Need some help please

[kimbo11 12]

Hi. I was given these coins and need some help to date and name them pls if any one can help me.

 

 

[MsPlod 11]

Suggest you post a little larger pics?

 

It is rather difficult to see the detail on any of these coins. Maybe post one or two larger pics at a time and you may get some responses?:confused:

[Pierre_Henri 110]

Roman coins

 

They are all Roman coins - looks like three denarri and the rest are bronzes. All are later roman era issues from say 200AD to approx. 400AD. Its difficult to identify because of the small pics but the second one from the left (top row) is Julia Domna, (wife of Septimus Severus and mother of Caracella and Geta) See Spink 515. Overall condition looks really nice.

[kimbo11 12]

Tx .. i will get better pics Thank you for the help, if i may ask what will a collection like this sell for, i know the market will dictate the price but i am just looking for a ball park to start the bidding on.

[kimbo11 12]

As promised, here are some better pics, tx for the help so far.

 

 

 

 

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Sorry bout the light, the light was to dim so i had to use a lamp

[Pierre_Henri 110]

Roman Coins

 

Hopefully someone else with enough time will be able to help you, but I only quickly scanned through the coins.

 

It is sometimes very easy and other times fairly difficult to identify the exact emperors.

 

The first coin, a silver Denarius, is not a Julia Domna as I have thought but either a Denarius of Julia Maesa, a sister of Julia Domna, or Julia Mamaea, mother of Severus Alexander, murdered in 235 AD.

 

Catalogue value in VF is about R750 for these type of coins but rare verities exsits. There is not a big market in SA for these coins and you will probably get R200 - R300 on BoB.

 

The other coins are from late Roman emperors like Constantine, Gratian, Julian etc. (bronzes of these emperors sells for about R100 on BoB but scarcer issues will obviously influence the price).

 

Sorry I cannot be of more help

 

Regards

 

Pierre

[kimbo11 12]

TX Pierre .. i appreciate your help

[jwither 17]

I'm not very familiar with Roman coins at all except that I know that some of them are very scarce and many more are not. There are so many of them.

 

I do not know if you will find your coins, but you can check on the Heritage Rare Coin Galleries and Teletrade archives for prior sales. Teletrade ocassionally has had small blocks of this type of coin sold which were graded by ICG.

 

Another comment I would make is that the catalogue value may not be representative of market value at all. This is frequently true of coins listed in the US Krause world coin manual, especially for South Africa.

 

R700 or about $100 USD seems pretty steep to me to pay for a VF of this type unless the coin is rather scarce. I see that you appear to have some nicer coins than that, but I would not be interested in buying this type of coin in VF at all. I would rather buy the few better coins I see in higher grades even if I had to pay more.

[kimbo11 12]

TX jwither .. if you are interested OM me and i will put them up for sale .. at the moment they are just sitting here and i need some cash

[jwither 17]

TX jwither .. if you are interested OM me and i will put them up for sale .. at the moment they are just sitting here and i need some cash

 

Thanks for the offer but I do not collect them. I was just adding my observations.

[Pierre_Henri 110]

Roman Coins Identified

 

Here are your coins...

 

SILVER DENARIUS of Julia Maesa, Augusta: 218 to 225 A.D, SILVERED FOLLIS of Licinius I, 308 to 324 A.D., SILVERED ANTONINIANUS of Salonina, Augusta 254 to 268 A.D., wife of Gallienus, ANTONINIANUS of Claudius II Gothicus: 268 to 270 A.D., BRONZE FOLLIS of Constantine the Great, 307 to 337 A.D., ANTONINIANUS of Salonina 254 to 268 A.D., wife of Gallienus, BRONZE AE30 of Herennia Etruscilla, Augusta 249 to 253A.D., BRONZE FOLLIS of Maximian, 286 to 310 A.D. (London Mint), BRONZE FOLLIS of Victorinus, 268 to 271 A.D., BRONZE FOLLIS of Licinius I, 308 to 324 A.D. (Siskia Mint), BRONZE FOLLIS of Licinius I, 308 to 324 A.D.

 

Regards

 

Pierre

[MsPlod 11]

Awesome!

 

Here are your coins...

 

SILVER DENARIUS of Julia Maesa, Augusta: 218 to 225 A.D, SILVERED FOLLIS of Licinius I, 308 to 324 A.D., SILVERED ANTONINIANUS of Salonina, Augusta 254 to 268 A.D., wife of Gallienus, ANTONINIANUS of Claudius II Gothicus: 268 to 270 A.D., BRONZE FOLLIS of Constantine the Great, 307 to 337 A.D., ANTONINIANUS of Salonina 254 to 268 A.D., wife of Gallienus, BRONZE AE30 of Herennia Etruscilla, Augusta 249 to 253A.D., BRONZE FOLLIS of Maximian, 286 to 310 A.D. (London Mint), BRONZE FOLLIS of Victorinus, 268 to 271 A.D., BRONZE FOLLIS of Licinius I, 308 to 324 A.D. (Siskia Mint), BRONZE FOLLIS of Licinius I, 308 to 324 A.D.

 

Regards

 

Pierre

As a non-collector of really old coins I stand awed Pierre_Henri!!