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New Member
Canada
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Hi, I am researching 3 coins for my neighbor. Can anyone shed some light on the time period of the these coins, what they say and what they might be worth? Thanking you in advance for your help. YD   
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The first two appear to be minted in Alexandria, Egypt and depict a Roman emperor on the obverse and eagle on the reverse. It's late here and I'm sleepy, will look closer tomorrow evening if no one else has fleshed it out. Not sure about the third coin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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and  to CCF! 
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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 First off, the reverse of coin 1 is with coin 3. Do you know how big that one is? No1 (No3 Reverse) is Ptolemaic Egypt, but I dont know which ruler. shows an eagle left and a guys head right. No2 is an Alexandrian tetradrachm, around 200AD, Year 1 of the rulers reign, reverse is an eagle walking right, date mark is the L-A across fields. No3 (with no1 reverse) I have no idea about, early roman As or Quadrans of some type, perhaps Augustus or Tiberius. Ill have a look later.
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New Member
 Canada
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@ThisIsFun and BenByfield - thanks for your replies. It is possible I messed up the pairing of the 1st and 3rd - sorry (o_O)
In terms of size, they are all roughly the same (roughly the size of a canadian nickle).
Any ideas on a value?
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Ptolemy might be worth 5-10 bucks, perhaps more if you clean it up (I would recommend you leave it be, its easy to ruin ancient coins by trying to clean it withou prior experience). The tetradrachm is worth about $10. The 3rd coin is, unfortunately, completely worthless. Maybe a few bucks, but in this condition its nearly unidentifiable.
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United States
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New Member
 Canada
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Thanks for all your replies. I guess my neighbor will have to return the Ferrari now :-D
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