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New Member
Saudi Arabia
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Hi guys well I found this coin at my grandmas house. I dont know much about it but it looks old and I'm guessing its Greek or Roman. can someone pls tell me more about it and what it could be worth. thanks saurabh  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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This is a Roman Denarius, and Trajan to be more specific. Give me a moment and I will have your exact attribution.
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New Member
 Saudi Arabia
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thanks so much jwharper......at least now I know what I can call the coin !! haha
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4253 Posts |
I believe it is RIC 98: Trajan denarius. IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P, laureate head right, drapery on far shoulder / COS V P P SPQR OPTIMO PRINC, Dacia mourning, seated on pile of captured arms, DAC CAP in ex.
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New Member
Saudi Arabia
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Any idea on what it could be worth ?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It's hard to say without examining it in hand. From the image it looks to be in XF condition. Looking around on the web I found a couple that recently sold. This one was at a big auction and sold for $475: http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=396082I found some others that sold for around $150-$200. But again, these are being sold at high end auction houses and probably would not garner such high prices say on ebay or if you tried to sell to a dealer who will only pay you wholesale prices (they have to make a profit to stay in business). I hope I have helped some. And, by the way, welcome to our community. Stick round. You might find some interesting discussions. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Here is one being sold on ebay from a dealer we all know is much too high on his prices. Admittedly, this coin is not near as good of condition as yours, but he is selling it for under $200 and I would suspect he would take 50% of that. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Trajan-103A...em4abb25c2f0 |
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New Member
Saudi Arabia
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jwharper......thank you ever so much for all your help
yes I'm going to stick around here and its definitely a very interesting place to learn a lot.
thanks a ton mate
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I see you're in Saudi Arabia. Where? I was in Ryiadh in the early 90's. BTW, you are quite welcome. I enjoy the identification process. I'm not always correct though, but there are others here who are ready to correct if necessary.
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New Member
Saudi Arabia
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Yes I am in saudi arabia I work in dammam......not really the best and most fun place to live in the world....ill tell you that. Riyadh is nice just a little too strict for my liking
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Moderator
 United States
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 to the community This is a very nice looking coin with excelent detail. I would be willing to pay up to $130. |
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Canada
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United States
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I disagree, I don't see anything that would indicate to me that it's fake.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Well, I'm not saying you are wrong Dionysos, but I don't see the resemblance to the coin you posted from Forum fakes. To my untrained eye, these two coins are totally different, from the strike to the legends. Do you care to elaborate on why you think the OP coin is a fake? I would be most interested as I believe saurabh might be.
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Valued Member
Canada
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They are of the same dies and the style is not very good imo. The one from the OP is a cast from the one I've linked to (or of the same host). From the pic below, you can see that the reverse legend/exergue wich goes off flan on the second coin is truncated on the first one in an identical way, even if the flan is broader and should show the complete strike.  Edited by Dionysos
09/14/2012 2:41 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I agree with Dionysos. The dies are fake making coins that differ more than would casts. The style is not right for Trajan. I suspect that more research might pin the coin to one of the known fakers (Lipanoff?) and regret that the Forvm listing did not give this information.
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Posted 09/14/2012 10:11 am
