Genuine Or Counterfeit/Fake Roman Coins

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sgeneina New Member Egypt 28 Posts	Posted 06/22/2019 2:57 pm appreciate your help to find out if these coins are genuine or fake. * Moved by Staff moved to a more appropriate forum. * Report this Post to the Staff

sgeneina New Member Egypt 28 Posts	Posted 06/22/2019 3:02 pm 10.7 gm and 22 mm per coin Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34402 Posts	Posted 06/22/2019 3:36 pm @sgeneina, the surfaces look very porous to me, but I'm not an expert in this area. One quick question for you--by color, it looks like the top left and bottom right coins are the match (as well as the top right and bottom left). Is that true or do both of these coins have one side that is a little more brassy and the other more coppery? I'm going to recommend to the mods that your thread be moved over to the ancients section of CCF so that we can get the right eyeballs on it. "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
sgeneina New Member Egypt 28 Posts	Posted 06/22/2019 3:41 pm thanks a lot. I think both surfaces are the same and they are a little bit porous. Report this Post to the Staff
paralyse Bedrock of the Community United States 12057 Posts	Posted 06/22/2019 3:45 pm They appear to be tetradrachma of Trajan minted in Alexandria. The first is dated LIE (year 15 or 112-113 AD) and the second is dated LIH (year 17 or 114-115 AD) I cannot determine authenticity from these photos but they are a bit undersize and a bit underweight. Matching the reverses to known issues in SNG, Milne or Emmett would be helpful. The experts in our CCF Ancients forum will perhaps provide more insight. Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis Edited by paralyse 06/22/2019 3:46 pm Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 06/22/2019 3:47 pm They appear to be cast IMO. The lettering looks wrong and the surface is too soft and porous. Report this Post to the Staff
paralyse Bedrock of the Community United States 12057 Posts	Posted 06/22/2019 3:50 pm I was suspecting as much but wanted a more qualified opinion than my own; the obverse legends on the 2nd coin in particular look very heavy and a bit off. Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis Report this Post to the Staff
sgeneina New Member Egypt 28 Posts	Posted 06/22/2019 3:53 pm thanks guys , I was also very suspicious of them. Report this Post to the Staff
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Genuine Or Fake Roman Coins