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  1. hotwheelsearl
    Now you gotta show it lol
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    Here are two of my favorite Jupiters. An oriental Gallienus with neat PXV exergue - to Jupiter the Protector. A very cartoonish Postumus from Cologne, with typical Spaghetti Style. To Jupiter the Victor.
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    I only have a few, but my favorite is this holed limes denarius. The hole appears to have been made in antuiquity. This indicates that at some point in the past, someone felt like this was an important enough coin to pierce and wear around their neck. That is worth more than any monetary value in my opinion.
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    The main place I see major tooling is the 4 o’clock on the obverse, where it’s obvious a large chunk of metal was removed in favor of carving letters🧐
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    Gotta say that’s probably a Tacitus. Looks great underneath
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    Now I'm scared. This is one of the nicest Faustinas I've ever seen. Is it legit?
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    My avatar coin is this amazing Hermes of Diadumenian. So sad about the face though, a good face with that patina and condition would have been quite the coin. I have a couple E-gabs, but probably the finest in style is this lovely little guy. The delicate rendering of the facial features is something else. Again, too bad about the patina breaks, but it does give it a measure of character.
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    My guess with silver base and greenish deposits, that various solutions of sodium hydroxide, acetic acid, and sodium thiosulfate probably did the trick
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    Looks like horn silver to me, not a fourree - those tend to have more brownish/reddish areas if silver has worn away. However, not always, but I don't seem to see any evidence of break in the silver layer
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    Not a whole lot of deets showing here, but based on head shape, I'm leaning to Vitellius possibly RPC 1616 or 1617, or is this just wishful thinking? 24mm, 3.8g
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    Makes sense. The “walk like an Egyptian” stance threw me off
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    Well here's an imitation, not sure what the original is though...
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    Considering what appear to be small bowls on the corners, possible for oils or incense, I’d reckon this is a sort of ritual altar or offering platform.
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    I love how Tetricus always has the most naturalistic portrait, but I guess they pawned off the reverses on the junior guys. Also, the flans are often atrocious.
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    Well I couldn’t download the PDF. Generally though, sodium hydroxide is a good solution. Often strips off whatever panting was present though. Ren wax tends not to allow the coin to really patinate naturally, but will allow some details to pop.
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    In a pinch, Indian naan bread (international frozen section), in the toaster oven works wonders. Get some Kalamata or Queen olives, extra virgin olive oil (spiked with minced garlic).
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    I don’t understand the draw of Slabs, especially for ancients. Isn’t the whole draw to feel the history?
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    Kinda like how the Bosporan coins slowly degraded in style until they were all but unrecognizable. I wonder why that seems to happen across the ancient world; they start off nice in style, and degrade to the level of stylization.
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    Neat. I only have a few of Augustus; probably my best one is this also showing Julius Caesar. If it wasn't for the delamination(?) on Caesar, this would be a 3-figure coin. As it is, I got this for like $12 in a lot.
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    I wonder if the shop boss put that random X there to "cancel" it because the guy did so bad, but they went ahead and used the die anyways. lOl
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    Here we have a rather lovely AE11 of Theodosius I. Obverse looks great, reverse looks.... Well. Let's list of what's wrong here. It looks like the celator forgot to add pretty much every element of the legend! They must have put the O in VOT after the X. They must have put the XX before putting the T in MVLT. And for good measure, they added a haphazard X below everything. Amazing!
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    How about an Aurelian/Vabalathus for $15!?! Obviously not as good as yours, but I'll take it.
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    Must be why I couldn’t find it lol. Thanks a bunch!!!
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    I hate Byzantines. Despite having plenty of legend, I can never figure these out. Obv: I see... --OMTO-ONT-- Which means absolutely nothing to me. Rev: numeral for 5 Augustuscoins has an example with this numeral attributed to Tiberius III; however, I don't see any other examples on Wildwinds (which is the only good place I know of to cross-check).
  25. hotwheelsearl
    Thanks for clarifying! I do love your double sestertius.
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