05-05-2013, 12:36 AM
Hmm, not a likely scenario, is if it were restored, it would have had the rust stabilised and kept in a collection of some sort. All restorers I know however are very concious of not removing patina. So if someone had worked on it, it was a dilitant (and a moron). Also, look in the creases, it would have been difficult to polish away the patina there.
I tried to enlarge the picture to get a beter look, but that "makers mark" is unlike any I have come across so far. Roman maker marks that I know are not stylised figures, but would have a few letters in a box, like for instance MA.Fec (Marcus Antonius Fecit)
I tried to enlarge the picture to get a beter look, but that "makers mark" is unlike any I have come across so far. Roman maker marks that I know are not stylised figures, but would have a few letters in a box, like for instance MA.Fec (Marcus Antonius Fecit)