Yes, of course it can be cleaned; but since you don't know how; you are most likely going to ruin a nice coin if you listen to someone on this...
Yes, some of these can look very childish; but my favorites are examples that can be hard to distinguish from official coins. This coin is an...
Not only are the barbarians at the gate, a couple got in. I collect unofficial Constantine era coins and like examples that look pretty close to...
Make sure that the coin is very dry after treatment...I bake in the oven at low heat for a few hours. Then, typically, because the surfaces are...
I'm leaving rest of the verdigris, as I don't want to mess too much more with the surface of the coin.
I soaked it in a solution of sodium carbonate for several weeks, changing the water as it turned blue, with period scrubbings to check the...
before and after cleaning [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Constantine I A.D. 306 Ӕ follis 26x28mm 9.7g CONSTANTINVS NOB CAES; laureate head right....
This does not sound like a vendor problem, but a shipping (USPS?) problem. Was it insured?
only as an abbreviation of GAL
It is Galerius
It's from Heraclea and the mintmark is •SMHΔ• (RIC VII Heraclea 125) and it was struck A.D. 330-333. I would value this coin around $20 on a good day.
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I wouldn't expect so, as Constantius II was always clean shaven and mint workers surely knew what he looked like.
This coin has a legend for Vetranio, but the clean shaven bust looks like Constantius II. Vetranio A.D. 350 22x24mm 3.5gm D N VETRANIO P F...
It's a fake. It looks like it is copying a Celtic coin copying a Philip II coin.
I just got this one as an upgrade...the reverse is especially sharp. [ATTACH] Constantine I A.D. 323-4 18x19mm 3.6g CONSTANTINVS AVG; laureate...
Your coin is Galerius with an obverse legend of MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES and the reverse is GENIO POPVLI ROMANI. It was struck in Trier A.D. 298- 299...
The SARMATIA type was issued from five mints-- London, Lyon, Trier, Arles and Sirmium. Here are the other three mints not already shown. London...
here's most of my library [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
just cleaned up [ATTACH] Constantine I A.D. 322-323 19mm 3.0g CONSTAN-•TINVS AVG; laureate head right. SARMATIA DEVICTA; Victory advancing r.,...
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