Yes. My mistake. I was thinking mm--size--not weight.
From the photo, there doesn't appear to be enough detail on the reverse for a solid ID. Can you make out any of the letters in the obverse and...
Hi MFish. Welcome to the forum. Cleaning ancient coins was a recent topic of discussion...
I think you mean 10g, not 1g.
The 2nd emperor is not Marcus Aurelius. It looks like Septimius Severus.
The obverse inscription--specifically AG at the end instead of AVG--is what distinguishes your coin from most other camp gates of Constantine from...
Apparently Procopius was dyslexic.
The green on the second coin doesn't look like bronze disease. I think it was heavily corroded and then someone stripped most of the corrosion...
The first two coins look like Roman provincials--local city coins from the Roman provinces. There are some provincial experts who are members of...
Is that a phoenix on the reverse?
How do you plan to clean it? Denarii from this time period had a pretty high copper content, so I hope you plan to avoid using anything acidic.
Any idea how extensive the trade with Rome was in this area at the time?
Oh. That's easy to do. Just highlight what you want to quote and the word "Quote" will under the window. Then when you start typing in the reply...
The dissolved solids aren't the problem. Much tap water contains chlorine, which, given the right conditions, can trigger the onset of bronze...
No reason you shouldn't. Just realize that it takes a long time and a lot of practice, and you'll lose many coins in the process. We all have....
In our lifetimes, the Golden Age of uncleaned ancient coins was shortly after the fall of the Iron Curtain, when the West became flooded with...
The name of this forum section is "Ancient Coins," not "Collecting High-Grade Ancient Coins." Discussions about cleaning ancients are every bit as...
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