Dark matter ?????

Lets post some coins that have toned pitch black.... :fro:

 

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Soter Megas! - your photos are a bit blurry, reverse is out of focus. Nice coin it looks like you can see some reverse legend. Is this the drachm or tetradrachm?

 

Jeez... I just ordered a Soter Megas Tet....

How to make me even more impatient to see it!

Great Patina on yours :thumb:

 

Caracalla silver drachm 198 AD Caesarea, Cappodocia

Magnentius AE2 bronze Lugdunum (Lyons) mint 350-3 AD

Modern collectors prize their toned coins but silver and bronze alike will eventually head for the same color. These are the hardest to photograph and capture the real beauty of glossy black surfaces.

 

Can you post a "Black Beauty" Jefferson?

 

This one's a nice coal-black under the desert patina. Makes for good eye candy.

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Here's several of mine:

Constantine I - Gloria Exercitvs, Trier


Constantine I - Victoriae Laetae Princ Perp, London


Helena - Secvritas Reipvblice, London

 

Constantius II - Fel temp Reparatio, Antioch


Aelia Eudoxia - Salvs Reipvblicae, Nicomedia


Justin I - Large M (40 Nummi), Constantinople

 

Constantius II - Fel temp Reparatio, Antioch
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Aelia Eudoxia - Salvs Reipvblicae, Nicomedia


Justin I - Large M (40 Nummi), Constantinople
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I have a lot more pitch-black coins of course.

 

Anyone know how to delete a double post?

 

Domitian AE As
OBV: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XI CENS POT P P, laureate head right, aegis at tip of bust
REV: MONETA AVGVSTI, S-C, Moneta standing left, holding scales & cornucopiae
Struck at Rome, 85 AD
11.7g, 27mm
RIC 384

 

Nerva AE Dupondius
OBV: IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P COS III P P, radiate head right
REV: LIBERTAS PVBLICA S-C, Liberty standing left, holding pileus and sceptre
Struck at Rome, 97 AD
13.2g, 27mm
RIC 87

 

Wow. Great patina on that Domitian, Bing. That's what an ancient is supposed to look like!

 

Thanks JA. Here is another:

Hadrian AE Sestertius
OBV: HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P, laureate bust right, draped far shoulder
REV: HILARITAS P R S-C, COS III in ex, Hilaritas standing facing holding palm & cornucopia, two small children flanking her
Struck at Rome, 128-134 AD
25.30 grs, 35mm
RIC 970, Cohen 819, BMC 1372

 

Hadrian AE 22
OBV: Laureate head right
REV: Europa riding bull right
Struck at Sidon, Phoenicia, 117-18 AD
8.9g, 22mm
BMC Phoenicia 225

 

GALERIA VALERIA AE Follis
OBV: GAL VALERIA AVG, diademed & draped bust right
REV: VENERI VICTRICI, Venus standing facing, head left, holding apple upwards and raising drapery, star left, HTA in ex.
Struck at Heraclea, 309-10 AD
4.8g, 29mm
RIC 43

 

CONSTANTINOPOLIS COMMEMMORATIVE AE3/4
OBV: CONSTANTINOPOLI, laureate, helmeted & mantled bust left holding scepter
REV: Victory standing left, foot on prow with sceptre and leaning on shield, CONS Gamma in ex.
Struck at Constantinople, 330-333 AD
2.2g, 15mm
RIC VII 63

 

Black Greek Italy

Thourioi, Lucania, Italy
AR Stater (nomos)- 20mm x 7.72g
Struck 400-350BC
Obverse: Head of Athena Right wearing Crested Athenian Helmet ornamented with Skylla.
Reverse" Bull Butting Right-THOUPIWN- in ex. Tunny fish swimming right.
Ref:SNG ANS 1003

Silver - Toned Wicked Black!

 

Very nice Anoob. Very nice.