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raybestos New Member Saudi Arabia 2 Posts	Posted 03/07/2017 2:29 pm Edited by raybestos 03/08/2017 04:19 am Report this Post to the Staff

january1may Pillar of the Community Russian Federation 5177 Posts	Posted 03/07/2017 3:04 pm Photo 1: Alexandria tetradrachm, most likely; might be fake, might be real, I have no idea. Not Byzantine. Photo 2: Byzantine, don't know enough about the series to say any more. Photo 3: Byzantine, Justinian (6th century), color doesn't look right to me but maybe it's just the lighting, what's the other side? Photo 4: no idea, doesn't look good, doesn't look Byzantine either. Next time: please post one coin per thread (or at least post both sides of each coin). EDIT: if you bought those coins in Lebanon (or nearby), they're probably all fake, because IIRC in most of the countries of that region it's illegal to sell real ancient coins to tourists (but legal to sell fake ancient coins). That said, your second coin doesn't look very fake to me, so it might well be real (though probably not particularly valuable). Edited by january1may 03/07/2017 3:20 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Finn235 Pillar of the Community United States 6130 Posts	Posted 03/07/2017 3:32 pm 1. I think Antioch, probably real? 2. Byzantine anonymous follis depicting Jesus, looks real 3. Byzantine follis of Justinian I, looks like a tourist copy 4. Roman imperial, probably an antoninianus of Gallienus or thereabouts. Depicts Liberalitas, the goddess of generosity. Would need to see the obverse to tell if it's a cast copy or corroded original. Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 03/07/2017 3:34 pm to the community When posting coins we need to see both sides. The first is a a Roman tetradrachm from Alexandria but without the obverse images we don't know who the emperor is. The second one is a Class B anonymous folles attributed to Romanus III and is Byzantine, the next one is supposed to by a folles of Justinian I, but is 100% fake. The last one is Roman but don't know who of. Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34428 Posts	Posted 03/07/2017 8:34 pm @raybestos, first welcome to CCF. Second, in addition to what the others have said, best practice is to post only one coin per thread. Also, by searching CCF, you can often find useful information about your coins. For example, here is a thread that shows other examples of your fake Justinian I: http://goccf.com/t/67189 "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 Report this Post to the Staff
raybestos New Member Saudi Arabia 2 Posts	Posted 03/08/2017 04:32 am hi thanks all I reposte both side of the coin Report this Post to the Staff
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