Here's a coin that I got as part of lot of Byzantine bronzes last year. It is a half follis of Justinian I. What makes this coin different...
Last year, from Athena.
That's a really nice, well centered tet. Did you get this coin out of auction?
From the slightly unhinged mind that brought you Athena and the frog, now comes Athena and Nike (sort of). This is a tetradrachm that I picked up...
Still digging through the boxes. I came across this old purchase from Harlan Berk, back in the 1980s as I recall. Justinian I (527-565 CE)...
I agree. Coin shows are going the way of department stores, although I think the large venues, such as Long Beach, FUN, New York and ANA, will...
Here are two more large bronzes, sestertii of Marcus Aurelius. I've owned both for many years, acquired before online shopping, at at time when...
On my study wall.... [ATTACH]
I'm in the same boat. I have a diaspora of books, numismatic and otherwise, scattered about the house. I dare say this will be the state of...
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This has been my main go-to book for decades for Roman coinage, an old friend residing on the shelf.
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Elagabalus denarius?
Your patience has been rewarded. Nice coins!
I am merely suggesting to start conservatively and move forward to more aggressive methods.
Those deposits look, as you say, rock hard. Removing deposits like the one on this coin is problematic, especially for bronzes. Muriatic...
Last December I received two uncleaned "as found" tetradrachms that were clearly fourré coins. Both were very encrusted, so much to the point...
Better image? [ATTACH]
This coin arrived earlier this month, not a really big bronze, though. [ATTACH]
Here is the coin ("the patient") that is being treated. The obverse shows no sign of bronze disease. The reverse, center and the lower right...
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