Hi Pellinore, I removed it until all was gone, but wasn't able to film it any longer.
Hi @Graham Blunden, you're welcome. Hope you enjoy the forum; there are a few sceatta enthusiasts (some reacted already), but @Nab really has the...
That's a lovely and rare sceat. I've yet to add a series W to the collection ... though I primarily focus on the continental sceats (and mainly on...
@Co1ns, thanks! Appreciate the compliment. No, I would not think so. These deposits are something different than AgCl and/or AgBr, so it's not...
There doesn't really have to be a difference between 'burnt patina' and horn silver: the chemical reaction leading to the formation of AgCl or...
I sold most of my severus alexander denari, including this one. However, one is too fun not to share. This is not a still image, but a GIF of...
Basically, horn silver can form on any silver coin, if exposed to high concentrations of Chloride or Bromium (AgCl or AgBr) for a sufficient...
I wrote a thing or two about horn silver and restoration of coins with horn silver. The patina of this coin is very characteristic of horn...
Minted just after his death, I believe. Really like the patina. [ATTACH] MACEDON, Alexander III of Macedon. Denomination: AR Drachm, minted:...
My humble MA and LV: [ATTACH] ROMAN IMPERIAL, Marcus Aurelius. Denomination: AR Denarius, minted: Rome, Italy; 163 AD Obv: M ANTONINVS AVG ARM...
Its a very recognisable denar of Louis I of Hungary: Hungary - Silver Denar Saracen n.d. of Louis I (1342-1382) Very Fine - Obv. Moor's head left...
[ATTACH] here’s mine
Hi @offa the saxon can you show a couple, perhaps?
This one was in the post yesterday. It includes an interesting find location: [ATTACH] ANGLO-SAXON, Anonymous. Denomination: AR Sceatta (Series...
Thank you @Edessa , I'll look into it! @Nab, that is (again) an impressive collection of sceatta's. Though your hypothesis is convincing, the...
Late to the Macrinus party! Here is my humble Macrinus, which includes an interesting find location of Nijmegen (the Netherlands) - one of the...
...this sounds like an interesting story?
@Ed Snible this is very interesting. My PhD is on prediction research, which has some similarities with automatic image recognition. I hope this...
yes, it is. There is very little Frisian written history before the Frankish conquest in c. 750 AD. The Franks were not very positive about the...
And here are my series E variety G and for good measure, also the later (or imitative) variety E: [ATTACH] Variety G [ATTACH] Variety G (or E,...
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