Caesar Elephant

[Paulus]

I have the coin below, and know very little about it ...

I have no reason to doubt its authenticity, but how can I verify this?

Thanks for any pointers.

[Peckris]

I have the coin below, and know very little about it ...

I have no reason to doubt its authenticity, but how can I verify this?

Thanks for any pointers.

It's S456 - a Julius Caesar denarius, elephant obverse, and reverse priestly emblems. Spinks also give a RRC number 443/1. This refers to Crawford's Roman Republican Coinage. The value in F would be between £75 and £100.

Here's mine (different design):

[Paulus]

I have the coin below, and know very little about it ...

I have no reason to doubt its authenticity, but how can I verify this?

Thanks for any pointers.

It's S456 - a Julius Caesar denarius, elephant obverse, and reverse priestly emblems. Spinks also give a RRC number 443/1. This refers to Crawford's Roman Republican Coinage. The value in F would be between £75 and £100.

Here's mine (different design):

Thanks Peck, I will be selling all my Roman coins I think, need to fund some very expensive purchases!

Any reason to think my coin is not genuine? Were these forged a lot do you know?

[Peckris]

I have the coin below, and know very little about it ...

I have no reason to doubt its authenticity, but how can I verify this?

Thanks for any pointers.

It's S456 - a Julius Caesar denarius, elephant obverse, and reverse priestly emblems. Spinks also give a RRC number 443/1. This refers to Crawford's Roman Republican Coinage. The value in F would be between £75 and £100.

Here's mine (different design):

Thanks Peck, I will be selling all my Roman coins I think, need to fund some very expensive purchases!

Any reason to think my coin is not genuine? Were these forged a lot do you know?

I can't see anything 'wrong' about it, but I'm not an expert on Roman forgeries. The colour is a little odd (yellowish) for silver but that may simply be the photo. It should be ok, but a wider opinion would be useful.

[argentumandcoins]

The easiest way to tell a forgery is to place it on a sheet of paper and draw around it with a pencil. Most forgeries are on circular blanks, the originals are never fully round. Another pointer is the surface (yours looks like it was struck rather than cast) or the edge. A good proportion of forgeries have a seam visible around the circumference.