Two months is but a nanosecond on the geological and ancient coin cleaning scale. They can take months and months and sometimes years, seriously....
Wow. You could go into business :D
Can I please offer a word of warning to anyone who is new to cleaning ancients. If you are going to use dish soap (in the UK we call it washing...
Charles, Wildwinds does not have every coin, there are many examples that it does not have. Dane's collection is here. I don't have time to go...
I suspect Antioch. Have you looked through Helvetica's collection?
I need a decent Sabina. There is something about this ghostly image that makes me love this coin, even though it is worth around $1. [IMG] [IMG]...
Wow, a place to show ancients. Who would have thought it. I may have to dig something out. When I have unpacked, done the washing etc. Watch...
It also depends on your budget. Visit coin shows, local coin shops that deal in ancients. Try and handle some. There are dodgy dealers out there...
Ex Chris Rudd is wonderful provenance, he will not have monkeyed around with it. I would not change its appearance, I think it looks fabulous.
I can see another dark ages coming along. When the Rpmans left Brittain, we eventually lost knowledge that lead water pipes were not a good idea....
[IMG] [IMG] Galeria Valeria Coin: Bronze Follis GAL VALERIA AVG - Diademed & draped bust right VENERI VICTRICI - Venus standing facing, head...
I believe very few claims by ebay sellers. If he believes it is only the second one known, why is it on ebay instead of a major auction house?
But would it be the "owner" or his last meal :D
Anything Roman :D
Translations won't be available for around 3 months.
They have some of the tablets, found earlier, on display at Vindolanda. They are hard to see with very low light levels. I bought the book which...
I bid on a Savoca auction for a gold solidus but it had this picture attached, the coin was completely green. I won the auction for 4GBP, so from...
Three Diadumenian [IMG] [IMG] Nicopolis ad Istrum Coin: Bronze K M OPPEL ANTWNINOC - Bare-headed and draped bust right NIKOPOLIWN -...
I only have one Macrinus [IMG] [IMG] Macrinus Coin: Bronze IMP C M OPE SEV MACRINVS PI - Radiate head right – seen from behind COL F L PAC...
I always have difficulty attributing these two. I wouldn't be surprised if most of them were wrong. Galerius...
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