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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3065367, member: 56859&quot;]Pretty coin!</p><p><br /></p><p>I agree with Jaelus regarding the general technique, although many swear by the vise method.&nbsp; Either way <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I wonder if a dealer would de-slab a coin for a customer.&nbsp; Perhaps not-- there is a risk to it and even if the coin isn&#039;t damaged in the process, the customer might claim so.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Okay <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; Here are a couple:</p><p><br /></p><p><i><i><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/lentulustriskeles-cr445-1b-rt-jpg.512107/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></i></i></p><p><b>Roman Republic, the Pompeians</b></p><p><b>L. Cornelius Lentulus and C. Claudius Marcellus</b></p><p>Military mint in the East (Apollonia and Asia), 49 BC</p><p>AR denarius, 19 mm, 3.8 gm</p><p>Obv: Triskeles, with winged head of Medusa facing at center; stalk of grain between each leg</p><p>Rev: Jupiter standing facing, head right, holding thunderbolt in right hand and eagle on left; LE(NT) (MAR) upward to left, COS upward to right</p><p>Ref: Crawford 445/1b; Sydenham 1029a</p><p><br /></p><p>Looks so much better in plastic-free images, doesn&#039;t it?</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/lentulusdenariusslabbedcomposite-jpg.744196/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><i><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/frugi-mercury-cr418-2b-rted-jpg.505197/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></i></p><p><b><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-different-frugi.279241/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-different-frugi.279241/">ROMAN REPUBLIC, M. Piso M.f. Frugi</a></b></p><p>58 BCE (redated from Crawford&#039;s 61 BCE by Hersh and Walker, 1984)</p><p>AR denarius, 20 mm, 3.94 gm</p><p>Obv: terminal bust of Mercury right, wearing winged diadem; calix below chin; to left, star above wreath; dotted border</p><p>Rev: M·PISO·M·F / FRVGI above secespita (sacrificial knife) and patera; all within laurel wreath</p><p>Ref: Crawford 418/2b; Sydenham 825; Calpurnia 23</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/crackouts27may2016-jpg.633825/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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