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Re: Badly Tooled Coins Here
« Reply #575 on: October 01, 2017, 09:02:54 am »
Wow, there are some pretty wild & obvious examples (fun thread)

Ummm, I have an example that kind of fits into this thread ...

Bosporian Kings, Sauromates I
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Date: circa 98-104 AD
Size: 27.94 mm
Weight: 9.49 grams
Obverse: TIBEPIOC IOYΛIOC BACIΛEYC CAYPOMATHC, Sauromates seated right on curule chair, holding sceptre tipped with the head of Trajan
Reverse: TEIMAI BACIΛEωC CAYPOMATOY, Round shield with spear, surrounded by battle axe, horse head, helmet, and sword in scabbard, mark of denomination (MH) below
Attribution: MacDonald 417
Description: A nice example with light tooling and smoothing typical for this issue. VF/VF

Man, I still love this cool coin ...



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Re: Badly Tooled Coins Here
« Reply #576 on: October 26, 2017, 02:21:54 am »
auw
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Re: Badly Tooled Coins Here
« Reply #577 on: November 03, 2017, 09:04:28 am »
Well-detailed specimen Very fine

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Re: Badly Tooled Coins Here
« Reply #578 on: November 13, 2017, 12:48:59 pm »
Ebay of course
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Re: Badly Tooled Coins Here
« Reply #579 on: January 08, 2018, 01:06:01 pm »
 ???
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Re: Badly Tooled Coins Here
« Reply #580 on: March 08, 2018, 02:12:11 pm »
Poids :      26,3 g

Diamètre : 33 mm.

Qualité  : TTB  regravé

shame
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Re: Badly Tooled Coins Here
« Reply #581 on: April 05, 2018, 08:45:10 am »
this sestertius is totally destroyed via tooling

1e legend COS V P P should be COS III
2e holding child made into cornucopia
3e obverse bust tooled
4e sand applied after tooling

Vcoin seller changed after mailing into
"Good VF, some tooling"
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Re: Badly Tooled Coins Here
« Reply #582 on: April 23, 2018, 11:16:51 am »
One of no less than three notable and horribly tooled items sold at a recent auction.
At least this one sold relatively cheaply:

Brief description:
JULIA TITI, Augusta, daughter of Titus, (A.D.79-81), . . . <snip>
Light brown toning, some tooling and cleaning, otherwise very fine and scarce.

"some tooling"!

Top image from latest sale, lower image from an earlier sale.

Others to follow.

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Re: Badly Tooled Coins Here
« Reply #583 on: April 23, 2018, 11:27:57 am »
The second of no less than three notable and horribly tooled items sold at a recent auction.
Incredibly, this sold for almost $5,000!

Brief description:
NERO, (A.D. 54-68), AE sestertius, . . . <snip>
Carefully tooled, otherwise good very fine, with attractive light brown patina and rare.

"Carefully tooled"!

Top image from latest sale, lower image from an earlier sale at same venue.

another to follow.

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Re: Badly Tooled Coins Here
« Reply #584 on: April 23, 2018, 11:45:40 am »
The third of no less than three notable and horribly tooled items sold at a recent auction.
This time it sold for over $3,300 (previously sold for over $5,000)!

Brief description:
FAUSTINA JUNIOR, wife of Marcus Aurelius, (died A.D. 175), AE sestertius, . . . <snip>
About as struck, extremely fine or better and very rare as such.

"About as struck"! No mention of tooling whatsoever.

Top image from latest sale, middle image from an earlier sale at same venue, lower image
from a prior sale at a different venue.

There were others, but these seem to be among the worst of them.

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Re: Badly Tooled Coins Here
« Reply #585 on: April 23, 2018, 12:06:08 pm »
very very sad
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thank you for sharing
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Re: Badly Tooled Coins Here
« Reply #586 on: April 30, 2018, 05:48:57 am »
Here is a laughable and ridiculous example of the tooler's failure of both thought
and/or imagination. Stupidity at its finest. Such a waste of a previously good coin.

