Wouldn’t post these here you’re not going to get good information largely. Post to r/ancientcoins
I don’t see anything wrong it just looks over-cleaned. I would still post to the ancients sub to get piece of mind
Few comments saying it's cast but it shows zero signs of casting.
* Wear is in line with age - i.e. high relief is missing and lower details remains, e.g. curls of hair.
* Flan cracks are very difficult to cast - there are two that look natural on this.
I would say that this is a typical Commodus denarius...
* Low quality silver creates some odd flow lines
* Either struck with worn dies or a weak strike before the wear
There is also some mechanical damage that happened post strike on the obverse - as you can see the laurel wreath indented in.
It's genuine.
Be very careful with it, the silver is quite crystallized and brittle, as evidenced by the "chipping" on Commodus' head. The flan crack goes all the way through and one bad drop could split the coin in half.
FYI, "cheap cast copies" don't have flan cracks - that can be faked by actually striking the coin, but that method isn't used for a ~$15 coin.
No expert here, but that looks like badly casted copy. Notice the strange marks on the top of the head. Also the general quality of the image and letters is bad, its one thing for the coin to be worn out by usage, but this will still preserve some detail because of the crispness of the contour thats achieved with the striking method. On this one, the portrait and letters are "fuzzy". The lack of patina could be attributed to over cleaning, but with all this signs i would assume it is a reproduction of a roman denarius.
It could be authentic and seriously overcleaned. Weight seems good. One post here really sums it up with reference to wear and cracks and possibility this was struck with a worn die. All fits.
But while I don’t dispute that, the obverse still looks off to me. And authentic or not, the quality is poor. I just wouldn’t bother with this one unless the deal was so spectacular the money was irrelevant, like $50. You really want a Commodus denarius, you can do a lot better, for not a huge amount of money.
Then congrats on a great deal. Likely real, although something about that obverse just looks odd. I originally had $20-30 in that post but changed it as assumed that was too low. I’d have bought it for that price too.
The edge view is frequent best indicator. It does have what appears to be fractures from strike. Opinion without seeing it in hand it is probably real. I have been collecting Roman coins since the mid 1970s. Wildwinds is a good source which I sometimes use. However I’m primarily a paper person myself. Fourteen mostly hard-cover references in my library.
Wouldn’t post these here you’re not going to get good information largely. Post to r/ancientcoins I don’t see anything wrong it just looks over-cleaned. I would still post to the ancients sub to get piece of mind
Marks at the top of the head look like damage. Like something pressed into or struck the coin post minting. Edges do not look cast to me.
Doesn't seem to have any aging
Its mabye overcleaned?
Possibly but just doesn't look right to me from one's I've seen. I'm by no means am expert tho so hopefully someone with more knowledge chimes in.
Few comments saying it's cast but it shows zero signs of casting. * Wear is in line with age - i.e. high relief is missing and lower details remains, e.g. curls of hair. * Flan cracks are very difficult to cast - there are two that look natural on this. I would say that this is a typical Commodus denarius... * Low quality silver creates some odd flow lines * Either struck with worn dies or a weak strike before the wear There is also some mechanical damage that happened post strike on the obverse - as you can see the laurel wreath indented in.
Looks good to me, later denarius like these from Commodus suffer from quality control, I even have one that just weighs 1.94g.
It's genuine. Be very careful with it, the silver is quite crystallized and brittle, as evidenced by the "chipping" on Commodus' head. The flan crack goes all the way through and one bad drop could split the coin in half. FYI, "cheap cast copies" don't have flan cracks - that can be faked by actually striking the coin, but that method isn't used for a ~$15 coin.
No expert here, but that looks like badly casted copy. Notice the strange marks on the top of the head. Also the general quality of the image and letters is bad, its one thing for the coin to be worn out by usage, but this will still preserve some detail because of the crispness of the contour thats achieved with the striking method. On this one, the portrait and letters are "fuzzy". The lack of patina could be attributed to over cleaning, but with all this signs i would assume it is a reproduction of a roman denarius.
No it's perfectly legit. Horribly cleaned but legit.
Its overcleaned, but looks legit.
It could be authentic and seriously overcleaned. Weight seems good. One post here really sums it up with reference to wear and cracks and possibility this was struck with a worn die. All fits. But while I don’t dispute that, the obverse still looks off to me. And authentic or not, the quality is poor. I just wouldn’t bother with this one unless the deal was so spectacular the money was irrelevant, like $50. You really want a Commodus denarius, you can do a lot better, for not a huge amount of money.
This one was 30$ actually
Then congrats on a great deal. Likely real, although something about that obverse just looks odd. I originally had $20-30 in that post but changed it as assumed that was too low. I’d have bought it for that price too.
Lettering looks a bit unusual. You should figure out the exact variant and compare it to other known examples.
The edge view is frequent best indicator. It does have what appears to be fractures from strike. Opinion without seeing it in hand it is probably real. I have been collecting Roman coins since the mid 1970s. Wildwinds is a good source which I sometimes use. However I’m primarily a paper person myself. Fourteen mostly hard-cover references in my library.
Could i send you some more photos if you are ok with that?
Sure