yesterday l post my thread with my yesterday find..l start to clean that large coin on the far left on the photograph..and, its best patina l seen in years!! and easiest coin l ever cleaned..l know , its viminacium, dacia type, but coin is just great...lts little bit hard to clean on philippus and godess head, but, its no problem..its 14.5og..
oh yeah, looks like some nice surfaces under that dirt! I hope the rest of it looks as good. Here's mine....meh....my photography didn't help any. Philip I, the Arab, 244 -249 A.D., Viminacium, Moesia Superior O: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, from behind; R: P M S COL VIM, Moesia standing facing, head left, extending hands over bull on left standing right and lion on right standing left, AN VIIII (year 9 of the Viminacium colonial era..248 AD) in exergue . Varbanov I 138. 28 mm, 17.9 g
Fantastic coin! I really like AE Viminacium Lion / Bull coins and yours has tons of detail remaining under the gunk!
Congratulations on a great find. That's a real beauty! I imagine that you must have been very excited when you started cleaning it.
