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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Noah Worke, post: 24883548, member: 115032&quot;]My AiCC &quot;series&quot; has been put off lately due to starting college back in August, but now that the Spring Semester hasn&#039;t started I had some time to make meaningful progress. I don&#039;t remember exactly where I left off, but I have some exciting news. Two whole coins gained full attribution! I had some trouble finding out exactly which emperor issued these two coins, but a thorough search through my very favorite resource- Tesorillo- has yielded long-awaited results. Here&#039;s the very first one: AE4 CONSTAN SPFAVG&nbsp; bust of Constans facing right. GLORIA EXERCITVS reverse two soldiers holding spears and shields, military standard between them. This particular one was minted in Siscia, with the SIS mint mark beneath the soldiers. [ATTACH=full]1598015[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1598016[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Constantius II issued the second. CONSTANTI VSPFAVG Bust of Constantius II facing right. VICTORIAEDDAVGGQNN two victories standing facing each other holding palm branches. On mine there is a dot between the victories meaning it was minted in Rome as I understand it. [ATTACH=full]1598017[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1598018[/ATTACH] On each of these coins one can see where I accidentally scratched the base metal, I suppose that&#039;s why these are practice coins. If I were doing this on rare Roman coins for a museum I&#039;d be in a bit more trouble, luckily that is not the case. One thing that I&#039;ve been using that I&#039;ve not heard mention of in the realm of ancient coin cleaning is MS-70, which has been my very favorite tool in my adventures, and here&#039;s why: contrast. Rubbing it into the surface of my coins will help me differentiate between what has dirt packed into it and what is just patina. I can target specific areas with my pick and the MS-70 seems to loosen it up a bit as well. I like using it to make the patina just that much more uniform on my coins as well. It doesn&#039;t strip the patina down at all either and has overall been invaluable. Well, that seems to be everything. I hope you enjoyed this update because there is one more coming very soon (hopefully) about another LRB that I&#039;ve been cleaning and need to attribute. Thanks for reading![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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