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...
I'd be interested in pictures of the fake Histaia and legionary denarii as well. I know that I've seen fake legionary denarii for several years...
That is definitely a cool tourist gimmick worth hanging onto!
Looks very similar to the Celtic staters found in Jersey. The obverse has that distinctive Channel Islands look. It may be a billon stater from...
There are tons of different modern fantasy coins with Greek designs out there, many of them in silver. I guess it's just a style that someone...
6. is a denarius of Geta 7. is a denarius of Marcus Aurelius
The better pictures definitely help. Now I'm not so sure they are fake anymore. Best of luck, and hope they are indeed authentic in the end!
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