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Prospector New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 07/28/2014 9:14 pm Hello folks. Was told of this site by a member of a gold and silver forum that I frequent. I have come across a collection of ancient coins already in the sleeves and identified. I know nothing of the former collector as I purchased these at a yard sale out of my area and do not intend to go back that way in the near future. I am not much of a collector. Right now I flip purchases. There will be a day that I can "stack" if you will, but that will take getting out of debt first. 'nough said on that. So, I humbly ask of you members of this forum to share your knowledge about these coins i.e. rariety, condition and maybe value if possible. Thanks for looking, Prospector Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 07/28/2014 11:42 pm to the community You need to post better pictures of one or two coins at a time out of the 2x2. It's very difficult to try and ID a lot of coins all at once. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16873 Posts	Posted 07/29/2014 05:28 am Hello and welcome. All we can say from these pictures is that some of the descriptions are a bit vague. "Byzantine 491-842 AD", for example; this coin can probably be identified much more narrowly. It could, of course, be too badly damaged to be certain of any narrower ID - but the pics aren't clear enough to see. "Greece 300-100 BC" is even vaguer. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
Prospector New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 07/29/2014 07:35 am Thanks for the warm welcome and the input. I knew this was going to be a journey. I will take more pics tonight if possible. Perhaps it would it be better to take them out of the holders? Report this Post to the Staff
FVRIVS RVFVS Pillar of the Community United States 3446 Posts	Posted 07/29/2014 08:55 am Yes indeed you need remove them from the holders. Ancient coins are unlike modern coins in that actually holding them is considered a necessary part of collecting them. They spent centuries buried in the ground somewhere and needed a good bath and scrubbing long before they landed on your lap. If possible take close up shots with a dark background. Many cameras will read a light colored background and underexpose a bronze coin leaving the viewer 'in the dark'. They probably are garden variety ancients judging by the vague attributions but until we can actually see the portraits and read the legends nothing much can be said ! Report this Post to the Staff
Ben Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 4208 Posts	Posted 07/29/2014 10:50 am Yeah, as said before, better pictures will be needed, but from what I see, these are failry standard middle grade coins. Also, the Valerian II almost certainly isn't Valerian II, but a better picture will be needed (it looks a bit like Julian II from that picture). The Naxos/Kantharos looks correct. quite a popular issue in good grades (same with coins from Ephesus). Report this Post to the Staff
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