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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;joecoincollect, post: 4400880, member: 71338&quot;]Very impressive coin. What is it? Is it bronze, or billon? Not sure if I could afford it because I heard that obverse ruler is expensive, especially for a decent one like yours. There are different reasons for how a coin looks. Like you mentioned, it&#039;s how it was buried, like in a pot or just in dirt, the type of soil or its makeup, and of course what was done with it after discovery. I probably ruined a few cheap bronzes when I started months ago by over-cleaning them. I would say its over cleaning when you not only removed the dirt/mineralization, but also get to light colored metal (e.g., bronze/copper appear pinkish/orange). I keep mineralization unless its mixed with corrosion. For example, I was cleaning a coin recently so I could identify it and read the legend, but the metal is mixed with mineralization and corrosion, but it&#039;s altogether soft metal because of corrosion. I&#039;m loathe to keep corrosive conditions like that on an ancient, so I either get rid of the coin cheap or clean it so that only new metal is exposed, then I try to re-tone or just leave as-is and put museum wax on it, and put in an airtight or regular 2x2 holder[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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