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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nerosmyfavorite68, post: 24894662, member: 134416&quot;]Yes, there are quite a few from Zurqieh with the orange patina.&nbsp; However, I usually avoid those and go for the actual uncleaneds, or as about as close to uncleaned as one gets nowadays:</p><p><br /></p><p>And he&#039;s good for Parthian/Sassanian stuff</p><p>Example:</p><p>Parthian: (not uncleaned)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1599323[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Uncleaned:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1599324[/ATTACH]</p><p>Uncleaned Parthian silver drachm</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1599325[/ATTACH]</p><p>Uncleaned nummus of Maximianus.</p><p><br /></p><p>One of the few orangies I bought: It&#039;s a really nice example of anAurelian/Vabalathus Tetradrachm, and was about half the cost of similar quality from other dealers:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1599326[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d probably recommend holding off on Zurqieh till one is a more established collector.&nbsp; His barebones description and the occasional fishy coin make it probably not great for the beginner.&nbsp; And his pictures aren&#039;t the greatest (the lighting).</p><p><br /></p><p>He must have gotten an enormous hoard of Heraclius Hexagrams.&nbsp; They were less worn than is the norm, but were harshly cleaned.&nbsp; I mined out the best of those remaining.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m guessing the ones with the blue background are from Aegean? Aegean is another good dealer.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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