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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 1918796, member: 42773&quot;]Also, if you take circulation to mean the passing of a coin between hands in commerce, I have no problem calling your coins uncirculated. I don&#039;t see any wear on them at all - they may have been hoarded soon after being struck.</p><p><br /></p><p>Collectors of ancients, however, often object to the transposition of grading standards intended for modern coins onto ancients. Gold is very non-reactive, so I don&#039;t really have a problem calling the solidus MS - it probably does look exactly as it did when it came off the dies.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m going to guess that the grade on the denarius is AU, not because the coin may have circulated in commerce, but because when it comes to ancient silver, it&#039;s mostly impossible to talk about mint states. As well-preserved as that coin is, it&#039;s still 1800-years-old, and doubtlessly had to be cleaned after its excavation.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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