I believe you, but I'm still somehow skeptical. Mostly because I have never seen one in this "terminal state," despite having seen quite a few...
So the chemical reaction of the toning would continue below the now-black surface?
Not disagreeing with you, but could you show me what the "terminal stage" looks like?
Am I the only one who feels irked when modern collectors bust into ancient-related threads and complain about how we clean our coins?
The green "verdigris" spots on that coin are surface adhesions. Nothing to worry about.
While their attributes are similar, Tyche and Cybele (Magna Mater) are VERY different deities. Anyone who's read Catullus' poem on her shepherd...
Very true. Especially if one considers toning to be damage. ;)
Only certain woods give off harmful gasses, particularly pine.
With the recent influx of new collectors to this section, there will likely be a bit of confusion about who is who. So I figured we could start...
Very nice. BCD Boeotia 23. 395-340 BC.
No, those were struck from clipped flans. Doug - that's a rather nice halved dupondius. This is one of the issues that is often found cut for...
Bing seems to have brought a raft of exiles to Cointalk. Welcome to you all!
Ya, it's good for French, passable for German, and useless for Russian. At least you don't have references in Chinese. You'll long for the simple...
Google translate is a tremendous help.
Because numismatics, as a discipline, is stuck in the 19th century. One must be proficient in at least French, German, and English. You are also...
Fallen horsemen seem to catch the eye of everyone but me. Try as I might, I just can't bring myself to care about the varieties.
There is none. Even if there were, it would not include those coins found outside of excavations. The current legal system makes it unlikely that...
To be clear - it's a great coin! Buying larger bronzes can be quite a challenge these days, mostly because of smoothing.
I see no evidence of smoothing - quite a feat these days for a provincial from that region. For provincial issues as this, I'd prefer the Greek...
Welcome to Cointalk. The ancient group around here has become increasingly active in the past few years.
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