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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finn235, post: 3806538, member: 98035&quot;]Lot arrived today - to say I&#039;m pleased would be an understatement! </p><p><br /></p><p>Still working on all the ID&#039;s, but lots of really cool stuff ranging from Classical Greece to medieval Islam.</p><p><br /></p><p>As promised, the Axumite coin first</p><p><br /></p><p>Looks to be Aphilas with Ousanas(?), ca. 300 AD</p><p>Should be AR? About 13mm, 0.74g</p><p>Bust right, topped by crescent, AΦIΛA BACIΛI</p><p>Smaller bust within circle, originally gilt, (From 6:00) IAΦIΛAC B- ACIΛEYC</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1015622[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Given the thoroughly mixed nature of this lot, I wonder if this is actually AR, just uncleaned? If so, any ideas how I should go about trying to clean it up? These are quite valuable coins, especially if there is any gold inlay on the reverse portrait.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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