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<p>[QUOTE="otlichnik, post: 5300932, member: 109731"]I agree with Doug. That coin is cleaned and display-ready. It is very attractive with the faint light green "glow" around the details.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the green spots, they are almost certainly small hard bits of malachite. Under a magnifying glass they should look like tiny bits of green bottle glass stuck to the surface. If so, they are entirely harmless. You should poke some vigorously with a toothpick or bamboo BBQ skewer to make sure that are not soft. But these malachite bits are extremely common on second century sestertii.</p><p><br /></p><p>SC[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="otlichnik, post: 5300932, member: 109731"]I agree with Doug. That coin is cleaned and display-ready. It is very attractive with the faint light green "glow" around the details. As for the green spots, they are almost certainly small hard bits of malachite. Under a magnifying glass they should look like tiny bits of green bottle glass stuck to the surface. If so, they are entirely harmless. You should poke some vigorously with a toothpick or bamboo BBQ skewer to make sure that are not soft. But these malachite bits are extremely common on second century sestertii. SC[/QUOTE]
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