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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Justin Lee, post: 3277277, member: 87404&quot;]<b>Final Update</b> on the Caligula Vesta As:</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve worked on it for a few hours tonight using the same method as mentioned in the post above ^^^ and got to a point where I was happy with the outcome and the legend was about as clear as I was going to get it.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]865645[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>So to finish it off, similar to the Agrippa, I gave it one last brush, a quick dip in a mild sulphur mix to even out the tone and seal the exposed metal (that was under parts of the crust and some pits), a warm dry in the toaster oven, and a little seal and polish with Ren wax.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the final result:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]865647[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Caligula (Gaius), AE As</b></p><p><b>Struck 37-38 AD, Rome mint</b></p><p>Obverse: C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT, bare head of Caligula left. </p><p>Reverse: VESTA, Vesta, veiled and draped, seated left on throne with ornamented back and legs, holding patera in right hand and long transverse sceptre in LEFT, S-C across field. </p><p>References: RIC I 38</p><p>Size: 29mm, 11.7g (*down from 12.2g)</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m really impressed with the amount of detail of Gaius&#039; hair that was hiding under the crud! Also, the level of detail in Vesta&#039;s chair, with the ornate dots on the back and legs, and the detail in the folds of the cloth around her knees and beneath her legs, and her veiled head! It is pretty well centered, has a nice full sized flan, and was a nice strike. </p><p><br /></p><p>And here is the &quot;play-by-play&quot; via progressive images over the past week-ish, from start to finish:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]865649[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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