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CCF Advertiser
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Moderator
United States
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Looks like ET.  "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Moderator
United States
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Based on size and weight it would most likely be a Roman denarius of some type, beyond that without cleaning offsome of the crude good luck with an ID.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Pity it's over the ocean - I suspect the postage would outstrip the cost of the coin if I went for it.
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CCF Advertiser
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Domestic $2, UK $12 if you are curious. I always lose money domestically and with the new state taxes sometimes my Canada people paying $8 do better than people in NYC or Washington State bizarrely enough. For higher end coins of course is the only time that happens.
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CCF Advertiser
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You know, the open question is if you have major encrustation like that but the silver below was high enough grade, can a case be made removing the encrustation will be easier than removing it from bronze as the two most noble metals I know are silver and gold so silver is pretty happy in the zero oxidation state and may not have permanently bound to the surface atoms as easily as the much more active copper would in bronze. Like the patina of the bronze would be almost seamless in a continuation of atoms right into the encrustation, whereas the silver oxide patina of normal silver coins might be more stable.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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I have found silver is easier to clean, but that is because I never attempt to retain the patina. Perhaps we don't try to keep it because the layer is thin (as you say, a bit more stable) and the surfaces are usually good underneath. Here, I think the encrustation is substantially cuprous material from the coin's fabric, so the surfaces might be a bit rough. In this case, it might even be appropriate to electrolyse the encrustation off...presumably, enough metal will have been leeched to significantly impact the integrity of the fabric, so mechanical means are probably inappropriate.
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Pillar of the Community
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Uncleaned ancient silver coins are such a treat. Let us know when you list it. You know you'll have at least one bidder n me.
Paul Bulgerin
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CCF Advertiser
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Paul, about 3 days left. I can't link to my auctions. You can click on my name etc...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Thanks. My bid is in.
Paul Bulgerin
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I didn't get it, but if the winning bidder is a CCF member I hope that we get to see what was hiding under all the encrustations.
Paul Bulgerin
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