Hello all: I posted last fall to get input about improving this
Sev Alex from Nicaea. 19.97 mm 4.06 grams. Finally decided to strip it. Treatments were lye bath, SBBB under water, light
smoothing with
very fine flame point polishing point under water, and short dip in liver of sulfur solution. Probably will let it tone naturally from here. I don’t strip many coins but I do think this coin is improved. Would welcome your thoughts and suggestions about how to better employ these techniques, again used as a last resort.
Ken