Hi, I was wondering if anyone could give me some input regarding these sestertii. There's Galba, and then two Nero (temple of Janus & Ostia). For context, these were in a large mixed lot of coins that I was given, that were about 80% Victorian (mostly French), 98% French "ancien régime". These three are the only "ancient" coins. Which, I know more about, and are all genuine, but individually of no real great monetary value. I'm fully prepared for them to be fakes. Unfortunately, if they are genuinely old, someone (not me) has done a lot of unforgiving cleaning. Sizes: 34-35mm. Weights: 25g (approx.) A merry Christmas to everyone,
Euh... What is a "Victorian" French coin? Queen Victoria was queen of the United Kingdom (England + Wales + Scotland + Ireland) but the British monarchy, when they saw what those gοddam Froggies had just been doing to their king, had thought it safer to abandon all claims to the French crown in 1802. In France the successive regimes which were contemporary with Queen Victoria were monarchy, republic, empire, and republic again... And what do you call "ancien régime" in France? Usually, "ancien régime" is the absolute monarchy from the early 16th c. to 1792.
Hi, Thank you for the reply. Oh well, they'll go in my "fakes" collection, or maybe I can find something decorative to do with them. Thank you for your clarification, but I'm French, and have a history degree. I was referring to Victorian coins simply to reference coins minted between 1850-1900. Since it wasn't the subject here, I didn't see the point in referencing Napoléon III/Second Empire, Troisième République, then all of the respective leaders of this period in Belgium, Spain, and Austria. Since the subject was coins of the ancient world, listing all of them seemed off-subject. I have heard many French academics refer to "l'époque victorienne" to describe this period across Europe, it's far from uncommon. Also not too sure what you're referring to about Britain's claim to the French throne? No real monarch ever really tried to claim the French throne since the 17th century at the latest. The Revolutionaries got a bee in their bonnet at some point, but that was over ancient titles that didn't really mean anything anymore. They recognized the French Republic in 1802, but that's acknowledging that it was a Republic, rather than a kingdom. There were some ancien régime coins in the lot. Mostly Louis XIII-Louis XVIII (last coins minted, and execution in 1793 by the way), with a handful of older ones Charles IX & Henri IV (off the top of my head), which is why I mentioned them. I would be happy to post photos of these coins elsewhere on the site, but this didn't seem like the right place. I posted photos of these three coins because they were the only "ancient world" coins in the lot, I didn't know a lot about them, and hoped that someone who knew a lot more than I did about them could give me their opinion.
I was just pulling your leg... But I was actually a bit surprised by the "Victorian French coins" concept...
