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Valued Member
United States
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I have a few ancient coins that I would like to research, but I don't have any guides to follow. Any ideas on a book that will help me identify, grade and possibly give me a price guide?
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Moderator
 United States
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There is tons of information on the web, just do a web search for ancient coins, Roman coins, etc.. Post pictures of your coins here, we can help you attribute them
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Valued Member
United States
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I'm just starting to learn about ancients, and it seems that the only comprehensive (or as near to comprehensive as one gets with ancients) guides are pricy, multi-volume works, and probably not worth the expense if you're only interested in a few coins. However, the folks on this forum are usually more than happy to give an attribution and a rough value if you post pictures of the coins.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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echizento is right. There are a lot of on-line resouces that can help attribute and others that will help in determining value. If you are interested, just ask on this forum and we will provide you the addresses. And like ZiggyZ said, post the images here. Not only will we help, but we can point you in the right direction. Glad to have you on this forum.
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United States
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Ditto! Put some images up and these guys will most likely zero in on its identity very quickly. BTW welcome to the ancients forum.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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ccw2805: There are lots of CCF members who can help you, who have extensive book references, which you don't need to spend any money on just now, if you are just starting out into ancients.
There are also extensive and very valuable Web references available. Just keep plugged into the ancients forum within the CCF, and you will eventually find all of them, and all of us.
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Valued Member
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Thanks, I posted pictures of these coins before but didn't quite get all the information I was looking for I will post them again and see what happens.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Unfortunately those coins do not appear to be attributable at all. They all appear to be 3rd - 4th century Roman coins except the last one which looks to be Indian or Arabic. In the state they are in they are probably worth about one dollar a piece.
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United States
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Sadly they are all too worn to be able to attribute. However the third one on the left appears to have a counter mark if some of the dirt where removed it may reveal the mark and we might be able to attribute it that way.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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For the most part, MartiVltori is correct. However, the first coin appears to be a Gallienus and the third coin appears to be a first century AD coin, perhaps Claudius or even as late as a Trajan. I will do some checking and get back to you later if no one has Identified them by that time.
Regards,
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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My guess on the countermark coin is Greek Provincial?  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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As I said, I believe the first coin is a Gallienus Antoninianus with a Victory reverse. The problem is that there are several Gallienus coins with this reverse and your coin's condition is not good enough to distinguish which coin it may be. However, your coin is at least similar to RIC 305: Gallienus AR Antoninianus. GALLIENVS P F AVG, radiate & cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA AVG, Victory advancing left holding wreath & palm-branch. http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sear...tml#RIC_0305 |
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United States
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I think you might be right DVC.
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Valued Member
United States
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Thanks for the information, so the last coin looks like its not a roman one? Also what are these coins made out of?
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Number 2 (the red one) is most likely Kushan rather than Roman.
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