Unknown Coin And How To Clean Verdigris? | Tourist Copy

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futurshox New Member United States 34 Posts	Posted 01/31/2009 7:35 pm Hello, I have just come back from my friend's house where we have been examining her coin collection. She has this coin which we would love to know anything about, if someone can identify it. I doubt there is much hope for cleaning it but is there any way we can get rid of at least some of the verdigris? (Sorry about the picture quality, I grabbed these with my phone) Thank you! Edited by Sap 02/12/2009 07:11 am Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 01/31/2009 8:25 pm It's late Roman, But it's hard to say who it is until you remove the bronze diesase. This website has information on how to treat bronze disease. http://www.classicalcoins.com/bronze_disease.html Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16858 Posts	Posted 02/01/2009 04:30 am I assume it's quite large, if you can get nice, clear pics like that from a phone? I've seen several fake large Roman "coins" with this design - three Monetae standing. The fuzziness, flan cracks and pale blue "patina" covering this coin also do not fill me with confidence; I think it's a "tourist copy" from the Middle East. It's a copy of a large, scarce medallion of emperor Probus; here's a genuine example. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
futurshox New Member United States 34 Posts	Posted 02/01/2009 10:01 am Thanks for the info, it all sounds interesting regardless of whether it's a fake or not! It's about the same size as a half dollar, I guess. You can't quite see on these pictures but the edge of the coin looks like the metal has separated into stratae, or lamella. Report this Post to the Staff
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