Hello
I recieved my first ever lot of ”uncleaned”
roman coins. I say uncleaned because they were more or less all pre cleaned (some very
harshly cleaned). Never the less im glad and exited about the coins and find them facinating and intriguing. I have read most of the posts in this section back to 2013 and thought i would give it a go.
This is my first coin so bear with me
Ive soaked the coin in DW for about 3 weeks with light toothbrush scrubs every other day.
To my untrained eye the dirt is gone but what remains are encrustations of some sort. The light beige encrustations are quite hard and wont
budge with a toothpick. I will try when i get my
tools delivered!
Not really shure about whats
patina and whats not. The ”moss” green
area at three oclock seems to be the
patina. I base this on the layering i can see under the microscope. On the edge there is no
patina left. My question is if the green ”encrustation?” for example in the chin/neck fold is
patina or encrustation? It looks to me to be a layer on top of the moss colored ”
patina”.
I picked a coin to start of with that isnt the best of the lot so i wont be to sad if and when i make mistakes.
Does anyone have any tips on how to proceed? I am a novis in this
area but have all intentions of sticking to it.
I have a surgical knife but it seems to big for the job.
Ive ordered a pin
vice and some DD dental burs. Also some surgical needles of various diameters 1,2-0,6mm i think.
I have a dremmel but it seems a
bit to violent for my taste, at least right now it feels that way.
The before picture was taken before i got my microscope delivered but it gives some input to what the original state was like.
Not shure how to make the fancy mulltipic pics so ill post 5 single pics with different light settings.
Best regards
Håkan
Having trouble uploading the Pictures. 2,5mb should not be an issue or? 9mb is the limit correct?
Need
help with posting pictures. I can see the "additional options". Browse to my picture. choose and post. Get error message that the file is to large or the upload took to long.
Tried explorer, edge, and crome,
home and at
work with same result.
In FAQ it states that i need to post 3 times before having the option to post pictures. Ive managed to post in another room and i guess since i see the "additional options" this is not the problem?
The file is a JPG, 2459 kB.
Would be ever so greatfull if someone could
help me out.