The Art of Cleaning Roman Coins (History Documentary)

This video explores the techniques of cleaning and identifying Roman coins.
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

I'd like to thank Nerocoins (https://www.nerocoins.com/) and Noble Roman Coins (https://nobleromancoins.com/) for their help with this video. I also like to thank the Classical Numismatics channel here on YouTube for their excellent drawings.
Finally, I'd like to thank Shawn Caza, author of "A Handbook of Late Roman Bronze Coin Types, 324-395," for his comments on my script.

Video created by Dr. Garrett Ryan (PhD in Greek and Roman history)
https://toldinstone.com/

-- This is shared without profit for educational and historical purposes --