You are a braver man than I am. But I think you did improve the eye appeal of the coin. Is there any risk of damaging the metal? I have never...
What a year! That Julius Caesar portrait denarius has it a lot of character. As do all the coins, really.
Dang. Even the countermark looks tooled.
More rich posts on this question. Excellent. I wonder what prompts the mint to start striking the Mars coins for Constantine in December 307? I'd...
Wow @Valentinian. What a thorough consideration of the question. I think I will have Warren do my taxes this year. It is so thorough that I...
Thanks for doing this legwork Kevin. Given how often Ren Wax trumpets the British Museum use in promotional materials, it would be very...
Thanks for this generous discussion of the "Dominus et deus" issue. It sheds a lot of light on what can and cannot be said about it, as well as...
Very helpful indeed! Thanks!
Well, remember that only that Constantine coin is mine. And as far as the write up goes, I’m very good at articulating my own confusion. I wish I...
No expertise necessary. I just dip my fingers in, "massage" a bit into my late Roman bronze coin, and buff with a Dremel, but that's not...
Just saw this generous reply. That's a nice, systematic way to get a quick bead on the numismatic evidence for preferences. Leave it to a...
Thanks everyone for this flurry of posts. It does seem that the number of Galerius coins featuring Mars might favor that association, though I...
[IMG] PHOTO: CNG RESEARCH (NOT MINE, ALAS). Galerius. AD 305-311. Æ Follis (26mm, 6.55 g, 6h). Cyzicus mint, 2nd officina. Struck circa AD...
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I used to use Renaissance wax. I would apply it and then buff the coin using a felt-tip Dremel attachment. That improved the eye appeal of some...
I like how the focus of the coin seem sharpest in the center. I’m sure there’s a good metallurgical, scientific reason for that. It even seems to...
You could probably find comparable coins on eBay right now at $20 each. Except, perhaps, for the Maxentius coin and the larger coins in better...
Mine is the lighter weight. [ATTACH]
I must be looking in the wrong places. I would have a hard time finding an authentic tet in that condition for $200, even with the increased...
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