First Time Trying To Clean/Attribute Ancients

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Lembafc Valued Member Korea, Republic Of 489 Posts	Posted 10/11/2018 06:44 am I recently bought one of the many lots on ebay of the uncleaned Ancient Roman coins. My sons and I cleaned them up, but I found that its pretty hard to attribute them. This is the video of us trying. :) I have been collecting for nearly four years now and this was the most fun I have had with the hobby... like ever. I feel a new addiction coming! I am sure there are experts on here that can help us attribute them correctly. Let us know if we were wrong or not. :) Make sure to click the [b]Read More:[/b] Commems Collection button for English subs! 2P7GpSvf6J8 Edited by Lembafc 10/11/2018 06:45 am Report this Post to the Staff

jskirwin Pillar of the Community United States 616 Posts	Posted 10/11/2018 10:55 am Great video. I was surprised by the hangul. I thought ancient collectors were rare in America. They must be rarer in your neck of the woods. Excellent work. Please keep us posted on your progress. Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 10/11/2018 1:55 pm Very nice video. Report this Post to the Staff
gtkwml Valued Member United States 224 Posts	Posted 10/11/2018 7:56 pm This is a fantastic site for help with attribution. However, I don't like to bother these serious collectors with my corroded bronze too often, so I try other sites first. This is my favorite: http://numismatics.org/ocre/identify. Then once I'm pretty sure of the emperor I follow it up at http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/i.html Usually scan down in "thumbnail format". Note: Sometimes you have to refresh once or twice to get a connect. Report this Post to the Staff
gtkwml Valued Member United States 224 Posts	Posted 10/11/2018 7:59 pm OOOps. Take the period off the "numismatics" link before you try it. Report this Post to the Staff
Lembafc Valued Member Korea, Republic Of 489 Posts	Posted 10/12/2018 04:46 am Awesome! Thanks for the links! Report this Post to the Staff
Lembafc Valued Member Korea, Republic Of 489 Posts	Posted 10/14/2018 07:55 am @jskirwin I don't think there are many of any ancients collectors here lol I'm sure there is interest but it's expensive to ship stuff here. Luckily I have the Army Post Office :) Report this Post to the Staff
nuggethill Pillar of the Community Australia 1015 Posts	Posted 10/14/2018 09:05 am I enjoy your vids on metal detecting there always interesting, but one thing you will notice when cleaning old roman coins there will always be those odd coins that you won't be able to attribute because of ware,after many years of cleaning coins I'm still trying to attribute coins in my collection that is the ones that are worn beyond identification. cheers Harry Edited by nuggethill 10/14/2018 09:07 am Report this Post to the Staff
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