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Valued Member
United States
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I obtained this coin some years ago. The obverse seems double struck giving the coin an unusual but pleasing aspect I think. It is 42mm in diameter. There were five coins in the group and the dealer sold the group for $150 because they were all covered with fuzzy green corrosion. You could barely discern what was underneath the green. I gently restored the coins as best I could and sold the other four for around $200.   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3229 Posts |
Its a beauty! Thanks for sharing!  |
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Moderator
 United States
23731 Posts |
Beautiful coin, excellent details and color.
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Pillar of the Community
Netherlands
1204 Posts |
Its so nice that it looks fake ;-) very nice!
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
4208 Posts |
I have to say, it does look worrying. Coins this nice are just...very rare. And zeus looks pretty surprised too!
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Pillar of the Community
Netherlands
1204 Posts |
I hope ben isn't right..but like I said, it is so perfect that it looks fake
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2480 Posts |
Looks fine to me, and it's a beauty! Here's the best site for verifying and learning more about your particular issue: http://www.ptolemybronze.com/ |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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The 'bead' doesn't seem to match the field, if you know what I mean. The expression on the bird looks like it's having a 'poop'. I don't collect this type, but have seen a good few in the shop. I don't think it's right. The finishing touch is the centre hole, looks drilled with a modern bit.  You will never soar like an eagle if you hang around with turkeys.....
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Moderator
United States
23731 Posts |
I'm not an expert on this series but have looked at a lot of these lately and I see nothing wrong with this coin.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
1569 Posts |
Your probably right echizento, just looks a bit wrong to me. Only seen and handled a few hundred of these so not my line. The curve on the edge looks very neat though.
You will never soar like an eagle if you hang around with turkeys.....
Edited by MetDet71
10/30/2013 6:59 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yup its just so nice it looks fake! Congrats my friend I believe it is the real McCoy, and superb condition.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
1569 Posts |
Well, I give up... I cant find a single coin to match this. It looks totally wrong to me yet everyone else says it is right... You will never soar like an eagle if you hang around with turkeys.....
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3446 Posts |
Without a close up examination any opinion is .... only an opinion !
Looks good !
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
4208 Posts |
Im with metdet...the more I look at it, the worse the feeling I have about it. My Ptolemies (I have 3) are all the same shaped flan. Rounded with a flat plateau for the top like its cast into a rounded bottom. Imagine a teacake - that shape, but obviously not so 3d. The flans are caste too, so there should be evidence of a sprue on either side of the coin.
Heres a nice test...those dimples should line up, surely. One looks really off centered and one also looks quite shallow. Mine are more even than that and line up.
The eagles a bit...funky, too. The facial area looks odd but that might just be the grade.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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None of the 'dimples' on the 4 Ptolemy's I own line up within a few millimeters of each other (except the small 22mm). Larger sized Ptolemy's are almost always hammered and or filed around the edges so if you have evidence of a sprue I would be really suspicious.
The coin looks good ...... but looks can be deceiving !
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I've seen lots of these and it looks fine. It takes skill and time to remove "fuzzy green corrosion". You deserve your profit.
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Posted 10/30/2013 4:18 pm
