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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2500128, member: 19463&quot;]If I read the date in the exergue correctly as ANV, it would be Philip I.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]530316[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The green-away question is much harder.&nbsp; Looking at the photo, I thought it was hoplessly corroded and removing the green would leave nothing better looking below.&nbsp; The photo does not match what you say about detail underneath.&nbsp; You could soak the coin in a strong solution of Sodium sesquicarbonate which would remove the green,&nbsp; An acid like lemon juice would work as well but would be even more likely to eat copper ruining any coin detail under there so you would have to watch progress like a hawk and stop at the very moment the bad stuff was gone but before the good was damaged.&nbsp; Usually what is under hard green patina is not something you want to see so we recommend leaving it alone.&nbsp; However when what you have is ugly and you are aware that it is not likely to get better, you may choose to go against reason and hope for a miracle.&nbsp; The conservative approach is always to do the least first and see if that helps at all.&nbsp; In this case, that would be a soak in distiled water and brushing with a tooth brush repeated several times before adding any chemical to the effort.&nbsp; If the brown in the photo is on top of the green rather than the other way around, I&#039;d suspect a better chance for success but if the brown is where the green has already been removed, chances are not as good. I wish I could hold out more hope for success but all I see in the photo does not strike me as good.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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