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Title: My first Roman Post by: simond on September 03, 2017, 06:17:10 PM After many years of detecting a verifiable Roman has always eluded me. Today I finally ticked the box, and a silver too! Please don't tell my wife but this may be one of the happiest days of my life ;D
Title: Re: My first Roman Post by: dingdong on September 03, 2017, 06:40:44 PM Well detected Simond,and congratulations on your first Roman "conquest" !!
And may there be many more to follow. Well detected and saved..and continued good hunting..👍 Title: Re: My first Roman Post by: simond on September 03, 2017, 07:00:51 PM Thank you Dingdong. I feel like I've won the lottery! ;D
Title: Re: My first Roman Post by: roughneck on September 03, 2017, 09:41:16 PM Well found Simon. It's a great feeling to find a first of anything, especially a silver Denarius. Ticks the box nicely. You need to search that site for a few more. Good hunting. Tom.
Title: Re: My first Roman Post by: celticspikey on September 03, 2017, 09:43:48 PM First of all simond many congratulations a fine Denarius of Nerva....It will clean up beuitifulll and probably a good silver, can't help noticing the mark on the portrait around 2 o'clock ? did it come up like it or have you stated cleaning it....
Title: Re: My first Roman Post by: simond on September 03, 2017, 09:51:23 PM It came up caked in muck, I didn't want to put a toothbrush anywhere near it so put it in the ultrasonic bath and it came out with that patch of silver showing through. What looks like a chip on the bottom is also just a bit of silver poking through. I can't see any damage to it at all :)
Title: Re: My first Roman Post by: probono on September 08, 2017, 09:07:51 PM It's actually a Trajan denarius, - as he was adopted by Nerva he had that as part of his name..nice find though.
Title: Re: My first Roman Post by: simond on September 08, 2017, 10:42:05 PM I know it devides opinions but I've spent a long time carefully cleaning this Denarius of Trajan as I think it's beauty deserved to be revealed ;D
Title: Re: My first Roman Post by: probono on September 08, 2017, 10:52:23 PM Very nice indeed - personally I clean most silver coins that aren't milled - and this one has come up very nicely indeed.
Title: Re: My first Roman Post by: simond on September 08, 2017, 10:56:55 PM Thank you, I agree. It took me about six hours to get it like this but I'm glad I did it because it's a stunner. The hard part was knowing when to stop. ;D
Title: Re: My first Roman Post by: celticspikey on September 09, 2017, 06:48:42 AM You have done a great job simond, it had to be cleaned up and if Roland likes it then you have done justice to its appearance. ;)
Title: Re: My first Roman Post by: Dale on September 09, 2017, 06:40:50 PM Well done great find, more to follow ;)
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