Havent gotten a new greek in awhile and this was less then $10 so I couldnt pass it up. I just love these. SELEUKID KINGS, Antiochus II Theos (261-247 B.C.) O: Laureate head of Apollo with long hair right. R: BASILEWS ANTIOCOU: Tripod, anchor below, A to left.. Sardis Mint 261-246BC 17 mm 6g SC-520-2, Newell-1380
I just received a coin that has very solid spots (tried to remove with a hobby knife, failed) of a similar color... [the coin is either nice silver for billon or a debased silver] I was wondering if yours was similar... I really wonder what it is.. Doug?
I used a large dried bougainvillea thorn on it and it did nothing. The other BD I have had on coins it was powdery. This is firm. The coin was treated in verdicare anyways.
Nice pickup. I started in on Seleukid coins years ago, got sidetracked by the breakaway kingdoms in central asia, and kind of never got back to them.
I am no chemist but suggest if it does not pry off, leave it alone. Removing it will more likely make it look worse. We ruin coins with bronze disease because they will ruin themselves if we do not. Lets not ruin coins that are stable.
