Ancient Roman Coin Theodosius - Experts ID This As Claudius

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GR58 Bedrock of the Community United States 11951 Posts	Posted 08/02/2014 9:45 pm Small coin, the envelope says it is a Theodosius. To me it looks like it has R2D2 on it. After first application of Verdi-care Edited by GR58 08/03/2014 09:52 am Report this Post to the Staff

Victor Pillar of the Community United States 905 Posts	Posted 08/02/2014 10:10 pm it is not Theodosius, it is Claudius. Claudius AE Quadrans A.D. 42 TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG, legend surrounding Modius. PON M TRP IMP COS DES IT around S C Rome mint RIC 84 Report this Post to the Staff
FVRIVS RVFVS Pillar of the Community United States 3445 Posts	Posted 08/02/2014 11:34 pm Oh my ...... Not only is a quadrans of Claudius it is an XF to boot ! These little beasties are not generally so crisp ! Someone has definitely mixed up the envelopes. XF first century Roman coinage is veeeery nice to have. You can always find a decent 'Theo' anytime you want on ebay. But a Claudius of this quality is a rare find. And one you might expect to pay significant money for. This more than makes up for the Philip which was ........ Hasty Report this Post to the Staff
FVRIVS RVFVS Pillar of the Community United States 3445 Posts	Posted 08/02/2014 11:46 pm The R2D2 thing you are seeing is a Roman 'modius' which was a container used to measure out units of grain. Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 08/03/2014 08:36 am Very nice find. I see a bit of bronze disease on the surface that needs to be treated before it does more damage. Report this Post to the Staff
Whizb4ng Pillar of the Community Canada 579 Posts	Posted 08/03/2014 11:12 am The Bronze disease would worry me a bit. Verdi-Chem seals the coin as well as remove the verdigris doesn't it? Without removing all of the BD it would just seal the remaining BD in and allow it to continue to progress slowly. Report this Post to the Staff
chrsmat71 Pillar of the Community United States 4973 Posts	Posted 08/03/2014 12:09 pm great details on that one...nice indeed. the bd worries me as well, hopefully the verdi-care takes care of it. be sure to take a peek at that one every couple weeks for so an sure it isn't on the move again. which reminds me...i have one I need to take a look at myself. Report this Post to the Staff
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