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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JoIke, post: 5251224, member: 112092&quot;]My apologies, #2 date is a typo. It&#039;s 17th C. (circa, 1620) and not 16th C.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=27832]@-jeffB[/USER], Lol! That was my face <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> and the jewelers face <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> exactly when I took it to him for cleaning and polishing.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=110350]@DonnaML[/USER], there&#039;s nothing you can say to possibly disappoint me. And no, it&#039;s almost impossible to pay too much at the venues I posted above. The piece was evaluated by 3 different experts (Egyptologist, Museum Curator &amp; Antiquities Dealer.........sorry, I don&#039;t want to namedrop on an open public forum) all having decades of experience specializing in the subject. All agreed on the throne name and all agreed more should be done in the evaluation process (XRF,&nbsp; Metallurgical, etc.). Once testing is completed, have it compared with similar tests of definitely genuine pieces of the period. XRF was completed and compared with 1981 publishing and those comparisons appear to fall in-line with my piece. </p><p><br /></p><p>Even with all of the above being said, experts can still be unsure...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://art.thewalters.org/detail/7680/signet-ring-with-name-of-king-akhenaten/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://art.thewalters.org/detail/7680/signet-ring-with-name-of-king-akhenaten/" rel="nofollow">https://art.thewalters.org/detail/7680/signet-ring-with-name-of-king-akhenaten/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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