I agree. Coin shows are going the way of department stores, although I think the large venues, such as Long Beach, FUN, New York and ANA, will...
Here are two more large bronzes, sestertii of Marcus Aurelius. I've owned both for many years, acquired before online shopping, at at time when...
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I'm in the same boat. I have a diaspora of books, numismatic and otherwise, scattered about the house. I dare say this will be the state of...
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This has been my main go-to book for decades for Roman coinage, an old friend residing on the shelf.
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Elagabalus denarius?
Your patience has been rewarded. Nice coins!
I am merely suggesting to start conservatively and move forward to more aggressive methods.
Those deposits look, as you say, rock hard. Removing deposits like the one on this coin is problematic, especially for bronzes. Muriatic...
Last December I received two uncleaned "as found" tetradrachms that were clearly fourré coins. Both were very encrusted, so much to the point...
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This coin arrived earlier this month, not a really big bronze, though. [ATTACH]
Here is the coin ("the patient") that is being treated. The obverse shows no sign of bronze disease. The reverse, center and the lower right...
Agree
Bronze disease appears as a light green powdery area on a bronze coin. From what I could see from the images, I didn't see any overt signs....
Thanks. I'll need to think about that. Right now I'm inclined to leave the coin as-is. BTW, the coin came with a nice custom holder, one...
Thanks This is a type coin for me, and the "cross on two steps" seems to be a scarcer type.
Here's my Rhodes tet to add to the mix. It's a nice example, from Roma's E-Sale 64, lot 375, with a small mark/flan flaw on the left cheek....
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