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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2593415, member: 19463&quot;]This AE1 of Julian II from the Heraclea mint has had a hard life.&nbsp; I pulled it out of a $7 box at a show a couple years ago and it looked better then.&nbsp; Shortly after I got it, I discovered it had a small spot of bronze disease on the eye of the portrait.&nbsp; I tried simple treatments but the green returned twice so it got the strong solution of sesquicarbonate treatment that seems to have taken care of the problem and ruined the surfaces.&nbsp; The BD ruined the eye without any help from the treatment so the obverse is a mess.&nbsp; The reverse, however, is better than many I see being sold on eBay for a lot more than $7.&nbsp; I have better Julians (with eyes on the portrait) so my question is what to do with the coin.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]564923[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>My title said Julian has a question.&nbsp; Who out there would like to adopt this poor coin at no cost?&nbsp; This is a giveaway.&nbsp;&nbsp; Unlike Ken&#039;s giveaways, I am not making you identify the coin.&nbsp; It is a Julian II with the pagan bull reverse of the last emperor to try to eliminate Christianity.&nbsp; Things did not go well for Julian.&nbsp; Unlike Ken, I am <b>not</b> opening this giveaway to the whole world.&nbsp; I am <b>only</b> willing to put it in an envelope and add a stamp to a US address --- no trip to the post office, no customs forms, no tracking, no insured delivery --- just a chance to see if I really did control the BD and to take over treatment if I did not.&nbsp; I also will require the winner have posted at least one post to the CT ancients section before this thread was posted. </p><p><br /></p><p>I do suggest that the winner keep it separately from other coins and look at it periodically for a year to see if the fuzzy green returns.&nbsp;&nbsp; If you sell it on eBay, I <u>will </u>consider it inappropriate because of the bronze disease possibility.&nbsp; It would make a decent tie tack but AE1 28mm seems a bit large for a ring.</p><p><br /></p><p>Like Ken, I ask you to post below if you would like to be included in the drawing.&nbsp; Past winners of Ken&#039;s giveaways are eligible but I would suggest that you not enter if you are not willing to keep an eye on the coin.&nbsp; I did not title this a &#039;giveaway&#039; in the hope of avoiding entries from non-ancient coin people who have never heard the term bronze disease when this thread shows up in the Recent Topics list.&nbsp; Remember, this is a US only offering.&nbsp; If you see any interest in this bull reverse, please enter.&nbsp; The drawing will be done Monday.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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