Gallienus Antoninianus

1-2% citric acid diluted in distilled water soak, a few hours soak time + a toothpick under microscope.   

Extremely Fine Nero As; High End Clean

Not all cleans are cheap 4th century slugs. Below is a risky, but high reward clean (if you are experienced enough to pull it off). Until you have had years of practice, taking a scalpel to an extremely fine Nero As is not recommended. Before From the before photo, you can see it’s encrusted with […]

Top Coins of the year | 2023.

Coins acquired in 2023. AR AE AV But this is a list of top 10, so I’ll pick my top 10 pickups of 2023 #10 Dupondius of Trajan #9 Double Denarius of Trajan Decius and Son #8 Denarius of Lucius Verus Early in the year, I purchase this denarius of Lucius Verus because of a […]

Collection of Ancient Coins

Page 1: One of each silver denarius of Roman Emperors’ including Julius Caesar and his Assassins until the Crisis of the Third Century. (54 BC – 235 AD) Page 2: Crisis of the third century, and coins I have from after it. Mostly silver as the coinage allows. (235 AD – Fall of Rome) Page […]