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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I picked this up a few weeks ago and am just getting around to posting it here. The patina is very nice. Agrippa Copper as, references: RIC I Gaius 58; BMCRE II Tiberius 161 - 168; Cohen I 3, BnF II Caligula 77 - 97, SRCV I 1812; condition: Tooled, mint: Rome, weight: 9.353g, maximum diameter: 29.7mm, die axis: 135o, date struck: struck under Caligula, 38 A.D.; obverse M AGRIPPA L F COS III, head left wearing a rostral crown; reverse , Neptune standing half left, nude but for cloak over shoulders, dolphin in right, trident in left, S - C flanking across field  |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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The description says it has been tooled.
That will greatly reduce the value.
In these pictures, the fields appear to be very smooth.
The lettering is sharper than what I would expect for an untooled coin.
Despite all that, the patina is very consistent in all areas.
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Moderator
 United States
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Whoever did the tooling did a pretty good job. The value of the coin is going to be effected as sel has said.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
1006 Posts |
Dang tooling otherwise a positive is the patina
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
3626 Posts |
If it has been tooled, could the patina be false?
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
1269 Posts |
I bought the coin from Forvm so I am not worried at all about authenticity. I believe the patina to be genuine. As for the tooling, I bought this coin for 40.00 which is much less than if it had not been tooled. Also, I really liked the look of this coin so the tooling does not bother me.
Thanks for the comments.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4964 Posts |
i looked at few of these online, the tooling didn't stray from what the coin is supposed to look like. so is the "tooling" that has been done smoothing of the surfaces? the surfaces are amazing...dang.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21786 Posts |
At $40 from Forum, a good price.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3439 Posts |
Forty dollars is a very nice price. Hard to argue about a coin minted under Caligula with such nice eye appeal for that price !
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1269 Posts |
Thanks all for the comments. The eye appeal of this coin is great so I am very happy to have it in my collection.
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