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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 24630460, member: 26430&quot;]If you&#039;re asking about authenticity, the coin itself looks probably ancient to me. (Always hard to know from photos &amp; coin description, since good fakes look real in photos, but knowing the seller and/or where they got it can remove concerns.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I would say the coin was darkened after cleaning/stripping. Either by &quot;reverse electrolysis&quot; or with liver of sulfur or similar. Sulfur can have &quot;spotty&quot; results like this depending on circumstances, as can reverse electro, especially if one isn&#039;t investing a lot of time &amp; care into it (which wouldn&#039;t be surprising for an ordinary ancient coin that isn&#039;t headed to a big coin firm in Zurich or London).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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