NEWP - AE22 of Arados

AE22, 6.88g, 12h
Obv.: Turreted head of Tyche r., palm branch over shoulder.
Rev.: [AP], Poseidon seated l. on prow with figurehead of Athena Promachos, holding wreath and trident; Aradian date 130/29 BC in exergue.
Reference: HGC 10, 78; Duryat 2005, nos. 2237-2438



I'm aware that the deposits on the reverse could be BD, but I bought it anyway. It's one of the best examples of the type I've seen and if it is suffering from BD, it needs to be conserved. This coin should not be lost for lack of conservation. Will keep y'all posted when it arrives.

 

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Very nice portrait JA. Hopefully it's not BD, but if it is, you can cure it before any more damage is done.

 

It is a pretty coin, but even this nice and if it was $10 I would have skimmed past it due to the possible BD. I have no patience to try and conserve anymore. Most of the time it fails. Hence why I wont buy Potins in my tetradrachm phase.

 

I've managed to cure a few coins, so I'm not worried about it. But I also suspect the image is lightened quite a bit, giving the deposits that fluorescent color that looks like BD. I think the coin is actually much darker, and I'm hoping the green spots are just mineral deposits.

 

More than once I've bought coins I thought might have BD for it to turn out to be just mineral deposits. Keeping my fingers crossed and my thumbs tucked as they say in Germany.

 

Very nice piece JA, good luck with the BD.

 

Arados is modern-day Arwad, a tiny island off the coast of Syria that played a important role in ancient history. Read about it here.

 

That's a tiny little place.

 

Yes, tiny, but important. And it presents a coin collector with a great deal of variety and interest. There's the Persian Period (5th to 4th centuries BC), the Hellenistic Coinage (late 4th to 1st centuries BC), the Seleucid coinage minted in the city (which was renamed Antiochia in Pieria), various autonomous issues, and then all the Roman Provincial coins. There's a nice overview of the types at Wildwinds.

 

Did someone say Arados...
Beautiful coin Big John, hoping that's just some green deposits.
I have the same image of Tyche on a silver coin..

Greek..
Phoenicia, Arados
AR Tetradrachm
Obv.Turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche right.
Rev.Nike standing left, holding aplustre and plam.
Dated CY 160 (100/99 BC.)
29mm x 14.97g.

This a new photo...

 

that was my first thought as well, it has kind of a "shiny" look to it...makes me think it isn't BD.
it's a very nice lookin' coin JA, it's a cool reverse and the tyche looks great.

 

Very nice!

 

Hey folks, this coin arrived today, and the green spots are, in fact, BD. But I bought it knowing full well that I might have to conserve it. I've removed most of the BD as you can see from the pic, but the last little bit is stubborn. I find that a long soak in distilled water tends to loosen it up, and that's where the coin is now. This is not much of a problem as far as BD goes, and this coin is far too nice (and rare) to simply discard without some attempt at conservation.



Once the deposits are completely gone, it'll soak for another month, then I bake it completely dry. If a year goes by without a recurrence of the BD, I'll add a drop of copper darkener to the exposed bits of bronze.

 

Too bad, that sucks ...

I agree with Mat => I don't go near bronze disease (or any disease!!)

Oh, but the coin sure is sweet, so I'm really hoping that your medical-skills cure that funk!! (I'm a big fan, JA => you've got this!!)

 

I'm not the least bit disappointed, actually. I got the coin at a substantial discount, probably because every collector that saw it said, "BD! Run!" I've managed to save a few nice coins that were much worse off than this one.

 

JA, do you use verdi-care?

... ummm oh, I meant on "your coins"

 

Yes, I do, but you've got to clean every trace of the BD off first, then dry them.

 

Phoenicia, Arados
21mm
7.30g
Tyche/Poseidon
No BD or VD

 

Here 's a tiny Greek coin with clear Phoenician lettering on reverse. The top of the reverse shows also the Phoenician letter " Alef" or Alpha in Greek. Th obverse shows a poor image of Zeus ( I believe ) . Charles