Julia Domna: Empress, Scholar, Mother to Emperors

@Andres2 what is this magic soup you speak of? I've got 2 of her kids that need some soup too!

Hungry for soup on both sides:


Not quite as hungry as older brother, but still snacky:

 

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In this case I used Antikal liquid gel , blue color, the stuff to clean chrome taps in bathrooms, 2/3 Antikal 1/3 tapwater.
soak it for 24 hours, in between (after a couple of hours) scrap off the mineral stuff with a toothpick as much as you can.
should work fine on the second coin PONT I COS II.

I wouldn't clean the first coin VICT PART though, I would leave it as it is.
The black stuff highlights the details and the legends.
If you clean that coin, you end up with lifeless flat coin.

I had a similar coin with that sludge from Julia Mammae , that was a hell of a job to clean it. The end result was OK, but it was a high condition coin to begin with.

And remember to stop cleaning in time, dont over do it.

 

My only denarius of Domna:


Ar Denarius - Rome Mint (207-211 AD) RIC IV 575 (Septimius Severus)