C-Gall SUPER UPGRADE!

Discussion in 'Ancient Coins' started by hotwheelsearl, Aug 13, 2020.

  1. hotwheelsearl

    hotwheelsearl Well-Known Member

    I’m personally not the greatest fan of sand park as, but it’s to much of a risk removing as it who knows what’s hiding underneath...
     
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  3. zumbly

    zumbly Ha'ina 'ia mai ana ka puana

    Three days to be exact. :D Did you give it an acetone bath, or are my pics of it just much much worse?
     
  4. hotwheelsearl

    hotwheelsearl Well-Known Member

    That’s certainly a SUPER upgrade!
     
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  5. TIF

    TIF Always learning.

    No acetone, just a drop or two of Verdicare.
     
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  6. TIF

    TIF Always learning.

    Thanks! :)

    I fell asleep last night before answering your question. Sorry! :sorry:

    You'll see those divots called various things but on this board they are typically called centration dimples or more accurately, "lathe dimples". They are the result of a flan-making process in which the not-yet-struck flans are turned on a lathe to make the surfaces more even.

    There have been many discussions about them but here's a post by @Roman Collector in which he coins the term "lathe dimples" and he provides a often-shown link about the flan making process.
     
  7. +VGO.DVCKS

    +VGO.DVCKS Well-Known Member

    No worries, and Many Thanks!
    I like it when explanations of things like this, that I would never have imagined, make this level of improbably immediate, intuitive sense! Thanks for the link to Roman Collector's post, too.
     
  8. maridvnvm

    maridvnvm Well-Known Member

    Constantius Gallus - AE3

    Obv:– DN CONSTANTIVS IVN NOB C, Bare, bust draped and cuirassed right; A behind bust
    Rev:– FEL TEMP REPARATIO, Soldier spearing fallen horseman, who is wearing a Phrygian cap, reaching backwards
    Minted in Siscia (// BSIS),
    Reference:– It would appear to be unlisted unless I am missing something.

    It measures 19.20 mm and weighs 2.44 gms

    [​IMG]
     
  9. hotwheelsearl

    hotwheelsearl Well-Known Member

    Nice! Definitely high end of the AE3 level. Amazing surfaces a a full solid strike. Beautiful
     
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