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Valued Member
Croatia (Locally: Hrvatska)
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Dunno, but looks like fun..
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The curved coins are Byzantine scyphate coins. Fairly low value, but not as much as the late Roman coins. I see a bunch of really beat up fourth century bronzes, a few third century antoninianii, and at least a few provincials. The temple at the far right looks promising, probably a follis of Maxentius or thereabouts. It would be fun to identify them, but I doubt there is more than 2-3 coins worth more than $2-5. I would try to win it for just over $1 per coin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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A few constantine and the orange looks like it could be septimius severus but The temple of roma mid right looks like it could be interesting
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Rest in Peace
United States
17900 Posts |
It might be worth the gamble at $1 per coin as long as you know the majority of these coins aren't worth much more than that.
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Pillar of the Community
Poland
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Few of the bronzes seem to be in decent condition. More of them look to be slugs or too corroded to identify, those will be useless.
There is a larger bronze under the bowl-shaped coin in the middle of the photo but the way it's hidden makes me suspicious. Perhaps it's damaged.
Therefore, I concur with the previous statements.
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Moderator
 United States
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Honestly I don't see very much there. They are mostly Late Roman Bronzes with a few Byzantine and Medieval coins in low grade condition. I wouldn't spend money on these.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Truth or dare: If you had a choice between all of those or two or three of these*, which way do you choose?  Not good enough? What would it take to sweeten the deal? (*academic questions, not a real offer) |
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United States
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$1 per coin But there are roughly 60 coins in the group. I agree with @irbguy that dropping $60 on a couple nicer coins is better than getting 60 marginal coins. In the end, it is up to you @zqter how you build your collection. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1963 Posts |
Try to pay $50, just for the fun of identifying them.
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Valued Member
 Croatia (Locally: Hrvatska)
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Well, I bought lot for $21! And if you guys want I can post better photos of coins when I receive lot.
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United States
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And if you guys want I can post better photos of coins when I receive lot. You betcha!  "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Pillar of the Community
Poland
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Well, there's quite a difference between $50-60 (max suggested price to pay) and $21 (what you actually paid). Perhaps the lot will prove to have been worth buying?
Pictures of the individual coins (at least those which are identifiable) would be great.
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Pillar of the Community
Spain
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Seems like a good buy. Look forward to seeing the photos. Saludos Paul  |
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Pillar of the Community
Spain
629 Posts |
About the lot of antoninianus...
I would buy the antoninianus of Herennia Etruscilla...
Gordianus III is very, very common!
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Pillar of the Community
Spain
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...and the Trajan Decius of course!
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