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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2257624, member: 57495&quot;]I don&#039;t actively look for silver coins with iridescent toning and generally prefer a medium-gray tone, but I have to admit liking the blues and subtle gold around the devices on this coin.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t pay extra for the colours, or at least I don&#039;t think I did.</p><p><br /></p><p>Do you like colour on your silver coins?&nbsp; Show your favorites in whichever shade of ROYGBIV they come in.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]447731[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>ROMAN REPUBLIC</b></p><p><b>C. Annius T.f. T.n and L. Fabius L.f. Hispaniensis</b></p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>3.82g, 18.8mm</p><p>Northern Italian or Spanish mint, 82-81 BC</p><p>Crawford 366/1b; Sydenham 748a; RSC Annia 2</p><p>O: C.ANNI.T.F.T.N.PRO.COS.EX.S.C, draped bust of Anna Perenna right, wearing stephane; winged caduceus to left, scales to right, plough below neck.</p><p>R: L.FABI.L.F.HISP, Victory driving quadriga right, holding palm and reins; Q and dot above horses. </p><p><br /></p><p>Side note: I gave this coin to my father today; it&#039;s his 74th birthday.&nbsp; He&#039;s not a coin collector, though he&#039;s always enjoyed collecting &#039;stuff&#039;, and I thought this one was appropriate given that Anna Perenna was the Roman goddess of longevity and renewal.&nbsp; Her sacred grove was at the first milestone of the Via Flaminia, and on her feast day on the Ides of March, people would gather to make merry by the moonlight, drinking wine and wishing each other a long life <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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