Help To Identify My First Ancient Romans!

@spartcom5, thanks for posting these and glad to hear that you are moving toward ancients. I wonder if you could also provide a pic of the edge of the Nero tet?

Based on the condition of the VRBS ROMA alone you got these coins for a fantastic price.

I personally wouldn't send the follis off for grading/slabbing. But since, as you say, you'd "love to have a graded ancient coin in (your) collection" then perhaps that should be the determining factor. I like your enthusiasm!

The edge of the Nero is clearly filed. This is generally not a good sign since filing is sometimes done to hide casting seams on modern forgeries. However it is also sometimes done to round out flans on legit coins, for jewelry mounts. The surfaces of the coin look genuinely worn, with no obvious signs of casting, imo. However, I suspect that Spence's concern was the apparent line along the edge here:


Can you show us a pic of the edge at this location? Is the line just a trick of light/reflection, or does it appear to be a seam? (Hopefully the former)

Regarding the green deposits: Personally, I would leave the verdigris alone, but there are probably a lot of ancients collectors who would gently pick at it to see if some of it will dislodge.

Thanks for the additional pics. I agree it's likely genuine, but at some point in its past the edge was reshaped by filing - perhaps for a jewelry mounting. If correct, there was no attempt to camouflage the file marks since they would have been covered up by the setting the coin sat in for some of its history. Gotta expect some warts when you can snag a Provincial tet for less than ten bucks.