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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3168382, member: 56859&quot;]I wouldn&#039;t say that, if you mean the horn silver.&nbsp; Most ancient coins have one problem or another.&nbsp; If you meant the dark tone... nothing wrong with dark toning <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Edited after reading David&#039;s comment:&nbsp; I haven&#039;t scrutinized the coin shown in the first post and don&#039;t have any opinion on whether or not it was tooled.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a coin with a light coating of horn silver.&nbsp; I still love it.&nbsp; It&#039;s an early example of the type and I like the style.&nbsp; It cost less because of the horn silver and I was happy about the price.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_4d173c7a9a1647188462acab0530f434%7Emv2.jpg%2Fv1%2Ffill%2Fw_1000%2Ch_625%2Cal_c%2Cq_90%2Fae43f8_4d173c7a9a1647188462acab0530f434%7Emv2.jpg&amp;hash=c36054d532d223c33b1e061359bd00e7" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter</b></p><p>AR tetradrachm, 27 mm, 17.0 gm (Attic standard)</p><p>Alexandreia mint, struck 313/12 BCE</p><p>Obv: Head of the deified Alexander III to right, wearing mitra of Dionysos and elephant skin headdress, with aegis around his neck, and with horn of Ammon on his forehead</p><p>Rev: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ; Athena Alkidemos advancing right, hurling spear with her right hand and with shield over her extended left arm; to right, eagle with closed wings standing on thunderbolt to right with ΔΙ below</p><p>Ref: Svoronos 33; Zervos series D, issue XIII; SNG Copenhagen 14; BMC 7</p><p><br /></p><p>You just have to decide what you would be willing to pay for the coin (use auction archives to help you determine what it is worth), and bid accordingly.&nbsp; Or skip it if you don&#039;t like the looks.</p><p><br /></p><p>Speaking of those Saserna denarii, here&#039;s mine <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; It doesn&#039;t have horn silver but it has some obverse gouges and reverse scratches.&nbsp; Still a lovely coin though.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/sasernadenarius-rt-jpg.773544/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>L. Hostilius Saserna</b></p><p>48 BCE</p><p>AR denarius, 19 mm, 4.1 g, 6 h. Rome</p><p>Obv: Bare head of a Gallic woman to right, with long disheveled hair; behind, carnyx; in field to right, 3 test cuts.</p><p>Rev: L.HOSTILIVS / SASERNA; Artemis (Diana) standing facing, holding stag with her right hand and spear with her left</p><p>Ref: Crawford 448/3. Sydenham 953.</p><p><i>Ex W. F. Stoecklin, Amriswil, Switzerland, acquired prior to 1975.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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