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Pillar of the Community
Serbia (Srbija)
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Hello guys, Need some help and your opinion if these coins are real or not ? I saw them listed online for sale and I was thinking about expanding my collection towards some ancient coins but I'm not very knowledgeable on their authenticity and their approximate value ...      Thanks :))
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1799 Posts |
They look genuine to me, just my opinion.
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Moderator
 Australia
16238 Posts |
Concur; not really seeing evidence of fakeness here.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5995 Posts |
They look like a nice collection of coins...Good luck, hope you get them... 
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Moderator
 United States
160646 Posts |
Looks like a nice group. Good luck. 
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Pillar of the Community
 Serbia (Srbija)
539 Posts |
Thanks a lot guys !!! How much do you think they worth ?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1799 Posts |
Does the seller have them identified? The first three are bronze, the fourth is silver from Miletus, the fifth is silver from Rhodes I believe. When you know what coins they are you can use ebay sold listings for prices and also search completed auctions online, like Sixbid, CNGcoins, CoinFoxa, etc. You can check on Vcoins.com for what dealers are asking. Values of ancient and modern coins depend on condition, demand, rarity. The third coin looks similar to one of mine, shield, reverse thunderbolt in wreath from Philadelphia, Lydia. 
Edited by livingwater 03/27/2025 1:45 pm
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CCF Advertiser
 United States
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Well as to what they are worth, if you do an advanced search on each of sold items and only look at ones that were real auctions with a low start and bid, you will know what each would get you that way. And that is the lowest number you would get as selling anywhere else, like waiting for a buyer interested on VCOINS you get high prices. If I were to list them, one at a time, starting at $1 each, and in the order you listed them, these are the numbers I'd expect: $10 to $15 $10 to $15 $15-$20 $15-$25 $25-$45
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Pillar of the Community
 Serbia (Srbija)
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Well seller had a few dozen more similar coins but auction was tough and prices were super high (at least for me) ! :( I only managed to buy 3 coins  First one that I posted up went for over 20 $ Second for almost 30$ Third for 35$ Fourth for 37$ and Fifith I managed to buy for little over 23$ :) it should be Caria Rhodes - 190-170 BC Plinthophoric Drahma  I also bought these two:  Mysia kyzikos hemiobol - for 33$ 450-400 BC AR Hemiobol  Seleucid Antioch II Teos - for 34$ 261-246 BC, Sardis What do you guys think ? Did I do ok with these ? Before these I only had one Ancient Greek coin. PS Biggest disappointment was not getting the last coin from same seller because of which I even started bidding on others.... but that medieval coin went for double its catalogue, and in my opinion real price... 
Edited by mvojnovic 03/30/2025 10:23 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Just an FYI, I use google to search: type in the specific coin and then "Vcoins sold" to and look at the results in the images to see what they have been selling for.
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Moderator
 United States
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Three is better than none, right? Nice grabs. 
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Pillar of the Community
 Serbia (Srbija)
539 Posts |
Thanks guys. Coins arrived yesterday, and I'm happy with them :) Had a little trouble finding all the catalogue references for every one of them because I like to have it all for each coin sorted, but I managed to do it :)
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