I bought these 8 ancient coins for $120. I'm not a huge ancient collector so it will take me an eternity to ID these. Any help would be appreciated, and was $120 a decent deal for the group? Any idea on individual pricing? The Indian cent is only in the picture for size.
The Roman one--at the lower right of the first photo--is an Antoninianus of Aurelian (IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG) with the RESTITVT ORBIS reverse type. This one is a little tricky to attribute because this reverse type was issued by at least eight mints, employing different mint marks and obverse inscriptions, both in the pre- and post-reform periods. Yours is from the Cyzicus mint, RIC 347, from the year AD 274-275.
Very interesting lot - but I am afraid I can't help with attributing. But they will be fun to figure out, I'd bet.
Most of these are medieval - the little silver one with the city gate is Conrad, Genoa (I think Genoese coins all have Conrad as the issuer, but I'm not sure)
Thanks for the replies so far! 2 solid ID's for the genoa coin and the roman piece. I think I might have done ok on price? The genoa piece is very nice
The silver coin in the upper right which looks like it has a cross is a Celtic coin of the Volcae Tectosages in southern Gaul, 200 - 118 BC. That should be worth $50 alone.
And the top left is a Byzantine coin from the reign of Manuel I like this https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3982487
All that I'm familiar with seem to have been identified. The Indian head cent might be worth $10.00. Is that 'cross' fragment a pirate silver 'piece of eight'? So, depending upon what the medieval coins are worth, it seems to me like you did fairly well---or better.
Out of topic but the Indian head cent is not worth more than $1.50. A dealer might not even give a dollar for the coin due to condition of the coin.
True enough...and condition is king, especially for 'common' coins-- dealers rarely pay more than 25% of any perceived market value.
