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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Macromius, post: 2911752, member: 90772&quot;]I have this large Hadrian/Nilus AE Drachm which I bought from a highly reputable seller in Israel. Many of you would recognize his name. The coin originally had a sand patina which rubbed right off. I gave it a further light cleaning in a diluted sodium sesquicarbonate solution and the patina completely came off in 10 minutes (record time) which leads me to believe it was not original. A lot of flan flaws that were initially not obvious were revealed.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m curious about the areas I&#039;ve numbered. No. 1 is indented and the area below it, No. 2, is raised and looks like it could have been part of No. 1. No. 5 looks smeared or crushed in some way. An odd coin. Does anyone have some ideas or opinions? Does it look authentic to you? Images enlarge greatly.Thanks in advance.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]703181[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]703182[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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