This coin started out completely encrusted with cement like deposits covering the entire coin. I am excited about this coin, it seems to show some sort of elk that i haven't seen before in my limited time researching ancients. I have managed to achieve some detail and also a lot of corrosion. I am looking for a "go by" for some continued cleaning. Id like to do the research on my own but any keywords or something to help me find a similar coin would be great! Thanks, -Blair
It could be a Gallienus with a Stag reverse. Maybe like this one here... http://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/coins/gallienus_058.html
It's an antoninianus of Gallienus. I think it's from his zoo series. http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Gallienus Zoo
Example from CNG's archives: https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=117205 Gallienus. AD 253-268. Antoninianus (21mm, 3.74 g, 12h). Rome mint, 10th officina. 10th emission, AD 267-268. Radiate head right / Stag advancing left, head right; X. RIC V 179; MIR 36, 744b var. (head left); RSC 160. Good VF. Example from Vcoins: Gallienus (253-268). Antoninianus (20mm, 2.90g, 6h). Rome, 267-268. Radiate head r. R/ Stag standing l.; X. RIC V 179. VF
There seems to be several minor pose variations here and some will differ as to which need a separate number and which are just a deer. Few zoo coins were really perfect when made. Fewer stayed that way.
Thanks for the info, can anyone tell me what the red deposits on my coin might be? i think there getting worse sitting in Distilled water and maybe effecting my other coins.
From what I can see, a small piece of the patina is broken off on the obverse near Gallienus' forehead, and you are looking at the raw coin beneath. On the reverse, that looks like mineral deposits and should not hurt, nor spread.
It's possible that there was a little iron in the alloy of the coin that is beginning to rust out. It shouldn't hurt any of the other coins that it is soaking with. And I agree with Bing about the mineral deposits on the stag.
