Antoninus - Opinions On Grade And Value?

BTW welcome here. Perhaps now that you have a fairly nice Roman coin, you may develop a desire to collect these historical little gems. Of course, yours is not so little or light weight either.

Thanks for the welcome and the information. It has been fun as I have received a few US colonials as well. I believe that this a bronze coin. Is that correct? Should I be trying to remove the black marks around the lettering by soaking it in olive oil as I have seen posted on some websites?
Also could someone advise how best to store this coin? Is a silver dollar sized 2x2 okay to use or should I wrap it in something?

Leave it be. It's as clean as it need to be IMHO. It is a bronze coin. I store all my Ancients in 2x2 flips. This way I can remove them once in a while and hold them. They are not delicate like modern coins.

Isn't that a nice feeling? Can you imagine a purse full of these? Also, try to imagine where this coin has been. Who may have held it, and how it somehow made it's way to Canada into your F-I-L's hand and now yours. Fascinating.

Additionally, the history behind these coins can be near as interesting as the coin itself. You should do some reading on Marcus Aurelius and his family. As steve6x can tell you, there are some incredible events behind some, if not most, of these rulers.

Man, it seems like we can't keep those nasty ol' young Canadians from creepin' into the ancient side of things, eh?



Oooops, apparently I fogot to you !!

Do you know how your F-I-L came to own it? It would be interesting to see how far back you can trace the ownership. I am working with a metal detector club in GB. At least they can identify the location where they found the coin. From what I see, they keep pretty good records of their finds.

My F-I-L was a big time stamp collector (but only small time coin collector and so I don't have many coins). He lived most of his life in Montreal where I suspect he bought his coins. He and his close buddy were serious stamp collectors collecting together and at clubs over a lifetime. He had filing cabinets full of stamps. We have since sold the stamps.
Finally, however, I have gotten around to going over the coins. I just wanted to have some idea as to what they are worth to make it easier on my kids when the time comes as I am almost 64. (I don't like lose ends as I have been burnt too many times in the past by letting things slide.) I have no plans to sell any coins, and have been enjoying the process of learning about them (I have been also asking about values of a 1787 Fugio and a 1787 Nova Caesarea in the US Classic/Colonials forum.