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Hi everyone, I'm new to coins in general, but in the last few days I've gotten interested in Roman coins because I'm a fan of history and especially Roman empire. I was thinking of buying one or two and show-casing them at home, maybe one day sell them for a couple million :) Anyway, what do you think about these two ? Sorry for the bad pictures. The guy selling them is an old man and doesn't know how to take a picture. Galba Sestercius: https://ibb.co/7SbkMy2https://ibb.co/B6YMVTSNero Dupondius: https://ibb.co/Dg8Xcfxhttps://ibb.co/7zNs1ngNero could be interesting because of the separate A V CVI letters. What do you think a fair price for each would be ? Cheers. Edited by resistance88
09/21/2020 10:12 am
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Can't help you but,  to CCF. John1  |
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to the Community! |
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Pillar of the Community
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I wouldn't buy either of them. They both look like fakes to me. The style is too crude on both of them.
Paul Bulgerin
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They both look like casts of modern imitations.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Here is a photograph of an authentic Galba LIBERTAS PVBLICA Sestertius which you can compare to the coin the seller is offering. I think it shows the difference in style. Unfortunately, there are a LOT of fake ancient coins on the market.  Paul Bulgerin
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Here is the Galba from a fakes database,  and here is the Nero from the same database  |
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 Bosnia And Herzegovina
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You guys really have a trained eye.
What would you look at first when determining if the coin is fake ?
On closer look, I also see the crudeness in them.
Thanks a lot for the answers and the welcome :)
Edited by resistance88
09/21/2020 3:14 pm
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to the community They both appear to be fakes. |
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If you're just starting out, I would only buy from trusted dealers. It will take some time in spotting fakes and we all get fooled every now and again. Vcoins is a good place to start and there CCF partners here on this forum. |
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Posted 09/21/2020 12:47 pm
