Bargain Bin Ancients Picked up at a Show

[Scott H2]

Well at this point I have zero training in ancient coins. I have many of the more popular books and have been studying them for months. I also have a few lots of uncleaned coins coming my way to work on. I'm hoping these that I picked up for $1 each are authentic and I can use them as a base of reference. If not they are great examples of forgeries to compare to so I don't make that mistake again. All opinions and observations are welcome. The last one appears to be an Archaic Obal. These others all look like Roman imperial. I can make out the name Arcadius in one of them as well.

[Scott H2]

And perhaps someone could suggest a way that I can put the two sides of the coin in the same image to make it easier here. I reduced these images from my Celestron Digital Microscope by 50%. In the future let me know if I should reduce by more. I'm also still learning the fine art of light use.

[Scott H2]

Finally the last photos. I've only included one side of the Obal because it looks like the reverse is blank. I believe it is silver but cannot be sure.

[Akropolis]

Based on the photo alone, your second coin, "Moneta", is clearly false. It is a copper reproduction of a Roman Republican denarius.
The others seem to be authentic.....from the photos alone....to my old eyes. Perhaps others on Forum will add their views.
PeteB

[SC]

That was my thought.  The late Roman ones all look good.  And quite nice for $1 each! 

Shawn

[Scott H2]

Based on the photo alone, your second coin, "Moneta", is clearly false. It is a copper reproduction of a Roman Republican denarius.
The others seem to be authentic.....from the photos alone....to my old eyes. Perhaps others on Forum will add their views.
PeteB

Actually I had the same impression. I actually thought the first two were crude reproductions. I guess the second is a Roman imperial. Thanks for the help.

[areich]

In the picture it looks like white metal. I agree that it is likely fake but it doesn't look bronze.

[museumguy]

Scott,

To answer your question regarding having both sides of a coin in the same image, I recently discovered that PowerPoint works great.  Just open up a slide, move the two images into the slide and size them correctly.  Then highlight each photo, right click and hit "save photo".  You are done!

Steve S.

[areich]

And if that doesn't work for me, search this forum for 'combine images', 'stitch images' and similar. It is a question that was asked and answered quite a few times. There's probably something here as well:

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=27956.0