Amarmur Posted March 17 · Member Share Posted March 17 The portrait looks unusually sharp in comparison to the reverse. The seller didn't mention any tooling. The obverse is nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hrefn Posted March 17 · Supporter Share Posted March 17 I do not hold myself as any sort of expert on bronzes, but this appears extensively tooled to me. The vertically oriented parallel lines which sweep across the obverse and reverse are very bothersome. Perhaps this could be termed normal cleaning but I find it distracting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amarmur Posted March 17 · Member Author Share Posted March 17 1 minute ago, Hrefn said: I do not hold myself as any sort of expert on bronzes, but this appears extensively tooled to me. The vertically oriented parallel lines which sweep across the obverse and reverse are very bothersome. Perhaps this could be termed normal cleaning but I find it distracting. I kinda agree with you. I can't really find any portraits like this. Maybe smoothing. Lyon mint portraits are kinda similar but it just looks off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sand Posted March 17 · Member Share Posted March 17 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Hrefn said: I do not hold myself as any sort of expert on bronzes, but this appears extensively tooled to me. The vertically oriented parallel lines which sweep across the obverse and reverse are very bothersome. Perhaps this could be termed normal cleaning but I find it distracting. I wonder, if the vertical lines, are an artifact of the photography. The vertical lines, are parallel to the greenish vertical lines, on the background surrounding the coin, on both obverse and reverse. Regarding tooling. I'm not an expert in tooling. I'm also not familiar with the coin type. However, nothing jumps out at me. Nothing screams "tooling" to me. Higher quality photographs, if possible, may help, to figure out, if the coin is tooled. Edited March 17 by sand 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted March 17 · Supporter Share Posted March 17 Are those lines on the coin or is it just an image thing, given the background has the same lines? The lettering has the same wear on both sides. The coin is corroded on the reverse. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amarmur Posted March 17 · Member Author Share Posted March 17 3 minutes ago, sand said: I wonder, if the vertical lines, are an artifact of the photography. The vertical lines, are parallel to the greenish vertical lines, on the background surrounding the coin, on both obverse and reverse. Regarding tooling. I'm not an expert in tooling. I'm also not familiar with the coin type. However, nothing jumps out at me. Nothing screams "tooling" to me. Higher quality photographs, if possible, may help, to figure out, if the coin is tooled. The photo is kinda bad it was taken off my laptop lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amarmur Posted March 17 · Member Author Share Posted March 17 4 minutes ago, sand said: I wonder, if the vertical lines, are an artifact of the photography. The vertical lines, are parallel to the greenish vertical lines, on the background surrounding the coin, on both obverse and reverse. Regarding tooling. I'm not an expert in tooling. I'm also not familiar with the coin type. However, nothing jumps out at me. Nothing screams "tooling" to me. Higher quality photographs, if possible, may help, to figure out, if the coin is tooled. The vertical lines is just the photo taken on my laptop 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPK Posted March 17 · Supporter Share Posted March 17 I'm also no expert, but I don't see any tooling going on here. Having one side a lot more corroded than the other isn't too unusual. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted March 17 · Supporter Share Posted March 17 (edited) It doesn't look like anyone has tried to enhance it by re-carving letters or devices. They may have attempted to get the encrustations from around the legends with a sharp tool. Whether you count that as tooling or not is subjective. The reverse is more corroded, so they didn't keep going on that as there would be nothing left. Edited March 17 by John Conduitt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amarmur Posted March 17 · Member Author Share Posted March 17 Thank you!! I like the portrait but not the corrosion. I might go for it, is $100 too much considering the reverse is toasted? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted March 17 · Patron Share Posted March 17 1 minute ago, Amarmur said: Thank you!! I like the portrait but not the corrosion. I might go for it, is $100 too much considering the reverse is toasted? I think the price is too high given the coin's state of preservation. Pass on it. 3 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amarmur Posted March 17 · Member Author Share Posted March 17 1 minute ago, Roman Collector said: I think the price is too high given the coin's state of preservation. Pass on it. Thank you. I could make an offer. I think $50 would be ok. I can't for the life of me find a nice Vespasian portrait in bronze Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Atherton Posted March 17 · Member Share Posted March 17 It's an extremely common type ... a better one could be found. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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