Ancient mint error!!

Discussion in 'Ancient Coins' started by Silver Rider, Jan 26, 2019.

  1. Silver Rider

    Silver Rider Member

    I think I got this in a lot from Crusty Coins.
    It was covered with a 1/8 in black junk.
    Could not get but little bit at a time to come off. After two week and three Dremel brushs I was still not to the coin. About to put in the junk box, maybe if
    I heat it. It helped a little. A couple of days later started getting to the surface of the coin. Heat, brush, heat, brush a so on and so on. Couple days later started to see details. At first I thought, a head on each side, no that's a Dieaty, cleaned a little more, a upside down head and a Dieaty. Farout, stopped cleaning, went to WildWinds.com
    IDed it. You can still see the the black stuff still on it, adds class, and I am afraid of damaging the coin. So here's about eight weeks of work.
    Dupondis I think
    14.5 g
    29 mm

    image.jpeg image.jpeg reveres:Head upside down to left.
    image.jpeg Reveres:head up image.jpeg Obverse:You can see the bottom half of Fides. image.jpeg
     
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  3. dougsmit

    dougsmit Member

    Flipover double strikes are interesting but the harsh cleaning has not helped. Maybe it will tone with time.
     
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  4. Silver Rider

    Silver Rider Member

    It already has a little.
     
  5. TypeCoin971793

    TypeCoin971793 Just a random guy on the internet

    I can barely tell what I am looking at from those pictures.
     
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