Entry Post. Fantastic looking coin! Thanks for the chance to participate!
The one on the bottom right is likely an Ar stater of 465-430BC from Aspendos, Pamphlia with a triskeles of human legs on the reverse. There has...
Each and every one of these coins is absolutely breathtaking. Congratulations on your acquisitions!
I have also purchased from Lodge Antiquities and would recommend them as well. As far as I know, they are a reputable coin and antiquities dealer...
Definitely genuine - great coin, thanks for sharing!
Agree - looks legit - great find!
Looks genuine to me as well. Best of luck if you're bidding on it, looks like a nice coin!
I would agree that these are fakes.
Agree, although the patina on the obverse looks pretty realistic. It's the mushy features that give it away.
Wow, very nice coin!
It does look a bit like it's been dipped in molasses, doesn't it? The brown goop would account for smoothing out the fields and making usually...
Agree that it's verdigris - should be fairly easy to remove.
Agree, totally 100% fake, no doubt. Style is off, lack of detail in the hair as compared with genuine specimens, and the smooth edges all give it...
Sodium sesquicarbonate is a weak base, like sodium carbonate. You want a weak base so the reaction occurs slowly over time and doesn't "burn" the...
Holy mackerel - amazing coin!
"A true 5% by weight solution of sodium sesquicarbonate in water is what should be used for bronze disease treatment. This is the solution that...
I think that soaking it in a solution of 5% by weight sodium sesquicarbonate works... it's a weak base that neutralizes the bronze disease, I...
Many thanks, @cmezner !
Yes, these types with the flowing hair and the large pellets in the hair were the same ones which several numismatists condemned as fakes many...
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