Uploaded January 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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This video explores the techniques of cleaning and identifying Roman coins.
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:39 Buying uncleaned coins
1:31 Equipment
1:52 Patience is a virtue
2:18 Washing and soaking coins
2:50 Protecting the patina
4:12 Blinkist
5:09 Mechanical cleaning
6:36 Avoid chemicals
7:04 Cleaning a dupondius of Hadrian
7:59 Basic attribution
8:29 Dupondius redux
9:19 A coin from the frontier
10:36 A follis of Galerius
11:37 Conclusion

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