Help Identifying Roman Coins Please.

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Droo1965 New Member United Kingdom 3 Posts	Posted 03/01/2018 12:03 pm Hi. I am from UK. These 2 coins have been in family for many years. They are very worn and I can't seem to find examples of similar to be able to date them. Any information would be great. * Moved by Staff moved to a more appropriate forum. * Edited by Droo1965 03/01/2018 12:06 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Finn235 Pillar of the Community United States 6130 Posts	Posted 03/01/2018 12:44 pm Sorry to say both are tourist fakes. First one is a provincial coin of Roman emperor Hadrian. Don't recognize the type offhand, but it shouldn't be terribly difficult to find. The casting bubbles give this one away. Second is either Seleucid or Bactrian, Post-Alexander kingdoms in the Middle East and Central Asia, respectively. Can't read the names, but it should be in good quality silver, not bronze. It is quite porous and there is a visible casting seam on the edge. Report this Post to the Staff
Droo1965 New Member United Kingdom 3 Posts	Posted 03/01/2018 1:02 pm Thanks for info. Never thought of fakes? Haha I'm 53 and remember being shown these in a collection as a child. Still nice to keep I guess :) Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 189767 Posts	Posted 03/01/2018 2:36 pm to the Community! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Droo1965 New Member United Kingdom 3 Posts	Posted 03/01/2018 2:52 pm Thanks I have rather alot of coin and commerative medal collections of my late fathers to sort through.... Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 189767 Posts	Posted 03/01/2018 4:19 pm We would love to see it and help where we can. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16868 Posts	Posted 03/01/2018 5:15 pm I'm assuming the first one is, somewhat loosely, based on the DISCIPLINA sestertii of Hadrian. Wildwinds page, especially the second example there. These coins are supposed to be brass or bronze, but as mentioned by others above, this one is clearly cast, and therefore not genuine. I believe the second coin is supposed to be a tetradrachm of king Nikomedes II of Bithynia. See the examples on this Wildwinds page. As others stated above, they are supposed to be made of silver. I would assume they are "tourist fakes", picked up by a family member as souvenirs on a trip to south-eastern Europe and/or the Middle East. In many countries which used to host ancient civilizations, like Greece, Italy, Turkey, Egypt etc, selling genuine ancient coins to tourists is illegal, but selling them fakes is perfectly fine. Of course, they don't tell the tourists this. 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
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