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New Member
South Africa
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I could not get enough info off the coin to even try to google this. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks   Identified - moved to Ancients forum - Sap |
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Moderator
 United States
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It appears to be a Roman coin of the emperor Claudius II 268-270 AD.
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New Member
 South Africa
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Hello echichenzo
Thank you -I have been able to find a similar image on the internet. But it does not appear to have the "S" at the feet of minerva. Should I look further.
Another thing, as a beginner I understand that coins should not be cleaned , but is there some point in trying to remove some of the grunge. Or should it stay as it is.
Also, has it any value in this state.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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As a beginner, it would be very hard to clean this one without detracting from it's value.
Most ancient coins have to be cleaned after they dug up. It is a very risky business to clean any ancient coin, and those that are cleaned, even by the professionals, suffer risk of serious damage. That is a commercial risk they always have to take. Mostly they win, but quite often, they don't, even with the knowledge they have.
You as a customer in the secondary ancient market, have already paid for that risk, when you but an ancient coin.
The professionals sometimes just do not see that the effort is justified in cleaning a freshly dug up coin, and so market these as uncleaned coins. You can have a lot of fun cleaning up low valued late Roman bronzes, by taking on that risk yourself.
Edited by sel_69l
09/05/2012 09:11 am
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Do a little research on cleaning ancient coins, Aspro. Obviously if the surface is completely obscured, there's no point in leaving the coin covered. In your case, the crud actually improves the readability of the coin's features, so I would advise not continuing with too much cleaning. How much is too much? When the original surface of the coin plus the patina is damaged.
If you do decide to continue the cleaning remember that the four main ingredients for ancient coin cleaning are 1) olive oil, 2) distilled water, 3) something non-metallic that will not harm the coin (such as a wooden toothpick or plastic pick, and ... 4) tons of patience.
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New Member
South Africa
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Thank you for taking the time to give me such considered responses. I will do more researh but I feel that I will probably leave it as it is. I dont have the tons of patience pls mentioned.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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New Member
South Africa
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Yes - that is it. Thanks. I've done a bit of reading but I have not found the meaning of the "S" under minerva. Can anyone help.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I believe the "S" stands for Secunda as in the second officina where this coin was minted.
Regards,
-Kurt
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New Member
South Africa
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Thank you - I will do some more reading
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