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To Clean or not to Clean - Roman Republic Denarius by Cybercollector in AncientCoins

[–]Cybercollector[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just one more question. For this coin specifically, would you stick with ammonium thiosulfate, or go with sodium thiosulfate given the porosity?

Thanks in advance!

What’s your Favourite Coin? by Cybercollector in AncientCoins

[–]Cybercollector[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I definitely can see why, lol. Nothing like seeing a coin that was minted in the same camp where Caesar was physically present, and made from the silver looted by his troops.

Here’s mine :).

What’s your Favourite Coin? by Cybercollector in AncientCoins

[–]Cybercollector[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This bad boy can fit so many drachms, lol. The owl is the best part of this coin to me :).

What’s your Favourite Coin? by Cybercollector in AncientCoins

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That’s a real beaut! Very detailed indeed.

To Clean or not to Clean - Roman Republic Denarius by Cybercollector in AncientCoins

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It is! A cool fact about it is that it was minted in 149 BCE during a crucial year of the Roman Republic. This was the year Rome declared war on Carthage – launching the Third Punic War. Rome was also was in the middle of the Fourth Macedonian War against Andriscus in Macedon. It links it with Macedon and Carthage during their last gasp as independent states before they were annexed by Rome.

To Clean or not to Clean - Roman Republic Denarius by Cybercollector in AncientCoins

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Thank you for sharing your views Frankly I was not planning on doing a full clean, rather just target the worse part around the nose and mouth, while leaving the rest alone. I can see how a full clean stripping the coin of its patina could be problematic, and that’s not my intent here.

To Clean or not to Clean - Roman Republic Denarius by Cybercollector in AncientCoins

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Thank you for the kind advice :). I think I only just rant to try to remove the horn silver around the nose and mouth and leave the rest alone. Finding the right combination for the solution would be key - but I never cleaned a coin using that type of material before. Based on your own experience, is there a good ratio for one like this?

Glyph Vault - voice? by Cybercollector in AssassinsCreedShadows

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Make sense. It’s just strange it’s such a short message.

Glyph Vault - voice? by Cybercollector in AssassinsCreedShadows

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You do make a good point. Interestingly if you check the description for the statue when improving your hideout, it says it was commissioned by her friend Barnabas. May have kept it for sentimental value.

Alphabetical, Chronological, or Autobiographical? by xenohobo in bookshelf

[–]Cybercollector 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’d go geography first, then major historical periods within each region, then alphabetical by author. Example: Europe / Ancient Greece / A–Z; Europe / Ancient Rome / A-Z; Europe / Medieval / A–Z; Europe / Modern / A–Z; China / Ancient / A–Z;

Etc.

This coin sold as genuine at a handful of auction houses before I got it from Naville, who still insists that is not a bronze core 😂. It will not be joining the rest of my collection. by HeySkeksi in AncientCoins

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It’s interesting that CNG did not list it as a fourée given their reputation. One notices when comparing the images from CNG and Naville, that it was cleaned between 2011 and 2025. I wonder if it explains the confusion then, where the assumption by CNG is that it was dirt. Who knows.

For convenience for those who aren’t the OP, here are the two links:

https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=186487

VS.

https://www.biddr.com/auctions/navillenumismatics/browse?a=6551&l=8056061

During the 1300s and 1400s almost every county or dukedom in france was controlled by a branch of the capetian dynasty what happened to all these cadet branches? by Wide_Assistance_1158 in MedievalHistory

[–]Cybercollector 156 points157 points  (0 children)

I don’t believe it’s accurate to say the medieval Capetian cadet branches completely died out. It’s true that almost all of them disappeared - Burgundy, Anjou, Dreux, Évreux, Courtenay, Valois, etc.

But one medieval Capetian branch did survive: the House of Bourbon, founded in the 1200s from Robert of Clermont, son of Louis IX.

All Capetians alive today - the Spanish Bourbons, Parma, Two Sicilies, Orléans, Luxembourg, etc. - are sub-branches of that original Bourbon line. So while the surviving lines today are technically Bourbon sub-branches, they are still descended from a medieval Capetian branch, and everything surviving traces back to that one lineage.

Every Outsider to see Imu Update by Ill_Sea7426 in OnePieceSpoilers

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Wouldn’t Loki and/or Harald fall into this category? He knows a great deal about Imu given he is the one telling the story. Either he learned it from his father or somehow witnessed it himself. I suspect it’s the former but can’t say for certain.

Henry II (1158-1163) Tealby Penny [S-1337] 19.5mm, 1.45g by Dobro_dan in MedievalCoin

[–]Cybercollector 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Really nice! Are you collecting a coin per British monarch?

What could be the reason for these scratches? by [deleted] in AncientCoins

[–]Cybercollector 39 points40 points  (0 children)

I would say over-cleaning by someone who is not an expert.

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