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<p>[QUOTE="+VGO.DVCKS, post: 7940175, member: 110504"][USER=125206]@JJ Walker[/USER], you're starting out the same way nearly all of us did. The experimental phase doesn't just <i>count</i>; it's almost the required undergraduate course. Those of us who haven't done this were born with a silver Brutus 'Eid Mar' denarius in our mouth.</p><p>Regarding cleaning, [USER=104887]@Broucheion[/USER] nailed it. To closely paraphrase him, attribution (along with researching what's known of the historical context), and cleaning are two completely different skill sets. I remain in abject terror of trying to clean anything. ...Just because, unlike several people who've posted about it here, I don't have a grain of aptitude for anything as left brain as that. To [USER=75143]@hotwheelsearl[/USER]'s point, some people know how this is done. Anecdotally or not, I'm Not one of 'em.</p><p>([USER=100731]@Roerbakmix[/USER], I'm That Much on your page about having 'graduated' from Ancients to Medievals. Right, not for the faint of heart! :<} )[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="+VGO.DVCKS, post: 7940175, member: 110504"][USER=125206]@JJ Walker[/USER], you're starting out the same way nearly all of us did. The experimental phase doesn't just [I]count[/I]; it's almost the required undergraduate course. Those of us who haven't done this were born with a silver Brutus 'Eid Mar' denarius in our mouth. Regarding cleaning, [USER=104887]@Broucheion[/USER] nailed it. To closely paraphrase him, attribution (along with researching what's known of the historical context), and cleaning are two completely different skill sets. I remain in abject terror of trying to clean anything. ...Just because, unlike several people who've posted about it here, I don't have a grain of aptitude for anything as left brain as that. To [USER=75143]@hotwheelsearl[/USER]'s point, some people know how this is done. Anecdotally or not, I'm Not one of 'em. ([USER=100731]@Roerbakmix[/USER], I'm That Much on your page about having 'graduated' from Ancients to Medievals. Right, not for the faint of heart! :<} )[/QUOTE]
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