Help With Identifying Some Coins

Thank you very much for your reply.

I don't doubt that it's real. If you want me to photograph something in particular, I will be happy to oblige.
It does look like the design of Michael VII or Romanus IV, but he doesn't hold the labarum in one hand and the globe in the other hand. I saw that sometimes coins are overstruck over older coins, but I don't know if it's the case here. This coin looks very fine and legible.

The second coin is very interesting as well, at least to know what is depicted, I'm just guessing at this point.

Beautiful byzantine coin the first one. Love the stare on both sides, very penetrating.

The second coin I think that's the head of Tyche. Look for Phoenician coins on wildwinds and you'll come
across some very close coins to yours.

The third one look a Phoenician coin too to me. Maybe struck in Berytus(beirut, Lebanon now).

The second coin looks like Brockage. The detail of the Tyche is incuse rather than "proud".

Thank you all for the leads, it would take me a while to follow through on them and see if I find a match.
I will let you know if I do.

Someone passed a small collection to me and I'm trying to identify the ones that are not yet identified.
Sadly, I don't know where they were found. I'm only asking about coins that I had trouble identifying.
I have Phocas, Maurice Tiberius, Constans II, etc. coins that were much easier to identify, so I guess they are not that rare. Perhaps the first coin is rare, I just thought someone must have seen one before and would know exactly what it is.

How do I know if a coin is silver and not bronze without a special machine. I noticed gold and silver coins usually have larger margins, so I believe none of the ones I have is silver or gold.
I should note that I played with the contrast and brightness of the pictures, so it was easier to see.
The coins are a darker black and I don't want to risk cleaning or applying any treatment to them.
The pictures are not the best quality, I haven't mastered the art yet, the details are clearer than in the pictures when you hold the coins in your hand.

I have some Pontus coins and the second coin looked like it could be Pontus due the material, but obviously I was mistaken and now I have leads that will help me find it. If it's a Brockage, I guess it will make it harder, since I don't know what's the original image and what's the later one.

The condition of these is great, so it's easier to know what to look for. I have some coins that it would be a much harder task to identify, because of the condition.

Here's a few that I can still make:



Looks like a palm tree, but I haven't managed to find something exactly like it.



Looks like a head on one side and a man in a cape on the other.



I've seen this head before, but on the other side there a figure, perhaps and angel in a dress. Sorry the picture is not very good, it should be much clearer.

Thank you for all your assistance.

The second coin in your latest batch I believe is a Roman provincial of Caracalla from Nicaea, Bythnia.

The hooded figure on the reverse is Telesphoros who was a sort of agent or assistant to the popular cult of Aesklepios of that time

Similar coin here though not likely an exact match: http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=222050

I quickly photographed another very fine coin.
I believe it's Roman and it would be easy to identify because of the great detail.

I would appreciate the help.

The coin appears to be Roman provincial, but I'm not able to read the reverse legend to tell what province.

You should start a new thread whenever you add another coin. You have a better chance of more people looking at a new thread rather than the old one.