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Matt2018 Valued Member 181 Posts	Posted 02/15/2018 2:35 pm I was interested in this but I think its fake judging by the image of him ,lettering impressions and the color. can someone confirm for me please? ty Report this Post to the Staff

pendrak Valued Member United States 253 Posts	Posted 02/15/2018 3:48 pm To me it looks like a much cleaned genuine coin. Fakers usually pick more popular types and then add some type of patina. Not the best pic to do this to, but I enhanced and zoomed in on what looks to me to be remainders of ancient encrustation. Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 02/15/2018 4:39 pm I agree, and for exactly the same reasons. I have seen much more deceiving fakes than this one. This example may have been deliberately aged in an aggressive artificial soil, then cleaned. I keep a reasonably large 'black' collection of ancient coins for my own education. Report this Post to the Staff
moxking Rest in Peace United States 17900 Posts	Posted 02/15/2018 4:54 pm Looks authentic to me. I don't see anything that rings any alarm bells. Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 02/15/2018 5:07 pm It's and over cleaned genuine coin. Someone got carried away and removed the patina. Report this Post to the Staff
travelcoin Pillar of the Community United States 1120 Posts	Posted 02/15/2018 6:50 pm Agreed, take a look at my over cleaned coin. Very Similar. I was trying out a new solution and used some of my hard to clean ones. It worked with taking the crust off but the patina is gone. I bought something that will tone it and I'm going to try it this weekend and I'll share. Report this Post to the Staff
Matt2018 Valued Member 181 Posts	Posted 02/15/2018 7:21 pm does removing the patina really a bad thing if its extremely corroded and you cant make anything out? doesn't change it being 2000 years old right? Report this Post to the Staff
travelcoin Pillar of the Community United States 1120 Posts	Posted 02/15/2018 7:46 pm Well if it's corroded, what will happen is that you will have a pitted mess. The crud fills in the pits and is what's keeping the coin smooth and actually helps in identifying the coin. So cleaning is an art form that I'm working on. This coin I knew was not pitted, but I knew I was going to take the patina off. I can tone this with liver of sulfer which will darken it. But you will never get the patina back. Edited by travelcoin 02/15/2018 7:47 pm Report this Post to the Staff
pendrak Valued Member United States 253 Posts	Posted 02/15/2018 9:06 pm Well let's see here. I've been collecting and "conserving" ancient Romans for about 50 years now. I sometimes have had to over conserve. You long time collectors probably have also. LOL Report this Post to the Staff
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