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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1329107, member: 26302"]Well I cannot see the writing on the display sir, but rest assured these coins had nothing to do with the Roman Empire. They are not Roman in any fashion. If they are genuine, they are near eastern Greek, probably Tetradrachms. You state on your video that maybe immigrants brought them over, but these had not been in circulation in Europe for 2000 years. If anything, they were from someone's coin collection. </p><p><br /></p><p>Again, I cannot authenticate them since I cannot see them close up. If you sent them to an ancient expert, he should have cleaned them up. Having horn silver, (if that is what is on these causing them to be dark), is not helping them in the holder.</p><p><br /></p><p>You may have a vast library of early American artifact references, but many of us here have large libraries just on ancient coins. That is why we post here. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1329107, member: 26302"]Well I cannot see the writing on the display sir, but rest assured these coins had nothing to do with the Roman Empire. They are not Roman in any fashion. If they are genuine, they are near eastern Greek, probably Tetradrachms. You state on your video that maybe immigrants brought them over, but these had not been in circulation in Europe for 2000 years. If anything, they were from someone's coin collection. Again, I cannot authenticate them since I cannot see them close up. If you sent them to an ancient expert, he should have cleaned them up. Having horn silver, (if that is what is on these causing them to be dark), is not helping them in the holder. You may have a vast library of early American artifact references, but many of us here have large libraries just on ancient coins. That is why we post here. :) Chris[/QUOTE]
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