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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;seth77, post: 2691797, member: 56653&quot;]I&#039;m sorry but I can&#039;t make anything of these pictures. What caught my attention yesterday was the color and the surface: the smooth surface on the face of the bust and rather rough in the fields and the color - red copper underneath the blackish surface.</p><p>Is it possible for this coin to have been covered with paint to act like a &quot;patina&quot; and disguise obvious signs of forgery? </p><p>If you want, you could check if the coin is painted over by brushing it with cotton buds dipped in nail polish remover. If the coin was painted, the paint will come off, if it&#039;s real patination it will not affect the coin at all. </p><p>I have seen some forgeries for 5th century rare bronzes being offered on ebay from Serbia and Croatia, so if you bought yours from there, it might be a bad sign.</p><p><br /></p><p>Or you could just take it to an authentication expert. </p><p>Hopefully it&#039;s authentic and I&#039;m just being paranoid.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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