This might be a silly question but has anyone seen, or have, and ancient coin that was tooled in ancient times? Aside from graffiti and defaceing.
Can I add something on top of that? How can you tell the difference from modern tooling and ancient tooling?
I may have several unknown examples, but Doug told me outright that this sweet coin has been tooled and smoothed (comments that were actually mentioned by the seller, before I really knew what smoothed and tooled meant!!) ... *sigh* *whatev* => apparently, "most of" the coins from this era have been treated the same way (a shame, but true) Bosporian Kings, Sauromates I - Implements of Battle – Æ 48 Units Date: circa 98-104 AD Size: 27.94 mm Weight: 9.49 grams Obverse: TIBEPIOC IOYΛIOC BACIΛEYC CAYPOMATHC, Sauromates seated right on curule chair, holding sceptre tipped with the head of Trajan Reverse: TEIMAI BACIΛEωC CAYPOMATOY, Round shield with spear, surrounded by battle axe, horse head, helmet, and sword in scabbard, mark of denomination (MH) below Attribution: MacDonald 417 Description: A nice example with light tooling and smoothing typical for this issue. VF/VF Man, I still love this cool coin!!
