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Welcome to Ancient Coin Collecting. I just picked up my first of the "12 Caesars", Claudius and am excited about it.
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Is there any particular history that you know of behind that chop mark on the reverse, Yes. At the time these coins were issued there were a lot of counterfeits made with a thin silver foil wrapped over a copper core. Coins that had been tested and passed/failed were marked by moneychangers. As far as I know, there have been no studies as to who applied specific ones or if there is a code to them.  More on fourree: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/do...fourree.html |
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 => robfromshasta => congrats on your first 12-Caesars' coin!! ... but just sayin' that you bought the coin doesn't cut-it over here on the shady-side ...    Edited by stevex6
11/05/2012 07:30 am
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Bing already has sold me on a set I didn't mean to sell you on this set of coins. Collecting all of these in relatively good shape will set you back some serious denarii and will take some long amount of time to find an example of each coin. It's not impossible. But many a collector has started down this road never to finish (including me - but I would give a relatively significant amount for a Cohors Speculatorum Denarius in good shape) http://www.forumancientcoins.com/nu...SPECULATORUMThe Mark Anthony Fleet Coinage is very difficult to find and quite expensive. I saw one selling on ebay recently. It was in rather poor condition and was selling for $750 Interesting articles: http://www.coinworld.com/articles/m...arii-iconic/http://www.flickr.com/photos/ahala_...25713793045/Edited by Bing
11/05/2012 09:19 am
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It is perfectly normal for beginners in the hobby to be attracted to the rulers they have heard of and the 12 Caesars are high on that list. Unfortunately the same factors make the scarcer of the 12 even harder to find and make them more attractive to forgers who figure that most of these beginners will be easy to fool with low grade fakes. Some of us (certainly I) will point out that it might better to get some experience handling equally interesting but not so popular or expensive coins before you go shopping for Caligula and Otho. I consider coins of big names like Trajan, Diocletian and Constantine (all of whom had great effect on the history of Rome rather than being a footnote like Otho and Vitellius)a better place to start. The legionaries of Antony are not rare but there are enough people trying to get the set that some of them can get pricey. Try to buy a Legion IIX, PRI XVIIII or IIII and see what I mean.
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. I think Doug is correct. Not only are some of these "lesser known" or better put lesser collected emperors easy to find, but the cost of obtaining them is not generally inflated. Getting to know these coins, how they should look and feel, weight and measurements, is an invaluable part of the education to Ancient coins. Also getting to know where to navigate on the web and which dealers to trust or which are better positioned to offer a good deal is part of this education. In any case, it's a great hobby and you don't have to be a millionaire to acquire some fine 2000 year old coins (although that would be nice). |
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Bing pretty much mentioning a set of great coins usually sells me on it  The Cohors Speculatorum Denarius sure is a beauty. Im sure at some point I will attempt the full set, but would at least like a legion praetorian and naval to start. I dont mind working on a bunch of sets at once since I'm already doing that. In fact its probably preferable since the market may be good for somethings but not others at any given time, the multiple sets allows me to scratch the itch with whatever is good at the time. To me thats a lot better than sacrificing quality or grossly overpaying due to the market at any given time. I also updated the photos at the top of the thread and will post them here. This is easily the coin I've had the most problems getting good photos but they are better than before. Again thanks to everyone. My finger covered it a little bit, but you can see the left half of the A in Roma on the coin   Edited by basebal21
11/05/2012 4:53 pm
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I'll stick by my original value for this coin. Upwards of $150. It looks to be in great shape.
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Thanks for all the advice and information
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Well the other guys gave you the skinny- I'm just gonna say I really likeyour coin. Kudos!
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Posted 11/05/2012 06:23 am
