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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 1907156, member: 56859&quot;]A recent CNG auction had three large lots of later-date Alexandrian tetradrachms and the price was reasonable...&nbsp; The auction listing showed a third of them and they looked satisfactory.</p><p><br /></p><p>They arrived unattributed-- yay!&nbsp; I really enjoyed putting Emmett&#039;s book to use.</p><p><br /></p><p>As expected it is heavy with Probus, Diocletian, and Maximian but there some very nice ones of each.&nbsp; There are a few duplicates (and triplicate) but that&#039;s okay-- I can trade or sell some.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the breakdown:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]326669[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Most of them had a sandy patina in the crevices.&nbsp; That is unusual for Alex tets.&nbsp; As I was examining them I scratched the beige patina with my fingernail.&nbsp;&nbsp; Soft, slightly oily, familiar...</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s <b>makeup</b>!&nbsp; A prior owner put Cover Girl on these coins!! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; Sheesh, why on earth would someone do that?&nbsp;&nbsp; It dissolved off with a few round of alcohol soaks although it took a toothbrush to get it out of all the little interstices.&nbsp; Added a couple of hours of cleanup time but there appears to be no damage.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s an example.&nbsp; Numerian with and without makeup:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]326628[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And a Constantius I reverse of Elpis, before and after makeup removal:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]326668[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Group shot after makeup removal&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; (the order does not match the list):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]326629[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]326630[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>There were two other lots of these which appeared to be from the same source.&nbsp; I hope the new owners of those lots clean the makeup off their coins![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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