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<p>[QUOTE="froggycoins, post: 1743763, member: 38052"]:hail: Here are some news</p><p><br /></p><p>The last one came out from DW and some brushing :</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]209173.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>On the obverse, the facing head of Constans II ( maybe you can read the letters CON T ) on the right of the "portrait"</p><p><br /></p><p>On the reverse the letter "M" ( it is a follis too ) with the legend (AN)NO on the left, regnal year II ? on the right</p><p>There is probably a small cross above the M</p><p>The remnant crust is more likely some copper oxyde with sand, very hard to remove ( unless i use electrolysis...) so we wil let it like that, for the moment <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I have decided to continue the experiment with 3 new coins , apparently not in such good shape, we shall see :</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=CONFIG]0[/ATTACH][ATTACH]209174.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]209180.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>and now they are soaking in Distilled Water , you can see the copper brush i use to clean them :</p><p>[ATTACH]209181.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I will work on them from now on and report here as usual !</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for reading</p><p>Philippe ( aka Froggy )[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="froggycoins, post: 1743763, member: 38052"]:hail: Here are some news The last one came out from DW and some brushing : [ATTACH]209173.vB[/ATTACH] On the obverse, the facing head of Constans II ( maybe you can read the letters CON T ) on the right of the "portrait" On the reverse the letter "M" ( it is a follis too ) with the legend (AN)NO on the left, regnal year II ? on the right There is probably a small cross above the M The remnant crust is more likely some copper oxyde with sand, very hard to remove ( unless i use electrolysis...) so we wil let it like that, for the moment :D I have decided to continue the experiment with 3 new coins , apparently not in such good shape, we shall see : [ATTACH=CONFIG]0[/ATTACH][ATTACH]209174.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]209180.vB[/ATTACH] and now they are soaking in Distilled Water , you can see the copper brush i use to clean them : [ATTACH]209181.vB[/ATTACH] I will work on them from now on and report here as usual ! Thanks for reading Philippe ( aka Froggy )[/QUOTE]
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