I should add that you can also stop bronze disease by removing the chloride ions from the coin but this is very difficult. To quote Wikipedia:...
I was just going to post this link. It is HIGHLY unlikely that soaking in distilled water, followed by drying, will eliminate true bronze...
You're that old?
[ATTACH] MARC ANTONY & CLEOPATRA AR Denarius (3.59 g.). Mint moving w/M. Antony 32 B.C. CLEOPATRAE REGINAE REGVM FILIORVM REGVM draped bust of...
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[ATTACH] TITUS 69 - 79 A.D. AR Denarius (3.31 g.), Rome 80 A.D. RIC 115 IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG PM Laureate head of Titus right. Rev. TR...
A highly prized and sought-after coin -- a portrait denarius of Julius Caesar minted just a few months before his assassination. Holding it in...
Great set! Lots of good portraits in this set. I love all the other sets as well. The period of the Twelve Caesars is arguably the most...
To my eye, I agree that there seems to be some light but clear tooling in the fine detail on the obverse just above Trajan's ear (in the laurel...
My personal perspective on these two coins is that coin B isn't really a "portrait" coin of Julius Caesar, since so much of his profile is missing...
I don't really see obvious tooling on this coin -- certainly not on the obverse. Maybe the spaces between the letters on the reverse legend seem...
This appears to be RIC 1223, not 1220...
I, too, agree that image #3 shows the best combination/balance of observable detail with sharp highlights. Image #2 is good as well, but some of...
The high-magnification pictures show clear evidence of cleaning-related scratches: [ATTACH] Note the scratches between the rightmost legend...
That's exactly what I was about to write. I believe this is RIC 412 Nero: Obverse: NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P Laureate head...
Not necessarily. A sharper reverse picture with better lighting would go a long way toward eliminating those reverses that it cannot possibly be,...
Monetarium's coin can't be RIC 477 or 478, since you can clearly see AVGVSTI on the right side of the reverse. It appears to be missing VICTORIA...
Just nitpicking but, uh, isn't Nero facing left on Monetarium's coin? If so, that would make it RIC 478, not 477. Also, I can't quite see the...
This coin -- specifically, the interesting and detailed reverse, has always been one of my favorite Nero sestertii posted on this site....
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