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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Plumbata, post: 3248971, member: 96864&quot;]Great coins! It seems that we&#039;re both starting to delve into Sicilian goodies at the same time, I am particularly fond of the Syracuse under Rome bronze, that&#039;s a very interesting and appealing piece. I can&#039;t speak to tooling, but it does appear that the features were highlighted/scratched by some sort of needle tool along the grooves of the obverse design. No big deal if that&#039;s all it is.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sounds like old rancid Olive Oil or some other food oil that oxidizes and goes bad. A soak in some Acetone should dissolve what the soap and water didn&#039;t remove very quickly.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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