Hello i have a question with a coin i inherited ?

Nero sestertius laureate left 62-68

The Numista sheet is : 

N#246272

thank you ,i have seen the sheet tough.i would like to know the value is 2000 + - even if mine is not cleaned and turned a bit green is the same price as if it was clean?

Hello,

My first impression is that it's a modern copy. The process of minting made nearly perfect round coins a rare occurrence and, more importantly, ancient minting didn't use a collar so there were no raised rims.

EDIT — I see the coin illustrated in the catalogue has some sort of slightly raised rim, but far from uniform. Not too sure what to think about this.

EDIT 2 — It would be important to know the size and weight of your coin.

hello

the coin is 16.5 grams diameter is 36 mm and it has sort of a raised rim on one side and a bit concave on the other not like our regular coins.is it real?and if it is how much money should i ask for it?thank you in advance.

Mmmhh. The diameter is identical to that of the coin linked by FrenchLover, but the weight is 10g off. It should be quite a thick coin if it is a sestertius.

If it is a modern copy, it wouldn't be surprising at all that it was struck on a thinner planchet. With better photos, too, we might see that it is actually cast rather than struck.

So, I remain skeptical but don't rule out it might be genuine. Sometimes, too, the pedigree helps. Did this person who had this coin before you actually collect coins? Do you know how s/he got it?

Better cast fakes exist, with at least the actual weight.

i think the coin was struck becouse it is concave on one side and a bit bent on the other side .one thing i dont know for sure if i set the scale on g?so i stiil think it might be 16 g too

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i will post better pictures soon

stii dont know if fake or real

I had a few ancients that were very similar in style to this.  A little too clean, a little too round, a little too fresh. An elder ancients collector convinced me that they were "museum grade" replicas. As his story was told. back in the day they would use them as accessories when curating an actual artifact for display. The ones i had were mostly pewter and lead with some kind of dark patina to add a tarnished look. I wonder if this could be a similar type