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<p>[QUOTE="furryfrog02, post: 3159799, member: 41219"]These are the latest 2 to come out of the lot of uncleaned coins I bought a few weeks ago. They were severely encrusted and my nylon brush wasn't cutting the mustard. I bought a brass bristled brush off amazon and WOW did it do wonders. These still have some spots that are dirty but I don't want to scrub them any more with the brush for fear of damaging the patina.</p><p>Does anyone have any suggestions?</p><p><br /></p><p>Constantius II</p><p>FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C, laureate, cuirassed bust right</p><p>GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS, two soldiers holding spears and shields with one standard between them with o on banner</p><p>Unfortunately I can't make out the mintmark on this one. I believe it is from Siscia though.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]810726[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Constantine II </p><p>CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate, cuirassed bust right </p><p>GLORIA EXERCITVS, two soldiers holding spears and shields on either side of two standards</p><p>Mintmark Epsilon SIS</p><p>[ATTACH=full]810727[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="furryfrog02, post: 3159799, member: 41219"]These are the latest 2 to come out of the lot of uncleaned coins I bought a few weeks ago. They were severely encrusted and my nylon brush wasn't cutting the mustard. I bought a brass bristled brush off amazon and WOW did it do wonders. These still have some spots that are dirty but I don't want to scrub them any more with the brush for fear of damaging the patina. Does anyone have any suggestions? Constantius II FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C, laureate, cuirassed bust right GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS, two soldiers holding spears and shields with one standard between them with o on banner Unfortunately I can't make out the mintmark on this one. I believe it is from Siscia though. [ATTACH=full]810726[/ATTACH] Constantine II CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate, cuirassed bust right GLORIA EXERCITVS, two soldiers holding spears and shields on either side of two standards Mintmark Epsilon SIS [ATTACH=full]810727[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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