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<p>[QUOTE="hotwheelsearl, post: 4875413, member: 75143"]This chronicle has been a long time in the making. After putting this rare Herculi Romano Commodus denarius through the <i>wringer</i>, it now looks a lot better than ever before.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I first got it, it was so discolored and rough looking that I genuinely thought it was a small bronze.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1177545[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I threw it in vinegar, then lye, and still was unable to fully clean it. It still had a bit of horn silver and some iron oxide(?). I foolishly scraped at it with a screwdriver (<i>what was I thinking</i>) and left some nasty marks beneath the club.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1177547[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, after a few soaks in Sodium Thiosulfate, here's the end result:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1177546[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The final result is more pleasing overall, but has a dull, muted color. I suppose I could put it back into lye or vinegar to brighten it up, but this has been abused more in the past 2 weeks than the past 2 thousand years at this point.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="hotwheelsearl, post: 4875413, member: 75143"]This chronicle has been a long time in the making. After putting this rare Herculi Romano Commodus denarius through the [I]wringer[/I], it now looks a lot better than ever before. When I first got it, it was so discolored and rough looking that I genuinely thought it was a small bronze. [ATTACH=full]1177545[/ATTACH] I threw it in vinegar, then lye, and still was unable to fully clean it. It still had a bit of horn silver and some iron oxide(?). I foolishly scraped at it with a screwdriver ([I]what was I thinking[/I]) and left some nasty marks beneath the club. [ATTACH=full]1177547[/ATTACH] Finally, after a few soaks in Sodium Thiosulfate, here's the end result: [ATTACH=full]1177546[/ATTACH] The final result is more pleasing overall, but has a dull, muted color. I suppose I could put it back into lye or vinegar to brighten it up, but this has been abused more in the past 2 weeks than the past 2 thousand years at this point.[/QUOTE]
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