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Bing Pillar of the Community United States 4253 Posts	Posted 01/12/2012 7:30 pm I have had this Domitian AE As for some time and never did anything with it until yesterday. I soaked it for a few hours in olive oil and after removing it, I cleaned a little with a pick. Then re-soaked the coin overnight and throughout today, periodically taking it out and working on removing some of the encrustation. There is still a small amount of encrustation behind the head and on the neck, but I wanted to show the results. The first image is what it looked like yesterday while the second image is what it looks like now. Report this Post to the Staff

VisigothKing Pillar of the Community United States 4778 Posts	Posted 01/12/2012 7:50 pm Much better than how it looked before. Nice job jw! Report this Post to the Staff
oxos Valued Member United States 422 Posts	Posted 01/12/2012 9:41 pm Nice JW! The slow method is the only way to go. I have been working on another batch of uncleans I received recently and am going v..e..r..y slow. The results are much better than the first go around. I'll be posting some this weekend. Report this Post to the Staff
oxos Valued Member United States 422 Posts	Posted 01/12/2012 9:42 pm BTW, what kind of pick did you use? Report this Post to the Staff
DVCollector Bedrock of the Community United States 10045 Posts	Posted 01/12/2012 10:00 pm Was it really that bright green? I know how you like patina, but that's something else. The portrait looks much better after your work! Report this Post to the Staff
Bing Pillar of the Community United States 4253 Posts	Posted 01/12/2012 10:47 pm Quote: Was it really that bright green? It was that green and I thought it was an awful looking coin. The portrait looked like skelitor or something out of a horror movie. Then I just decided yesterday to see what I could do with it. I'm very pleased with the product so far. I wish the obverse legend was complete. There are several coins that have Fortuna reverse, but it depends on the COS number on the obverse in order to determine which RIC number applies. But short of taking off the patina (which ain't gonna happen), I don't think anyone can make it out. Also notice the nose on this Domitian compared to the one posted by JangoFett on another thread. This coin was struck while Domitian was Emperor while the others were struck either when his father Vespasian or his brother Titus were in power. Very interesting. As Doug said, the Romans must have had pretty good plastic surgery. Report this Post to the Staff
VisigothKing Pillar of the Community United States 4778 Posts	Posted 01/12/2012 10:48 pm Quote: Was it really that bright green? I know how you like patina, but that's something else. Yeah, I was surprised also at how bright green it was. Was it radioactive jw? Report this Post to the Staff
jessvc1 Pillar of the Community United States 2596 Posts	Posted 01/13/2012 02:55 am You did a good job at cleaning this one up JW, very nice coin Report this Post to the Staff
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