Green money ....

I've never seen a better example of the type - perfectly struck from new dies, and perfectly preserved. Congratulations on that find!

 

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Beautiful coin in color and design.

 

Here's a well-worn coin of Domitian, minted in Ephesus, that has a nice green patina.



Domitian AE20 Ephesus, Ionia. Stag left.

 

THRACE. Anchialus. Gordian III with Tranquillina (238-244). Ae. Obv: AVT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AVΓ CAB / TPANKVΛΛINA. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Gordian and draped bust of Tranquillina, wearing stephane, facing one another. Rev: OVΛΠIANωN AΓXIAΛEωN. Eagle, with head right, wreath in beak and wings spread, standing left on thunderbolt. Varbanov 759-60 var. (obv. legend).

 

Sestertiii of Maximinus Thrax and Lucilla in the green:

 

Here are two other "greenies" that I really like. The Elagabalus has more of an aqua/green patina which is my favorite color.



Elagabalus (Augustus)
Coin: Brass Sestertius
IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS PIVS AVG TR P COS - Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
PM TR P IIII COS III PP SC - Providentia standing left, holding rod over globe and cornucopiae; in left field, star.
Exergue:




Mint: Rome (221 AD)
Wt./Size/Axis: 17.78g / 30mm / 12h
Rarity: Scarce
References:
RIC 321
C. 191
Provenances:
Artemide Aste
Acquisition/Sale: Artemide Aste Internet Asta Numismatica 44E #415 $0.00 09/18
Notes: Sep 16, 18 - The Gary R. Wilson Collection



Domitian (Augustus)
Coin: Bronze As
IMP CAES DOMITIAN AVG GERM COS X - Laureate head right, aegis on shoulder
SALVTI AVGVST - Front view of an altar of Salus with double-paneled doors.
Exergue: SC


Mint: Rome (84 AD)
Wt./Size/Axis: 10.74g / 27mm / 12h
References:
RIC II 224
BMCRE 291
Sear 2808
Acquisition/Sale: veni_vidi_vici_coins eBay $0.00 08/19
Notes: Aug 25, 19 - The Gary R. Wilson Collection

 

Both are nice examples of a green patina- the second one is bright like a neon green!

 

Unusual color of green patina on this coin from Odessos.

 

Wow @ancientone that is a crazy vibrant emerald green! I think it's very beautiful. One of the things I love about bronze coins are the variety of colors their patinas come in. It makes every coin unique. My two green coins are very dark in hand- under bright light they are a very dark green. They might belong in the Dark Money thread, but the pictures I have make them look more green.

 

Perhaps there is something in the soil or alloy that makes coins of Odessos a lighter green???
Septimius Severus (posthumous) AE24 Odessos / Great god of Odessos


Imperial sestertius of Septimius from 193 AD wth Virtus reverse


This Nero dupondius / Securitas require several photo attempts before I was happy with the colors and texture in the same image.

 

Green patina on copper alloy is nice and all, but how about some green patina on silver billon?

 

I like coins of Trajan (98-117), but the deciding factor when I bought this one was the green patina.



Trajan. Sestertius. 33 mm.
SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI
Ceres, draped holding ears of grain over modius and long scepter.
RIC 480. Hill 342 says "107 AD".

 

RR C Curiatius f Trigeminus 135 BCE Æ quadrans 18 mm 4.8g Rome Hd Hercules lionskin 3 plts - CCVR F ROMA prow Victory wreath 3 plts Cr 240-4a; Syd460b



SICILY Syracuse Hieron II 274-216 BC Æ26 15.9g hd Hieron II Left - ΙΕΡΟΝΩΣ Horseman galloping r holding spear HGC 2 1547 CNS II 193



Carthage Zeugitania Æ17 6.1g 350-320 BCE Palm Tree Horse Head SNG Cop 102

 

A few of my favorites :

. Nerva. 96-98 AD. Æ Sestertius RIC II 60; BMCRE 107; BN 72;


Trajan Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 114-117 RIC 672

and perhaps my best - a glasslike green patina


Lucius Verus Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 162-163.RIC 1342

 

This thread is amazing. I’ve never seen such high individual post like counts before

 

My most recent green addition, featuring an easily identified Poseidon from his trident:

 

Did somebody say, Green Patina? Did some body ask if anybody here liked ice cream? Do I like Green Patina? Look at my avatar. Below are some of my favorite coins, all with some degree of green patination. For what this observation is worth, I have found that it is bronze from the mid First Century AD to mid Second Century AD where one can find the best green patinated coins. Perhaps that has something to do with the makeup of the bronze alloy being used.

Here are my favorites A Republic semi-uncia with mercury on obverse, ships prow on reverse, circa 200 BC. An as of Augustus from a Spanish mint, standing bull on reverse, ca, 18BC. An as or dupondius of Augustus and Agrippa, Nemausus Mint ca. 10 AD. A dupondius of Nero, seated Roma, ca. 65 AD. An as of Hadrian, Clementia standing, ca. 130AD and last a sestertius of a young Marcus Aurelius with Hilaritas on reverse, ca. 146 AD.

 

Boy, do I like that Nerva.