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Message:: [QUOTE="Moe "Wolfy" Wilder, post: 8281121, member: 114824"]All ancient coins are uncleaned at one time or another. In the past, I have found Lealianus, and Theodore Mankaphas, both with less than 100 known examples. Those coins were stolen from me in 2007, but a picture of the Mankaphas still exists on Zeno.ru for verification. In the lot that this bronze was found, I also found a bronze Pulcheria and a Gundabad monogram, and there was a piece of silver that read Olybrius but it has since been lost or destroyed. I too am dissappointed with the images, but I am sure of what the letters are, they are very distinct in hand. I completely understand the skepticism, I want to believe it is something else too, but it is what it is. It CANNOT be a modern fake. That was genuine 1500 yr old dirt I slowly soaked off. I personally do not own the tools or the knowledge to fake anything. I honestly want to send it to David Sears for his authentification, but I don't like the idea of sending it registered thru USPS, with only $5,000 insurance on it both ways, at exhorbitant costs. David's fees are fair, but the USPS not to much. And I risk losing a fortune.[/QUOTE]