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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 2650887, member: 75525&quot;]Welcome [USER=79892]@Obone[/USER] . Nice pics, are they yours? </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I am a big fan of buying the book before the coin, or soon afterwards. If you want to buy ancients that are likely &quot;real&quot; and a good buy, do some research first. I think $50 is a cheap lesson. I know plenty of folks (not me of course - ha) who have spent way too much for coins genuine or not. If they are your first ancient coins, keep them in a display you see often and remember to do some homework before buying. I keep two modern fakes on a shelf from e-bay when I first bought ancient coins on line. After buying those, I did not buy without a good picture and knowledge of what the coin should look like.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coins look like LRB, Late Roman Bronzes, that have been coated (I vote spray paint). The inexpensive book I like on the subject is:</p><p>Handbook of Roman Imperial Coins: A Complete Guide to the History, Types and Values of Roman Imperial Coinage Paperback – December, 1991 by David Van Meter. Amazon has one for $35, but I have seen them for less.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I will pick a bit on the seller. I think these coins are normally called Follis, AE XX where the XX is the diameter. The obverse of an antoninianus normally has a crown. I only found a few for Licinius on acsearch.info</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]586455[/ATTACH]&nbsp; picture from Roma[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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