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Pillar of the Community
United States
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When tackling these problems there are always several options to choose from. There is the old fashioned way of course and with a truly valuable artifact I would certainly go that route. In this case the coin set me back all of $11 plus a fiver for shipping. So I did it my way Before    Galerius as Caesar 9.98 grams 26-7mm uncertain mint possibly London   Both camera exposures were the same with a 'dash' of brightening done on the computer. |
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Moderator
 United States
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I like it better cleaned. What did you use?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4778 Posts |
My Constantius from London looks a lot like the before photos with the green encrustations, and have been trying to figure out how exactly to clean it, so I am also curious as to how you cleaned your coin.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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If I told you I would have to ........
Never mind
Message me. Procedure is not fool proof.
I have outlined the process before to negative reviews.
But I will give details only to a private audience
Sorry
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Pillar of the Community
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Nice result.
Still some 'green' visible though. You are trying to remove that as well or just inactivate it?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3438 Posts |
Green surface nodules are not BD. Most bronzes will get a green oxidation unless they have a hard surface patina (sometimes green !).
In this case the goal was to remove most if not all of the surface material.
I must confess I actually feel asleep and woke up with quite a start when I realized 3 hours had elapsed.
I feared the 'wurst' !
Fortunately the coin survived the ordeal.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4964 Posts |
wow, what a fantastic result!
did the metal darken as well? looks like those "raw" bronze highlights are black now?
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Pillar of the Community
Netherlands
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A very good result and an excellent coin!
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Valued Member
Germany
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Excellent job !  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Coin looks wayyyyy better than before. Love your title  |
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Valued Member
Canada
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FR - I'd love to know your technique for cleaning. I'm still experimenting - I bought my sonicator, and a lab shaker.
I'll send you a pm
mark
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New Member
United States
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FR,
Nice cleaning job.
Doug
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Pillar of the Community
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O.K. I am just a beginner here but how did you get Galerius out of Maximianus?
I haven't learnt this yet?
(PM on the way on the other.)
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The emperor Maximianus was raised to 'supreme' power by his friend and fellow 'Generalissimo' Diocletian. When the tetrarchy was formed each emperor took on a junior 'Caesar' to do the heavy lifting. Galerius adopted the name Galerius Valerius Maximianus. On his coinage as Caesar he is referred to as Maximianus Caesar. Later when he became a senior Augustus the title read GAL VAL MAXIMINAVS AVG. The simplest thing to remember is that the senior Maximianus never held the rank of Caesar. Ergo any coin with the legend of MAXIMIANVS CAESAR is Galerius !
I remember being confused by the titles myself when I was younger !
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Posted 02/19/2015 6:16 pm
