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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Robert L Sanders, post: 2620634, member: 84591&quot;]Hey everyone.&nbsp; First post.&nbsp; I thought it&#039;d be fun to buy some dirty ancient coins, clean them up and then identify how old they were and where they came from.&nbsp; The joy would be in discovering who or what was on the coins under the dirt and stuff.&nbsp; So I purchased 100 coins for $100.00.&nbsp; I&#039;ve soaked them in distilled water for a few weeks, taking them out now and then to brush them with an old toothbrush and change the water.&nbsp; After doing some research, it looks like all of them are in very poor/worn condition and are unidentifiable but I&#039;ve been able to identify a few: Constantinopolis 333-334, Constantin II 324-325, Divus Claudius II 266, Constantine The Great 307-337, Gallienus Antoninianus 260-268 and Allectus 287-296.&nbsp; All of the coins look better when they&#039;re wet and appear dirty and illegible when dry.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reason for this post is the identification of one of the better coins.&nbsp; I think it&#039;s Valentinian 364-375 with Victory on the reverse holding a wreath.&nbsp; Let me know what you think.&nbsp; I apologize for the poor photo quality.&nbsp; I took a bunch and those are the best.&nbsp; I may have ruined it with cleaning but I can&#039;t imagine it was worth anything beforehand.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here the coin is after soaking two days and then being brushed with the toothbrush:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z130/casionerd/DSC05097_zpsgxeokrui.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z130/casionerd/DSC05102_zpspqrlxu9w.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the coin after soaking a week or so with periodic toothbrush scrubbing.&nbsp; There&#039;s a bump on the reverse just above the &quot;A&quot; that I was sure was a chunk of dirt so I scrubbed and scrubbed it until realizing it&#039;s part of the coin and I&#039;d rubbed off some of the patina (whoops):</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z130/casionerd/DSC05111_zpsci3o6xpc.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z130/casionerd/DSC05116_zpshieosysw.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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