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<p>[QUOTE="Theodosius, post: 7456031, member: 77077"]I think most ancient collectors would give that a grade of Fine. Some maybe with a minus.</p><p><br /></p><p>Whatever the grade it is a very attractive coin and I think a good score.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would guess the coin has been polished with a soft brass bristle brush mounted in a Dremel. Look at the parallel but curved scratches on his forehead. These are characteristics of being polished using the said brush in a rotary tool. That is not the end of the world in ancient coin collecting for circulated condition coins. Some ancient coin cleaners would use a fine polishing compound to remove those lines. The coin cleaner might have done that to create the lighter highlights on the high spots and stop the coin from being one uniform dark color.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm sure NGC looked at this coin under a microscope and observed other things that are not visible in a normal photograph.</p><p><br /></p><p>John[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Theodosius, post: 7456031, member: 77077"]I think most ancient collectors would give that a grade of Fine. Some maybe with a minus. Whatever the grade it is a very attractive coin and I think a good score. I would guess the coin has been polished with a soft brass bristle brush mounted in a Dremel. Look at the parallel but curved scratches on his forehead. These are characteristics of being polished using the said brush in a rotary tool. That is not the end of the world in ancient coin collecting for circulated condition coins. Some ancient coin cleaners would use a fine polishing compound to remove those lines. The coin cleaner might have done that to create the lighter highlights on the high spots and stop the coin from being one uniform dark color. I'm sure NGC looked at this coin under a microscope and observed other things that are not visible in a normal photograph. John[/QUOTE]
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