Antoninus Pius Sestertius, B4 & After

Purchased this Antoninus Pius last year and decided to clean it up. Used usual methods as has been mentioned in other threads. Here are the before and after shots:

Antoninus Pius AE Sestertius. 142 AD. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate head right / CONCORDIA EX-ERCITVVM S-C, Concordia standing left, holding Victory & aquila. Cohen 139. RIC 600

Feel free to post your own B4 and afters!

Before:


After: Coin is not as red in color as pics show. It's more dark brown.

 

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Cleaned up nice. A big improvement.

 

Just curious, what were the exact methods you used and how long did it take?

 

Yes, inquiring minds want to know.

 

Months of soaking in olive oil. Acetone along the way with a 600 grit diamond studded dental pick and a ton patience
Along with toothpicks and cotton swabs.
Oh and water while using the pick.

 

Well it looks fantastic! Great job!

I have no before / after coins to contribute.

 

Great coin and great job.
Heres my only real success story

 

Looks great TJC!

 

A much improved appearance, TJC. That sestertius turned out well.

I recently gently cleaned this sestertius of Antoninus Pius:


Before:



After: two x 30 min acetone baths + a few drop of Verdicare.

 

Some good results in cleaning. Don't know how to clean coins, and luckily don't need to yet.

 

That's an amazing result for such a low amount of effort!

 

Great results, everyone!

 

Nice job @TJC

 

Nice job Gang! @TJC your coin really has some cool coloration now! @randygeki I would not thought that nice of a coin was under that gunk...it looked like metal invasive corrosion! I have zilch patience to clean, but really like the results everyone posts!

I only have ONE cleanded coin, and @YOC did it:



RI Postumus 259-268 CE Antoninianus Cologne Providentia

 

Nice clean up jobs Randy and Eduard! Nice coins!

 

The deposits on the cheek of this Septimus was driving me nuts, also the deposits between Genius legs on the rev.

Septimius Severus AR Denarius. 197 AD.

Obv: L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP VIIII, laureate head right
Rev: P M TR P V COS II P P, Genius, naked, standing half-left, holding patera, sacrificing over altar, and corn ears.

RIC IV-1, 105; Cohen 437.


After some distilled water soaking, with a couple acetone dips, and a rose thorn,

 

Very nice!

 

Nice work kids, now stop procrastinating and GO CLEAN YOUR ROOMS!

 

Tacitus before, sellers picks

There is some green left on the coin but there is a lot of silvering which I may lose if I do more to it. On the reverse I think there is more silver under the muck, but I think I will leave it alone.

And tilted slightly to show the silvering.

 

Very nice!