Thanks, @Ocatarinetabellatchitchix.
That's a good price for a genuine tribute penny in that condition, assuming that it is legit. The style looks good, but I'd want to know the...
You can also check "Alerts" on the top right of the CT page if you think GMail is trashing your CT updates. (It took me a while to figure this...
Even though there was no debasement, there were fourrées--silver-clad coins with copper cores. Most of these were counterfeit, but there are...
Any coin in the $100/$200 price range with an obviously fake patina should be returned. Any coin in the $10/20 range should be cleaned up and...
The coin does not have bronze disease, and I have no reason to suspect that it might develop it in the future. When you talk about restoring...
Thanks for the interesting write-up. What is the AKG?
Would someone let us know which auction this is?
The coin is not ancient. It is a modern copy of an electrotype. Here is some more information about Electrotypes, courtesy of CT's @Severus Alexander.
Oops. You're right. My mistake.
I've just PM'ed you. I was curious about the Sasanian drachm that you said you were going to clean next. How did that turn out?
Thank you for creating this guide for cleaning coins. I would love to receive a copy. Thanks. Regards, Glenn glenn.simonelli@gmail.com
Is the coin silver? If so, then the method that @Topcat7 described, using sodium thiosulfate, at the top of this thread might be worth a try. I...
@Topcat7, since this thread has been revived, can you give us an update? How did this coin turn out? How is your guide coming along? Is it...
There is also an interesting series of coins unique to Thessalonica from 319. Here are two from the series. Both examples are Constantine I (A.D....
Another GENIO of Diocletian: [ATTACH] Bronze Nummus Treir mint, A.D. 301-305 Obv: IMP DIOCLETIANVS AVG Rev: GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI - Genius, modius...
Pretty convincing evidence, @Tejas.
Yeah, you don't mess with the sacred money goddess: [ATTACH] Constantius I Caesar, A.D. 293-305 Augustus, A.D. 305-306 Bronze Nummus Siscia mint,...
I think that, due to the debasement of the antoniniani, the use of bronze coinage fell out of favor. There was much less profit in minting large,...
I'm not aware of any antoniniani minted for Aemilian in Viminacium. I'm pretty sure the minting of antoniniani, like all gold or silver coinage,...
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