Hi everyone!
I’m a 23-year old coin enthusiast from the Netherlands and new on this
forum since yesterday. I’m also in the metal detecting hobby, but not very active anymore since I’ve never found anything more exciting than an nice 1753
German ¼ Stuber coin. The passed few weeks I have been reading a lot about uncleaned
Roman coins. When you are new to the subject you only encounter very positive or very negative comments, not much inbetween. Therefore I have ordered just a small first lot of uncleaneds to give it a try.
But while I wait for them to come in in about 2 weeks I thought I may already share a nice
Roman coin with you that was found by a friend of mine in Tunesia. It must be a 3th century Deocletian allthough I never see him with the ‘spiked’ crown on the internet. What does this mean? The
bust is very nice and detailled but the
obverse has some matt darkred spots on it. Does anyone know if this is BD? I really
hope not. The bronzebrown coin seems to be covered in bleugreen (active?) copper oxide. I dont think it’s
patina. Would you remove it to bring out the
fine details to the fullest or would you leave it alone? I love
patina, but I dont think this looks very attracting. The coin is stored airtight in a acid-free coinflip and not treated with any wax or other sealing agent. I'm a purist.
Hope you enjoy!
Tim