Cleaning Gordian III

This coin is as bright as the first day it was minted, but as I have a problem photographing silver, I have gone for detail.

Before pic:


After pics. There is some feint staining in the centre of the reverse, this is actually dirt and I will remove it sometime in the future.

 

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Very nice!

Btw, I think I found your recipe on the web...

Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn and caldron bubble.
Fillet of a fenny snake,
In the caldron boil and bake;
Eye of newt and toe of frog,
Wool of bat and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting,
Lizard's leg and howlet's wing,
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.

Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn and caldron bubble.
Cool it with a baboon's blood,
Then the charm is firm and good.

 

A nice job. Well executed.

 

Hmmm? => I kinda like the cool blue coin?

 

Damn, forgot the lizards leg.

TIF have you got a spare lizard's leg?

 

She doesn't slice them up. She cuddles them.

 

Indeed I do. You'll have to make do with dried because I like to keep the live ones as pets .

Don't judge me.

 

Relevant to this thread, I have a mixed lot Gordian III somewhere. I cleaned it soon after arrival (it had deposits) and stuck it in one of those old coin albums-- the kind that results in accelerated toning. Time to check on it and see if it is "done". If has been in long enough to alter the stark white color, I'll take some "after" pics.

 

oh wow, excellent results pish.

 

This is another series that some collectors disparage because certain types are so common. I'm not passing judgment on anyone's collecting preferences, of course - each to his own, but there are many things to love about these coins. They are of good silver, large, and the reverse types present many classic Roman themes.

My introduction to these coins began with the Apollo-with-lyre type...

 

Emperor with globe...

 

I have a couple of scrappy GIIIs and this is the first decent coin of his that I have managed to win. I think the blue/green deposits put people off, but I thought I could get rid of it. I don't mind the blast white because the silver is so good.

 

Emperor sacrificing...

 

Very nicely done Pishpash

 

JA you have some really great coins, I love them.

Thank you Bing

 

Gordian III silver? .... ummm? ... ummm?

*awkward*

Ummm, I think I have one nasty ol' humble example?

 

Nice, full legends, nice portrait.

 

My two favorites are the hairy Antioch antoninianus and the 'as Caesar' Sestertius.

 

My favorite GIIIs

 

Night and day Pish, well done..