Your third coin has a nice even green/brown patina.
It likely is. Bronze is comprised primarily of copper, with a small amount of tin. Malachite is an oxide of copper, as is azurite and cuprite....
I did a reshoot of the Faustina I Ceres as, with somewhat better results. I still need to work on lighting, especially with dark, rough...
That's a match with my as, at least for the obverse, with the legend reading DIVAFAV STINA. The reverse of your coin depicts Pietas, while my...
Since I started this thread in September, another coin arrived from Spain. This is a drachm of Ptolemy IV Philopator, Alexandria, 222-205 BC,...
Thank you, and thanks for the information. I am very sorry about the bad quality of the Faustina I as with Ceres photo. The camera is picking up...
Thanks. This is the first early Faustina II coin that I have ever owned. I must say that's a very coy depiction of Pudicitia. I've seen the...
Thank you. I don't really focus on Roman coinage, resulting in a rather disjointed collection, eclectic I guess some would call.
A few weeks ago I came across this scarce Pudicitia SC sestertius of Faustina Junior. This is the variety with Pudicitia seated, facing left....
A pretty common coin, but here's a lovely Julia Mamaea sestertius, AD 222-23, 19.49 grams, Roma E-Sale 53, lot 830. IVLIA MAMAEA AVGVSTA,...
The wear is even, the color nice and I don't see any signs of tooling - a very nice example!
It is a nice coin with some merits, and it will re-tone darker over time, just let nature do her work. Storing the coin in a paper envelope would...
Athens, AR tetradrachm, after 449 BC [ATTACH] Kings of Macedon, Alexander III, AR tetradrachm, Cilicia, early posthumous issue, possibly Side,...
Late Roman bronze is something I don't generally collect, but speaking from experience with ancient bronze coins, I think your coin is okay in...
That's a beautiful coin and great acquisition. Congratulations!
Related to this thread, I came across this book in Google Books, on Women in Antiquity:...
Photos can be misleading, and the "coin in hand" can be quite different. Thanks
Donna, that's a really nice coin, but I wonder if the green accumulations might be PVC residue. I cannot really tell from the photos. They could...
I'm afraid that I really do not have any denarii of Nerva and the Antonine Dynasty. Over the years I have concentrated on other denominations...
Here's an Æ Trichalkon from the Thessalian League, that depicts Athena Itonia, advancing right with a raised shield on its side. This coin came...
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