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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roerbakmix, post: 4103067, member: 100731&quot;]Hi, welcome to the dark side <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>You ask a few questions:</p><p>1) should you clean coins &gt;&gt; this depends. I regularly clean silver coins. Most improved, some did not improve, and a few became worse. Over time, you&#039;ll get more experienced, and recognize which will improve, and which won&#039;t. I regard cleaning as an extra dimension to collection. It&#039;s not frowned upon in the Ancients section (it is in the modern section though). </p><p>2) are solar crowns worn by usurpers? Solar or rostral crowns are related to the denomination: i.e. denarius (no crown) vs. antonianus (rostral crown). Not sure whether this is still the same in the late roman bronze. </p><p>3) your first coin should be ID-able. Perhaps try <a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/identify" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/identify" rel="nofollow">http://numismatics.org/ocre/identify</a> </p><p>4) your first coin looks bronze to me. </p><p>5) damage usually dramatically affects the coin price</p><p>6) the other coin (looks Arabian) is as clean as it gets</p><p>7) Alexander drachms are common, and indeed, may be false. Given time, you will recognize the differences (but still, I recently bought a very fake Caracalla denarius).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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