" rel="nofollow">Thasos trihemiobol</a></p><p><img src="https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/big/3420097.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=298402" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=298402" rel="nofollow">Mylasa hemiobol</a> (the stated weight of your coin appears to be off by a decimal place; a 7 mm coin is not going to weigh 6 gms)</p><p><img src="https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/big/3620170.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=266724" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=266724" rel="nofollow">Ephesos obol</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>Archaic version of an Ephesos fractional silver (not sure of the denomination- obol, perhaps- and again, your stated weight appears to be off by a decimal place).&nbsp; Your Ephesos is the oldest of your bunch and at least somewhat rare.</p><p><img src="https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/big/3330073.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=218470" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=218470" rel="nofollow">Mesambria diobol</a>.&nbsp; There have been bunches of fakes of these and I don&#039;t remember the diagnostics.</p><p><img src="https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/big/2870059.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=244998" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=244998" rel="nofollow">Chersonesos hemidrachm, with amphora and dot ligate VE on reverse</a>.&nbsp; Many fakes of these hemidrachms exist.</p><p><img src="https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/big/3140062.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=335081" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=335081" rel="nofollow">Sikyon hemidrachm</a></p><p><img src="https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/big/3960137.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=121335" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=121335" rel="nofollow">Gargara tetrabol or drachm</a>?&nbsp; I&#039;m not very familiar with these.&nbsp; If this attribution is correct, it appears to be rather rare.&nbsp; There is inconsistency of the denomination designation among the small number of these I see in CNG&#039;s archives.&nbsp; The incuse square of yours is more distinct than the archive coins and I don&#039;t know the significance of that, if any.&nbsp; This is probably the most valuable of the coins in your group (assuming my attribution is correct).</p><p><img src="https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/big/78000764.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>...</p><p><br /></p><p>Gotta get ready for a long day at work so someone else can help with the two remaining coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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