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New Member
Slovenia
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I am contignue with cleaning my coins and found a nice one and need your hepl to ID it. Sames, that te material is silver, the coin need to be cleaned a lot more and will take months, but the coin can be IDed, especially from the experts like you. Images are not the best, iphone 4 makes crap pictures (i know).   |
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Moderator
 Australia
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Frankly, with pictures as fuzzy as this, I don;t think it can be identified any less vaguely than "Late Roman". The reverse shows a standing figure doing something; it might be an "emperor dragging captive" type.
Sorry.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Yep, GLORIA ROMANORVM (glory of the Romans) showing the emperor dragging a captive barbarian by their hair. Likely Valens, perhaps Valentinian. And its low grade Bronze - not silver. By this point, a lot of blanks are of such poor metal that some are magnetic.
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Moderator
United States
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Much better pictures are need to say for sure, but it is most likely one of the two.
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New Member
 Slovenia
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Thanks guys for the info. I am still cleaning the coin and will post some better pics soon. So the coin is not a silver one, but sames to be worth 20-30 € or?
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Im afraid its bad news on the value front. These are so plentiful in top grade that one in this condition is next to worthless on its own. In a group, it would fetch $1-2, with mintmark.
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New Member
Slovenia
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Really not good news regarding the value, sames the older coins are still worth a lot more - like the ones from around 100-200 year.
When I am buying uncleaned coin, what is the most important thing? Coin size?
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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For making money its more about grade. Otherwise its about getting rarities - for that, you need to spot an unsorted lot. A good indicator of that is larger coins being in there (they are worth more generally) or coins of rarer emperors.
Sometimes, people seed lots with nicer coins. It takes a better eye to spot those. The only way you can really be sure its an unsorted lot is when you see a coin worth more than the rest combined. That being said, sometimes the coins used to seed a lot are worth a lot in their own regard -if you can get those lots cheaply, then it would be worth it.
I have a surefire way of picking out good uncleaned lots, but I've not been going for them recently. If you like, I can let you know when I see one that might be good. Be warned though, making money off of them is a tricky thing to accomplish and the only times I've done it are in the sale of single coins.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Planetparty, are you interested in ancients because you like them, or is it to try and make money?
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New Member
Slovenia
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I am doing it not for pure profit, I started collecting roman coins with a silver Macrinus Denarii and I really don't want to hundreds of coins with zero value in my possession. I have purchased a day ago a 50+ lot, of large coins, but I am very interested to your help. Ben: I highly value your offered help, I tried to email you, but I am not able due to the limitations (i am a new member). Where can I reach you? BTW I have purchased this coins for sightly lower price as the listed one: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/321441471818 |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
3626 Posts |
Love to see the Macrinus some time. Click on Ben's ebay link and message him through that. |
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New Member
Slovenia
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Thanks pishpash! I have posted 2 pictures already, check this thread: https://goccf.com/t/179907I am still research for the real value of this coin. |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Great coin! Go to vcoins and search for "macrinus felicitas denarius" and around 5 come up.
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New Member
Slovenia
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Thanks! I got it under the price and will flip it soon for some profit. I am not able to sell there, since I am new member, I am also member on ebay (DE) since 2007, with max reputation, but I am not able to sell international. So there is my question: Where and how to sell? |
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New Member
Slovenia
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And thanks for the searching tip, found the real price now.
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