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Gallienus Pax Avg Siscia

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 Posted 07/04/2017  07:38 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Finn235 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
More from the same lot, but this one might be a keeper for my portrait collection--one of the strongest I have seen for this emperor!

GALLIENVS AVG, Radiate head right
PAX AVG, S-I across fields
RIC 575 (common)

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Needs a soak to get that encrustation off the reverse... opinions on olive oil vs. distilled water for this one?
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@finn, the question of which solvent to start with has been an ongoing discussion over the US coin area. Here is an early thread from @BadThad, where he suggests one potential pathway:

http://goccf.com/t/39932

Obviously, removing encrustations from 2000 yo coins is a little different from removing spots on a modern coin, but this might be a good starting place.
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With four house guests from out of town this past week, I haven't been able to keep with the posts as much as I would like - but I have caught some of these gold nuggets you've panned from the lot, Steve. Congrats. Good looking coin.

I do wonder, though: do you think there may be any tooling of the beard and hair on this one?
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