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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 3915636, member: 96898&quot;]I&#039;d leave Caracalla alone if I were you. He has got a history of not taking kindly to people messing around with him. Just ask Geta if you&#039;d like to know more...</p><p><br /></p><p>(Seriously, I wouldn&#039;t try to remove the small and non-distracting deposits on this beautiful antoninianus. Any attempt at household remedy chemical cleaning would probably just cause grave damage to its otherwise very attractive sufaces.)</p><p><br /></p><p>As stated above, there are two Republican coin types showing a triga, yours (RRC 299/1) and the C. Naevius Balbus denarius serratus (RRC 382/1). Here is a fourrée of the latter, showing that contrary to some modern theories, serration wasn&#039;t an effective anti-forgery measure:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1032071[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Roman Republic, moneyer C. Naevius Balbus, denarius serratus (fourée), 79 BC, prototype from Rome mint. Obv: Diademed head of Venus right, SC behind. Rev: Victory in triga right, C NAE BALB in exergue. Ref: Crawford 382/1. 16mm, 3.11g.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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