Just the natural oils from your fingers. Some rubbing may help tone the fresh bronze marks back down to near the color of the rest of the coin in...
With a coin like this, if a dry brushing with a tooth brush doesn't do it, you love it as it is. It's not going to get much better. I'd just...
Looks like a fun group of coins (mostly Postumus) that should clean up well! Philip, Philip II, Valerian, Gallienus, Salonina, Postumus... can't...
That's a long delay, glad they found their home! This coin is not itself special. It's a scarce variation of a very common theme. However, in...
Here's one. The alternating bright silvering and dark bronze make this one a monster to photograph (I had to revert to the seller's photo as mine...
That’s a good question Donna and I’d expect there are a lot of different answers. You’re correct that many consider true Late Roman bronzes to be...
A very popular treasure hunt is for the various coins of Gallienus’ scrappy and cost-friendly Zoo series featuring tons of mythical and real...
Great coins everyone, here's my bird. [ATTACH]
Nice coins! I've always wanted to get some Spanish stuff from the time of Columbus and the voyages to the Americas but know nothing about them....
Here's an imitation of a Licinius II IOVI CONSERVATIORI CAESS coin (RIC 11) from Cyzicus that I like. Mint mark SMK as the original was marked....
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