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Here is a handful (20-30, really haven't counted them) of ancient Roman/Greek coins I've had soaking in olive oil for the past few months. Think this afternoon would be a good time to start cleaning and IDing them. From what I can tell they are all copper or bronze and vary greatly in size. The olive oil didn't cause the grime to flake off like I thought it would but I haven't started aggressively cleaning them yet. Take Care Ben  |
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Clean ancients can be tough work.
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I have some of these as well that I thought would be cool. I was told patience is the most useful tool needed for cleaning ancients.
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United States
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Looks like you have done a pretty good job with the olive oil. Have you thought of any other cleaner-? I've heard of some people using apple-cider vinegar then olive oil- and back again to the vinegar? I tried it on Steel cents- with some success. Dewey
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Hi Ben, some of those definitely look ready for some light scrubbing, your patience will definitely have paid off here!
Nice range of coinage, I see a large Follis, a couple antoninianii (the one on the right looks like Gallienus), a nice Ae2 sized Fel Temp... almost all of those coins should be attritutable. Make sure to post some pictures of the coins when they are finished.
Peter
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try disttiled water. I hear from alot of ancient people that it works very well. I guess the water is lacking minerals and there for it eats away at the gunk.. LOng soaks
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Edited by Bonedigger
08/14/2006 06:10 am
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Nice can you get these clumps of ancients cheep I would like to do more w/ the ancients I have bought the few I do have from Forvm. I stoped buying because of the hugh amount of paypal problems I was having, still to this day I have not gotten it figured out
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Like just about anything else on ebay. You have to get there first and be lucky... Ben |
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Hi Bonedigger,
Nice work, I was expecting to see an ancient coin, so was obviously surprised to see a 1 year old coin from Canada! Did you find this coin whilst metal detecting?
Peter
Edited by greekandromancoins
08/14/2006 04:22 am
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quote:
Originally posted by greekandromancoins
Hi Bonedigger,
Nice work, I was expecting to see an ancient coin, so was obviously surprised to see a 1 year old coin from Canada! Did you find this coin whilst metal detecting?
Peter
I corrected the link. Which one were you reffering to when you mentioned the Canadian coin. I haven't posted any. |
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I get an American 1898 gold double eagle clicking that link... The only ancients in your album #1 at the moment are an Elagabalus tetradrachm (file#12) and a Trajan Decius antoninianus (file#9). I think they're both cool, by the way.  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
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Originally posted by Sap
I get an American 1898 gold double eagle clicking that link...
The only ancients in your album #1 at the moment are an Elagabalus tetradrachm (file#12) and a Trajan Decius antoninianus (file#9). I think they're both cool, by the way.
Chuckle, try this. This is the one I was talking about. I have a few more than those in my various folders as well. Thanks for looking  |
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What SAp said Is what I got too!! > I do some what recognise the ancient thought I believe it is one of few to depict Jesus
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Ah. A Byzantine later-period follis. Technically not "ancient" - Byzantine are generally considered "mediaeval".
This is actually a pretty good example of an "anonymous" follis. From around 970 to 1060 and often even later, Imperial bronzes bore only inscriptions and images of Christ, rather than the emperor. This is a "type C" variety, attributed to the reign of Michael IV. Sear #1825.
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
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