"Some 1,800 years ago, a traveler was making his way through the Carmel area and a coin fell from his pocket." They had pockets back then?
Exactly. Sometimes the only way to remove a buildup is to scrape it off. I use brass tools for this because brass is softer than bronze and...
I have bought from LAC in the past and have always been pleased with their service.
I think you've gotten it as clean as possible, and I agree with you that any additional cleaning might harm it.
That's a real beauty. Congratulations. For a first ancient coin, that's a pretty big investment. You were smart to buy from a well-respected...
Victor, are you sure that first coin is barbarous? What are the telltale signs? I can't spot them.
What do you mean by "work"? Are you cleaning it? If so, I think you have gotten this as clean as you can, and I would call it done. It looks like...
The heyday of cleaning uncleaned ancient coins is long behind us, but there are still some options out there. One is eBay. My recommendation is to...
One of the keys of cleaning uncleaned ancient coins is knowing when to stop. I think you have gotten all you can out of this coin, and any further...
Could it be just a mistake--a mule of an old obverse die accidentally paired with a new reverse die?
Same question: [ATTACH] Provincial silver denarius (or barbarous copy?) (Copy of?) Phillipi mint, A.D. 69-70 Obv: IMP CAES VESPAS AVG Rev: PACI...
It used to be that when coins were discovered in Turkey they were confiscated by the government and disappeared into a black hole. Does anyone...
Like Alegandron, my example adds the wolf and twins to the reverse: [ATTACH] Bronze Nummus Ostia mint, A.D. 309 Obv: IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG Rev:...
I think you should contact the auction house and tell them that their coin appears to be a die match to a known fake. Then let them make the final...
If you knew the size and weight, you could determine the correct denomination.
FYI, I tried to go to the first site that you linked to, but my Norton anti-virus software wouldn't let me, giving me a "Malicious Site Blocked"...
I often copy images from my website to a coin talk thread. I can't do this right now because of the issue discussed above, so as a workaround I...
[ATTACH] Bronze As Rome mint, A.D. 11-12 Obv: IMP CAESAR DIVI F AUGVSTVS IMP XX Rev: PONTIF MAXIM TRIBVN POT XXXIII, encircling SC RIC 471 26mm,...
Sort of off topic, since it's not an AE2, a Victory reverse, or from Antioch, but I like my little AE3 of Arcadius: [ATTACH] Cyzikus mint, A.D....
Every since Coin Talk went down for a while last week, I've seen some strange things happening with images. Many posts refer to a coin photo...
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