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Acetone will dissolve organic compounds and shouldn't impact the coin. True corrosion tends to be some sort of chloride reactions with the metal for which acetone will do nothing. Mild acids like olive oil can remove minor corrosion with the minimal impact if one is patient.

Nice show

The bi-yearly coin show is always good to me. But not always good to my wallet! I got there practically the minute they opened the door, and set off to find my two favorite dealers who deal mostly in ancients and medieval coins.

 

Said hi to the first dealer and started to admire some of the coins in his case. He brought a very nice Byzantine coin from his desk and told me he thought I'd like it. He knows I like nice portraits, so despite never having bought a Byzantine coin from him (or anywhere) I liked the look of it and bought it.

 

 

Maurice Tiberius AE follis 11.2g 28mm Antioch/Theuopolis mint 593/4 AD, EF grade. $110. Nice portrait and a hint of sand patina (I believe he said this was from around the area that is now Syria).

 

 

Soon after, I saw some room at dealer #2's table that had boxes of affordable (mostly $20-100) world and ancient coins. Flipping through there I pick out the following 2 romans,1 macedonian, an upgrade to my 1935 British rocking horse crown, a random cool looking Hampshire Portsea 1/2 penny condor token and a neat 1 year type Swiss Cantons 20 kreuzer.

 

 

Elagabalus AR denarius AD 219, gVF, I'd say an EF portrait for sure. $95.

 

 

 

 

 

Severus Alexander AR denarius AD 222-235 XF/gVF. $100. Probably my favourite purchase of the day. Has a nice lightly circulated/reverse cameo look to it. Now that I look closer I see an outline around Alexander's profile. Possibly overstruck on a previous issue? I'll re-photograph and post in the ancients forum.

 

 

 

 

 

Macedonian Philip II AE17, 359-336 BC. VF or so, very thick flan, dark blue/green patina. $65.

 

 

 

 

 

1796 Hampshire Portsea 1/2 penny token. gF grade. $15

Revalue the dollar 10:1

Maybe Erich needs one of the Lincoln's for his exhibit

You are right Ian, thanks. That makes more sense in this context.

Is that a staff of Aesclepius with the shaking hands and the cornucopia?

It's interesting how these proto coins were spreading on the periphery of the Greek world while silver was spreading around the Agean

There's two 1525 coins for sale on ebay right now

That's a cool medal. Perhaps it was related to some sort of Bourbon restoration under Louis XVIII or Charles X.

You probably know more about these than anyone else

Has anyone bought the new book by Harlan Berk yet?

Very nice

This I got in Baltimore. It will be part of my "Centuries Set" the historical edition.

That is a nifty UFO

I may have a Hamburg Schilling from 1726, have to find it though.

I'll have to bide my time now until we get to 1710, I'm afraid!

You could just buy a few coins to help this along

You are on a roll Bill

An 1880s IH cent, and I think an 1883 nickel once

As it turns out of you rotate the reverse 90 degrees you can see a figure on the left. This ends up being a follis of Justin II at Carthage overstruck on an issuue of Justinian I at the same mint.

This is an ugly but interesting coin. It was overstruck, but what's off is the iconography on the obverse. The cross between the two figures was used at Antioch. However, the globus cruciger was not a feature of that mint. Also, the figures don't seem to be seated and they are not even (the left is higher) neither of these things is unheard of but all in all it makes for an odd coin.

An interesting story so far dvana. This will make for a great article some day. I would think you'll almost have to go back to the source and find someone who is willing and able to do the research. The Melbourne mint may have some old records. There may also be some contemporary mention of an event that would explain the existence of the coin.

I won't be a smart a** and post something with regnal dating

I don't hae anything really old in Anno Domini

L Forrer, Biographical Dictionary of Medallists (9 vols., 1904-1930, reprinted 1987)

G Kienast, Goetz II: A Supplement to The Medals of Karl Goetz, Volume II

 

I have four other copies of the Kienast book but they are tough to get a hold of so I grab them when I can.

 

Both lots were won at the recent Charles Davis auction.

What do you do with the extra copies?

A temporary store of value

Just bought this little book, thought I would share. Very informative, a history and how its done regarding minting coins by Shire

 

 

Coins and Minting: Shire Album No. 106

Cooper, Denis

What's the time frame on the history?