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recollector Valued Member Canada 191 Posts	Posted 05/30/2024 10:50 am is there a website I can check that will tell me the rarity of an ancient coin? Report this Post to the Staff

livingwater Pillar of the Community United States 2213 Posts	Posted 05/30/2024 11:26 am I'm not aware of one site that lists the many tens of thousands of ancient coins, Greek, Roman and other cultures. There are online databases like American Numismatic Society, museum databases that show how many of a specific coin they have. RPC Roman Provincial Coinage database lists how many examples of a coin are known to them. Then there are online completed auctions with descriptions that can say scarce, rare, X many known. Some reference books like RIC, Roman Imperial coinage has a rarity scale, but it's outdated. There are quite a few scarce to rare ancient coins. Rarity does not necessarily mean a coin is worth a lot. It depends on the condition of the coin and market demand, how popular it may be with collectors. I have some rare ancient coins which are cool to have but they are not worth a fortune. Do an online search, type in description of the coin you are referring to, see if there's any info on it. Edited by livingwater 05/30/2024 11:29 am Report this Post to the Staff
louisvillekyshop CCF Advertiser United States 1303 Posts	Posted 06/01/2024 7:57 pm I use acsearch for identifying coins quite often. And whenever I see a reference for any auction that was held by Numismatics Paris, they always put a rarity with a number on their listings in the same format. So that system must be from somewhere. Example below. And you need google translate for the French quite often. Like I never did check what R3 means etc. But it is someones scale. POSTUMUS Type : Sesterce Date : 261 Mint name / Town : Trèves Metal : bronze Diameter : 30 mm Orientation dies : 6 h. Weight : 16,33 g. Rarity : R3 Obverse legend : IMP C PO-STVMVS P F AVG from https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=10618062 Report this Post to the Staff
recollector Valued Member Canada 191 Posts	Posted 06/06/2024 10:17 am I checked that site. its basically $1 to do a search each time. i don't know how much better it would be than a google image search for free. Report this Post to the Staff
livingwater Pillar of the Community United States 2213 Posts	Posted 06/06/2024 11:53 am When I am on acsearch.info there is no fee to do a coin search, it's free. You can see pics of coins and their auction descriptions. For more info like prices realized you need to be a member, there is a fee for that. Edited by livingwater 06/06/2024 11:55 am Report this Post to the Staff
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