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Ask and ye shall receive! The coin is 29 mm wide and weighs 9.30 g.
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Very nice BIG coin ACG! Like the patina and detail. I don't have any that large.
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Another great coin! ... Quote:
Genius standing left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, liquid flowing from patera in right hand, cornucopia left ... wow, there are a couple of words in that reverse-description that I'm gonna have to go reserach!! Modius Chalmys Patera => thanks for the cool chore!! (keep-up the good work!!) |
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Awesome info, TJ => good job!!  I offered-up the soft set and then you spiked that volleyball over the net, big-time! => well-played!!  |
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#8:  Caracalla, Nikopolis ad Istrum 196 - 217 A.D. Obv: AV K M AVP ANTΩNINOC, laureate head right Rev: NIKOΠOΛITΩN ΠPOC ICT, eagle standing on a thunderbolt, head right, wreath in its beak I got this coin in an uncleaned lot about two years ago. It was completely covered in cement-like dirt and it took many months in olive oil with frequent scrubs to get it the way it is now. There is still dirt remaining on the coin but I do not want to remove it because I don't want to risk damaging the patina. The color in this picture is close to the actual emerald-green color in real life. Since this coin I have not gotten any more provincials in uncleaned lots.
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yacg, Coin #8 is awesome, to find this coin in a uncleaned lot must got you excited, the lot I got, I'm still finding different coins every day. it's a lot of work to clean them!!  Where do you buy your unclean coin's ? like this one, I like to get some more unclean coin's, but I would like to get a nice coin like this when I'm done...... You did a very good job...keep'em coming.... |
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Thanks Eng! I buy my uncleaned coins from two places: ebay (if you know what to look for) and dirtyoldcoins.com. Both have good lots that tend to yield nice coins. I think dirtyoldcoins.com is much better and certainly more reliable. |
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Very nice coin, I really like the eagle reverse.
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Hi, ancientcoin20yrold ... well, you certainly continue to impress, first with your coins and second with your great attention to your viewers and their replys ... => number #8 is another winner!! (ya gotta love the animal coins, eh? ... oh, wait a minute, is a bird an animal? ... yah, sure it is ... maybe?) ... anyway ... here is where I would have posted a photo of a bird with a human head, or something along those lines (man, I've gotta figure-out how to use photo-bucket, lickety-split!!) => hot thread and beauty coins, acg |
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Great details on the obv and eagle reverse! Nice coin
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Thanks guys.  I have a question for y'all. Do you think I should try to get the rest of the dirt off of the coin? |
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20acg => I would love to look really bright here, but sadly I have "never" cleaned a single coin, so all I can say is: "huh, I dunno?"  ... oh, but I should also say "hey thanks", to all of you dudes that actually clean coins ... => patience is a virtue (sadly, I'm not that good at a few of the virtues!!) => a20cg => I think your coin looks hot, but I admit that it still has some sand on it ... but obviously it must get more stressful at this stage, not wanting to screw-up all of the work that you've already sunk into your coin, eh? ... risky business Cheers ... you seem like a very good head (I'm sure that you'll figure-out this assignment, Mr Bond) ... insert photo-bucket photo here Edited by stevex6
06/10/2012 7:51 pm
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#9:  Constantius II, London 324 - 325 A.D. Obv: FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C, laureate, draped, and curiassed bust right Rev: PROVIDENTIAE CAESS, camp gate with two turrets, star above PLON in exergue. This coin was a gift from bobby. I love it very much and it holds a very high position in my collection. It also happens to be my only coin from London.
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yacg, Coin # 8,I do like it the way it is, but I would try cleaning it just a little more, I went back to my Nerva and did some tune up and came out much better.... Coin # 9 is very cool, well centered, surface is even, with great color. I was going through my pile and I have found 2 camp gate coin's, might try to get a pic up to.. |
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