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I absolutely love the color on this coin. Hopefully you guys can ID it for me.   |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Nice color, provides nice contrast to the details, but I think that the 'patina' is just a little too deep, it is on the way to 'bronze disease'.
Nevertheless, I would not attempt to remove it. Eye appeal will most probably be sacrificed if you do.
Keep this coin away from a damp atmosphere.
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Bedrock of the Community
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It's a Greek coin, the design on the reverse is a thunderbolt.
I can't read the inscription, but it does resemble Seleucid coins.
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03/06/2012 9:49 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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''ΣΙΛΕΩΣ 'ΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΕΠΙΦ'ΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΟΠ'ΤΟΡΟΣ Κ'ΛΛΙΝΙΚΟΥ
No. I see EYEPGETOY where the Forvm coin has ΦΙΛΟΠ'ΤΟΡΟΣ and a thunderbolt instead of a figure. Try to find an image of Demetrios III Sear 7192 and see if it matches.
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Pillar of the Community
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thats a nice greek coin. I like how old those coins are. There is so much coin history in those pieces.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Unfamiliar, that is very close! The style of the thunderbolt is very distinctive on these coins.
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I've been trying to respond to this post since last night but my wifi crashed and has just been fixed five minutes ago. This is a nice coin, but what you think is a nice patnia is actually the start of bronze disease. If left untreated it will destroy the coin. Here is a site that will explain what BD is and how to ytreat it. http://www.classicalcoins.com/bronze_disease.html |
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A very good read.
Once the pitting damage has occurred it cannot be repaired. Just to halt the 'disease' is about as far as you can go.
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Posted 03/06/2012 9:44 pm
