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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;philologus_1, post: 4953140, member: 92212&quot;]The top photo was the coin pictured in the listing I bought last week. </p><p>The lower photo is the coin I received yesterday. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1190619[/ATTACH] </p><p>I took great care to be sure my image accurately portrays the coin&#039;s real color.&nbsp; I felt certain that the coin &quot;in hand&quot; would be a very different color from the listing picture.&nbsp; I&#039;m glad I was right. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s not a valuable coin, but it is quite rare. In fact, I cannot find another example on VCoins, eBay, MA Shops, Wildwinds, or even ACS.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It is a Seleucid, bronze dilepton, produced by the Tyre mint during the reign of Antiochus V, <i>ca.</i>164-162 B.C. Attribution: SC 1580. Hoover Vol. 9, #759 (R2).</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, I suspect the color tint variation is due to the seller&#039;s photo having been taken with fluorescent lighting.&nbsp; But regardless of the cause, the difference is significant![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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