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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roerbakmix, post: 3776385, member: 100731&quot;]Thanks for all the responses. I didn&#039;t know there were that many mount Argaeus drachms!</p><p><br /></p><p>I took some time to restore some parts of the coin:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1009370[/ATTACH] </p><p>Above, the coin before restoration (the differences in colour are due to lighting, the picture below is more true to the coin). </p><p><br /></p><p>The green spots (copper deposits) and brown spots (iron deposits, less visible, but above Hadrian&#039;s nose and hairline) were treated gently with a citric acid solution, applied with a cotton swab (to avoid exposing the whole coin). </p><p><br /></p><p>The dark spots (obverse, 11&#039;o clock, reverse 2 o&#039;clock) were treated by immersing that part of the coin in a sodium thiosulphate solution. </p><p><br /></p><p>I like how the coin turned out. Hadrian looks rather stern. Feel free to comment, I had loads of fun doing it <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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