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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2439877, member: 56859&quot;]I am not a collector of Seleukid coins but while browsing an upcoming auction this one jumped out at me as suspicious.&nbsp; What do you think about it?</p><p><br /></p><p>The stick-and-dot legends and devices appear extremely puffy, a characteristic I associate with casting.&nbsp; The white stuff in a few cracks looks like residual investment which wasn&#039;t cleaned after casting.&nbsp; The deep black in the crevices can easily be achieved with a number of toning agents.&nbsp; The style looks more cartoonish than usual for Seleukids.&nbsp; The surfaces look cast rather than struck.</p><p><br /></p><p>I gather that Antiochos X coins are less common than other Seleukids, but in looking through archives I don&#039;t see any die matches for this coin.&nbsp; Granted, I didn&#039;t spend a ton of time scrutinizing comps.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin was slabbed by NGC, apparently part of a bulk submission because no weight is given.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_2a6d56e44eea447095d08b9b4d47a250~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_488,al_c,q_90/ae43f8_2a6d56e44eea447095d08b9b4d47a250~mv2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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