Information On These 5 Roman Coins

the problem is with my camera,i can't get a very good picture .
after 20 atempts these were the best..its not shown in the pics
but these coins are bright

The second coin is not ancient. It is what we refer to as an "uncleaned fake". There are modern fakes made in modern times to flesh out uncleanded coin lots.

I have included images of other examples below for comparison.



More information on these can be found below.

http://www.lunalucifera.com/ModernFakes/index.html

Regards,
Martin

Zapping is the term used to described the electrolysis cleaning technique, which is quite brutal and strips all the patina from the coin and taking it back to the bare metal. The results are not what most ancient coin collectors look for. The patina is part of the coin that has built up over the years and this process removes it. The bare metal underneath is often in poor condition and can be quite rough to the touch. Most bronze coins are cleaned by slowly cleaning the coin by soaking them in olive oil or distilled water to penetrate the dirt layers and then gently removing the dirt from the coin whilst maintaining the patina.
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Martin

I can't add to much to this thread as Maridunum has said it all though I can post a few photo's of a couple of coins one just a little over cleaned and one just cleaned enough

this is the coin a little over cleaned




and this one just cleaned enough




as you can see the patina makes it a more attractive coin

P.S.there are those coins with desert patina these I leave the desert patina alone as they look great as they are

Edited for the P.S.
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