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Re: Badly Tooled Coins Here
« Reply #587 on: April 30, 2018, 08:42:48 am »
Not a bad Tooled as above, what irritates me, is the "Very fine; tooled." when on auction

if Tooled you can not say very fine
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Re: Badly Tooled Coins Here
« Reply #588 on: August 13, 2018, 10:41:50 am »
Currently being offered on a "well known" online auction site......

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Re: Badly Tooled Coins Here
« Reply #589 on: August 14, 2018, 08:25:20 am »
nice
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Re: Badly Tooled Coins Here
« Reply #590 on: September 23, 2018, 12:47:18 am »
Attached image refers
Seller description:
Phoenicia, Tyre. ‘Uzzimilk. Ca. 347-332 B.C. AR shekel (18 mm, 8.25 g, 3 h). RY 3 (347/6 B.C.). Melqart riding hippocamp right, above waves and dolphin / Owl standing left, head facing, crook and flail over shoulder. Cf. HGC 10, 349. Rare with owl facing to left. Surfaces smoothed. Very fine.

Now that's what I call 'aggressive smoothing' on the reverse!
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Re: Badly Tooled Coins Here
« Reply #591 on: October 07, 2018, 05:33:31 am »
Hi folks,

There is an ancient coin [REMOVED BY ADMIN] In that auction, there is a Campania, Hyria coin for sale. It caught my attention for 2 reasons. First, the dealers used a photo of that coin in their bulk email announcing the auction. Second, I specialize in collecting Magna Graecia, Campania coins. That coin was issued in Hyria, which is believed to have merged with Nola, which is very close to my maternal grandparents' home town (Maddaloni).

When I visited their website, I immediately clicked on that coin and enlarged the photo. What I saw was frightening. The obverse portrait was clearly severely and horribly tooled. It looks odd. It does not match any known examples of that issue. It has numerous scrape marks and cuts. Also, the obverse portrait and hair are smooth, but the entire rest of the coin has porosity. It is a shame that someone ruined what could have been a beautiful Campania coin.

The text description for that coin did not state that the coin was tooled.

I emailed Nick Molinari for confirmation. He confirmed my suspicion.

So, I emailed the dealer and informed him of my thoughts regarding this coin. I also advised him that the ethical thing to do would be for him to disclose this fact in the text description.

He responded immediately. Apparently, he was totally unaware of the horrible tooling. I seem to have caught him off guard. After all, as I mentioned above, he used a photo of that coin in the email announcing the auction.

He thanked me for providing that information. Within a span of less than 48 hours, he modified the auction text description to state "tooled obverse". I was pleasantly surprised that he added that phrase in a timely manner. He did the ethical thing, and he should be commended for that.

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Re: Badly Tooled Coins Here
« Reply #592 on: October 11, 2018, 02:35:45 pm »
heavily smoothed and tooled with the fourth soldier on the reverse having been removed
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sad Tooling
« Reply #593 on: November 18, 2018, 04:48:34 pm »
 Molto rara - Leggeri ritocchi, ma di buona qualità generale

in my eyes.
obverse
legend different in style.
bust/ noose tooled

bidding starts at 2500€
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Re: sad Tooling
« Reply #594 on: November 18, 2018, 05:36:38 pm »
More tooling that that--hair and beard on the obverse, virtually all the drapery on the reverse, and the fields smoothed.  Damn shame!

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Re: sad Tooling
« Reply #595 on: November 19, 2018, 08:25:21 am »
Non tam praeclarum est scire Latine quam turpe nescire.

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Re: Badly Tooled Coins Here
« Reply #596 on: November 21, 2018, 01:30:33 pm »
 leicht bearbeitet, sonst gutes sehr schön
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Re: Badly Tooled Coins Here
« Reply #597 on: December 01, 2018, 02:27:47 pm »
obvious
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Re: Badly Tooled Coins Here
« Reply #598 on: December 01, 2018, 02:30:43 pm »
Antinous

its tooled on legend H into E, so probably the lips are also tooled auction house did not note it.
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Re: Badly Tooled Coins Here
« Reply #599 on: December 02, 2018, 09:35:06 am »
Is it just me or is this tooled, particularly the reverse (look at those rowers)? The description mentions only 'a few cleaning marks'.

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