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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1900194, member: 26302&quot;]Not sure why &quot;sacred&quot;, its an anonymous Byzantine bronze. I own the complete set, (except for a couple of later ones which I am not really sure belong). John is right, distilled water and brushing every couple of days until its at a point you like. Having cleaned coins like it, I will say its best to stop when the contrast is pleasant and not clean all of the dirt off. It will be much more attractive when you remove half the dirt than if you remove all of it. I can tell the patina is not a terribly attractive one, so you are better off with a &quot;sandy patina&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>As an aside, these are really interesting since each ruler chose his favorite portrait of Christ from a famous church. Almost all of the originals are now lost, so the only way we know what these famous paintings look like are from these depictions on anonymous bronzes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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