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    Before&After VIII..A.Pius as..

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    15 hours ago, ambr0zie said:

    There was a touch of chance there (but this doesn't mean your friend is not a skilled expert in cleaning). Under those deposits there could have been a slug coin.

    I really admire the people who know how to clean coins properly (not to deceive or anything - I think this case is a pure example of conservation!). When I did it, in 80% of the cases I was unhappy with the results (minor damage to coins, worse aspect). In 10% I had mixed feelings and in 10% I could say I was happy.

    I have absolutely no idea what your friend did (and I can't blame him/you if you decide to keep the secret). I don't think it's distilled water, it must be something stronger. And if the process involved mechanical cleaning, hats off, as I see no traces.

    Ambrozie, he only uses mechanical cleaning under a microscope..

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    Before&After VIII..A.Pius as..

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    1 minute ago, ambr0zie said:

    Fantastic. I don't know how you do it.

    I wouldn't have guessed that it has these exceptional details in the "before" state.

    Ambrozie, I asked my friend how long it took him to clean this coin..He answered me- *Three hours with coffie break*..!?..One is simply born with this gift, and Im not one of them..

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    MD day..

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    53 minutes ago, thejewk said:

    Must be quite chunky at that weight?  What are the dimensions?  I've never seen one in person and always assumed they were pretty small.

    Nice find!

    5cm X 2.2o cm...

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    From my collection...

    in Roman Republic

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    On 9/10/2022 at 6:32 PM, antwerpen2306 said:

    @galba68 this kind of aes rude is now often presented in auctions. I am not interested in it, but, as I said in an other live 2000 years ago : de gustibus, coloribus et mulieribus non disputatur. So, how can you be sure it is Romen Republican and why you take such thing in your collection ? 

    ps : 2000 years ago I didn't speak the Latin language of Cicero, only the Latin of Antwerp ( yes, Roman finds here)

    Hi A2306, well, this is a typical specimen of Aes Rudes..That period of Ancient Rome is particularly interesting to me, and thats why I have a couple of Aes Rudes and Aes Formatum...

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    My love of CeltIberian coins started with this one coin.

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    41 minutes ago, bcuda said:

     

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    AE semis Asido (Medina Sidonia) Spain 1st century BC
    Obverse, facing head of Melkart / Hercules
    Reverse, Two Tuna fish with punic legend

    Asido Lying within the ancient Roman province of Turdetania some 30km inland from the Southern Spanish coast, this site lay upon a hill c35km to the east of Gades (modern Cadiz), and 15km to the west of the Besilus river. Modern Medina-Sidonia. 

    This particular coin is very special to me in many ways, with a little more history than some of my others.

    I was stationed at the Naval Base Rota Spain in 1987 about 35 years ago. I would go metal detecting with a Friend of mine named Ferrel almost every Sunday.

    One day we decided to look for some new places and drove around for hours looking, Ferrel knew how to look for possible sites and taught me a lot.
    We tried a lot of spots but found nothing. At our last spot for the day I found this coin in a farm field close to modern day Medina Sidonia.

    One of my Spanish Friends Juan Antonio (a Roman coin collector and Seller) had always expressed an interest in this coin, and before I left Spain in 1991 I traded it to Him.
    I thought about my Friend Juan Antonio for years afterwards wondering what had happened to my Friend. Then in 2013 I happened upon an E-bay seller with Roman coins from Spain, He was in a town close by to my Friend so I sent Him a message through E-bay asking Him (in my bad Spanish writing ability) if He might possibly know my Friend.
    I waited anxiously and within a day or so the seller responded and said He knew Juan Antonio.
    I made contact with Juan Antonio and friended Him on Facebook and even called Him on the phone. In one of our conversations I asked about the coin I traded to Him, He told me He still had it and that many coin collectors had tried to buy it from Him or trade for it but always kept it because of the friendship we had.
    Not long after, I sent Juan Antonio some Spanish coins I had lost interest in. And within a few weeks I received a package from Him. In it was the Asido semis coin. He told me He knew what it meant to me and wanted me to have it back. So about 23 years later I had my coin back in my collection.

    I have done a few searches for this particular type of coin and it seems pretty rare.

    I have purchased another one pictured below and now have two of them in my collection.

     

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    Hi Bcuda, its nice to see you on the forum!

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