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This coin is 21mm in diameter an weighs 12.58g. It appears to be a Seleucid coin of some sort, but other than that I'm not sure at all. Please let me know if you guys have an idea about what this specifically is.   |
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Valued Member
Cyprus
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Maybe is Antiochos VII Sidetes i couldn't find a link for bronze, only a silver coin to compare the symbol on the left https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3000740ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ is at the right, if you can see any tracks at the left of the word ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ that's him |
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Valued Member
 United States
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On the left side of the reverse I am able to make out "TPIOY" at the end. The letters before that are too far off flan to distinguish
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Valued Member
Cyprus
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Seleukid, Demetrios II Nikator
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looks like the coin may have been lacquered hence the dark black color. A soak in acetone should clean it off.
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Valued Member
United States
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Thanks for the help, and I will try to clean it with acetone
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United States
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@twood, can you clarify if the coin is silver with a layer of heavy varnish or rather bronze?
We were typing at the same time. I'm interested to see what this coin looks like after its bath.
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"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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Valued Member
Cyprus
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gloves and eyes protection glasses when using acetone definitely
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Valued Member
United States
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Here is what the coin looks like after the acetone bath. It definitely took some residue off, especially on the edge. There was originally some tan gunk on the edge, gone now. But its still just a bronze... I paid $6.36 for it as part of a lot of poorly pictured Roman coins on ebay (this was the only Non-Roman one)   |
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United States
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I cannot find any bronze examples of my coin online. It seems like the eagle reverse was only used for the silver coins, but not the bronze ones.
Do you guys think my coin is forged, or something else weird like that?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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If the cleaning is revealing bronze underneath, then that's a problem. There are fakes of these in bronze.
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Valued Member
United States
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Oh, yikes. Then I'm guessing this is a fake. And it wouldnt be a contemporary forgery, right?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I suspect modern, similar to this fake:  |
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United States
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Yep, looks the same. I'll attribute this as a fake then. Thanks for the help on this one.
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United States
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I would also suspect a fake that was disguised with the lacquer to cover it up.
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