Aside from papers on the topic, the British Museum's online catalog lists many metal objects as having been treated by Renaissance Wax, including...
The baking soda part is not a good idea at all. (Except as part of cleaning a coin that has stubborn encrustations, and even then you have to be...
Nice writeup and interesting coin! Syracuse bronze coins are usually known for their artistic beauty and interesting designs, but their history --...
Very scarce, especially in bronze. There are many more sales of Denarii and even Aurei than Sestertii. (Looks like usually only a couple of her...
Oh good -- here's a chance to post a coin for the first time ever (I think). Got this cute little Bithynia, Kios AR Hemidrachm about 3 or 4 years...
I buy lots of numismatic literature on eBay (especially old auction catalogs if they're cheap). But occasionally I also look on eBay for things...
I'm also puzzled by how it happens with a barrier between oxygen & coin, but I've also had BD develop underneath. (But rarely, couple times in...
Nice big chin-jaw on that one! Well, to my great frustration, I seem to have taken my jumbo Jovian AE Double-Maiorina (29mm, 8.1g) to the bank...
Those raise some other interesting categories of "ugly duckling." I thought about posting my very similar Themistokles Hemiobol. I collect AR...
Ah, the fascinating NCAPR Vespasian ... I need to restrain myself! I've spent a lot of time thinking about it and trying to figure it out... If...
Great early "captives" coinage of Constantine! Just added it to my file of captives types by ruler. I hadn't noticed it before (but now I see it's...
There was a related thread recently, Aesthetics or Historical Interest. Clearly, we almost always like to have a little bit of both. But what...
These are some nice groups of Antioch S-C bronzes. I've always liked these types -- nice Imperial style, but from a Provincial mint. Here are a...
At some point I need to add one of the Aegypto Capta style Crocodile bronzes from the veteran colony at Nemausus. (A better one, that is.) For my...
My Khusro II is too awful to show (and I don't know where it or its photos are) so I'm branching out: Here's my copy of David Sellwood...
Great architectural types, @Ancient Aussie !!! My favorites are my provincial Nero portraits (Thessaly X2, Lydia, Phrygia, Alexandria, maybe some...
You are right: They had it in the description on their own website but not on their VCoins listing (and all that counts is the listing where you...
Glad to hear you could cancel it in time! And congrats on the one you've posted here. Great coin type.
There are over 600 types of Apollo/Lyre types in RPC Online, so it wouldn't surprise me if a few dozen were missed by the editors. But, if not...
You're right, I don't see any mention of it. The weight (1.85g) seems extremely low for an official, solid silver denarius, though. (Should be...
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