Wear happens from the highest points and is not equal across the whole coin. I do not understand your argument here.
I have strong doubts about the 80-95% figures too.
For those who find "smoothing" acceptable. What do you think of the process of taking a pitted coin, filling the pits (fields, portrait etc.) with...
VK. I must admit that I find even that level of rework objectionable. I would prefer the original example without the off lines in the hair and a...
I raised this as an example of very heavily tooled coins that are sold for several hundreds of dollars to unwary buyers. The tooling is so extreme...
It would appear to have been extensively if not completely retooled and there is serious doubt that the reverse was even of this type.
Tooling or nice? What do you see? [ATTACH]
You need to find en EF untouched example from the original dies and then perform a detailed comparison. This is far beyond my research resources.
Let me introduce "Mr.Tooly" [ATTACH] This was the nickname given to this example on another board. It looks as though a flat slug was taken and...
Tooling refers to the use of tools to engrave or smooth a coin in order to make it appear to be something better or more valuable than it really is.
I would not buy a coin if I knew it had been tooled at all. I am wary of "smoothing" too. Martin
Bizarrely I find myself in a similar situation to Doug. I bought a couple of later Rome mint issues when I started out especially with BRIT...
That's a very nice example. As you know I have an unhealthy soft spot for these. Especially Probus ones. Here is my own example of this type and...
Here are the same issue coins from Licinius I and Crispus. These were part of my original collection that was disposed of some time back. Both...
Slabbed ancients are a real mixed bag. Your regularly see ancients slabbed by some of the larger agencies where the description and attribution is...
Sicily, Leontini, Silver Obol Obv:– Facing lion's scalp Rev:- LE-ON, Barley grain Minted in Leontini, Sicily. 476 - 466 BC. Reference:–...
Lysimachos, Silver drachm Obv:– Head of Herakles right clad in lion's head headdress. Rev:– BASILEWS LUSIMACOU, Zeus seated left on throne, eagle...
Septimius Severus denarius Obv:– SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right Rev:– LAETITIA above, TEMPORVM below, ship with mast and fittings, sail...
Probus Obv:– IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, Radiate draped and cuirassed bust right Rev:– P M TRI P COS II P P, Lion walking right, holding thunderbolt...
I am late to the game but I have a few lions. Caracalla Silver Tetradrachm Obv:- AYT K M A - ANTWNINOC - CEN, Laureate head right Rev:- DHMARX EX...
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