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Hello everyone, I had from some time, a suberate denarius of Mark Antony and Octavian's triunvirate. Unfortunately, very ruined, missing a significant piece, the whole face of Mark Antony on one side. I could leave as it was but to pass time I decided to try to rebuild it for fun. I took polymer clay and I reconstructed the missing piece of money, then I sanded with coarse sandpaper, then with a needle and small pieces of polymer clay I rebuilt under the lens face and legends. Then I went for fine sandpaper,and colored with graphite powder and silver staining. The result is not perfect, but at least gives an idea of how the coin was originally, then I am not a sculptor or engraver so I did what I can, at least I enjoyed it, what do you think? I put the photos where red marks added show the missing piece.     Edited by giano
12/08/2011 04:58 am
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pics taken wit another light,maybe better looking......   |
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looks almost like they did before they got damaged, at least you have a couple nice coins for your collection. sounds like it was a fun project.
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I would say you captured the feel of te portrait very well. The letters strike me as less accurate but probably most people would not be bothered by them on a coin with so much circulation damage. The originals of these (see behind the head) usually show more pronounced balls at the end of the lines that make up the letters. I believer the die cutters worked by cutting dots where the corners would be and then connecting the dots. My image is bad looking from breaks in the plating but might serve to compare for style. I would say you made something worth filling a space in your collection out of what first appeared to be nothing and should be proud of your accomplishments.  |
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I'm impressed. I don't have that kind of patience. Yes, it's not perfect, but it's not bad either. If you enjoyed doing this it's even better.
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Hi thanks a lot for reply,to be honest it was really a hard work,it take nearly 5 days and several hours,but as I say I try to do it for joke an for fun....I know maybe is better the portrait than legendas....but it's really difficult put a little piece of polimer to make a letter with a needle under a light with the lens....usually I hate fake coins but in this case it's not a fake ,I think I can consider this like a self made restoration....and now even if bit different mark antony has a new face....
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That's a great job restoring that coin. If you wanted to do a joke, put a modern face on the coin. lol
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I write joke because I was not sure to able to do something good.....  however these are the two coins I take as model for this work....there are a lot of different styles about this coin and I take a bit from one a bit from another....   |
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You did an excellent job, that took a lot of time and hard work to get the coin to look so good.
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Very nice. You had nothing to lose by reconstructing it, and as a result you made it look even better. Nice job!
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thanks even to echizento and jango for reply,unfortunately this coin was very ruined and I think nearly without value,I remember I take it years ago because have a coin with octavian and mark antony in the same piece isn't so common....during years I try to buy another better but I wasn't able to find this coin to my abitual sellers.....
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