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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2257646, member: 56859&quot;]I do love toning, especially when it is iridescent and in the low spots surrounding the devices-- like a aura <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a few with such toning:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_cf0a4cb8819a4227958adff7b6c93c43.jpg_srb_p_1000_522_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>SICILY, Selinos</b></p><p>Circa 410 BCE</p><p>AR litra, 11mm, 0.76 g, 1h</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; nymph seated left on rock, right hand raised above her head, extending her left hand to touch coiled serpent before her; selinon leaf above</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; man-faced bull standing right; ΣEΛINONTIOΣ above; in exergue, fish right</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; HGC 2, 1229; SNG ANS 711–2 var. (ethnic); SNG Ashmolean 1904–5; SNG Lloyd 1270 var. (same); Basel –; Dewing –; Rizzo pl. XXXIII, 6.</p><p><i>ex MoneyMuseum, Zurich;</i></p><p><i>ex Leu 79 (31 October 2000), lot 404;</i></p><p><i>ex Athos Moretti collection, #482, unpublished manuscript. </i></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_4ae240e7c35641e5aceb046afb575b95.jpg_srb_p_1000_503_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>A Roman Republican I hadn&#039;t previously shown.&nbsp; I&#039;ll post the details this weekend <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_2abd20b9b2494eeca102ec3358de445f.jpg_srb_p_800_413_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Roman Republic, L. Postumius</b></p><p>131 BCE</p><p>AR denarius, 19 x 21 mm, 3.8 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; helmeted head of Roma right; flamen&#039;s cap behind</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; Mars in quadriga right; L POSTA R; ROMA in exergue</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Sydenham 472?</p><p><i>This coin was in a large mixed lot.&nbsp; At first I didn&#039;t like it but I&#039;ve grown to appreciate it now.&nbsp; The reverse details are very good!&nbsp; Needs a reshoot.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_d855603d028f48109ac7be28a71bc0dc.jpg_srb_p_1000_497_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </i></p><p><b>Roman Republic</b></p><p><b>moneyer L. Julius L. f. Caesar, 103 BC</b></p><p>AR denarius, 17mm, 3.9 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; Helmeted head of Mars left; CAESAR; ・J above</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; Venus Genetrix in chariot left, drawn by two Cupids; lyre to left; ・J above</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Crawford 320/1</p><p><i>Jencek E-auction 26, lot 58, 14 October 2014. Ex CNG XXXI lot 699, September 1994; ex RBW Collection</i></p><p>One of my favorite coins <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_239b594c04ef46b798dbc2e7e2012ded.jpg_srb_p_1000_511_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>SIKYONIA, Sikyon</b></p><p>335-330 BCE</p><p>AR stater, 23 mm, 12.3 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; Chimera standing left; wreath above, ΣE below</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; Dove flying left; A to left; all within wreath</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; BCD Peloponnesos 220; Traité III 775, pl. CCXX, 11</p><p><i>Ex&nbsp; &quot;collection of a Southern Pathologist, purchased from C.H. Wolfe, 3 May 1989&quot;</i></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_14f8b1f0dff14427a8ed38e60769bc9b.jpg_srb_p_1000_625_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>KINGS OF MACEDON, Philip II.&nbsp; 356-36 BCE</b></p><p>AR tetradrachm.&nbsp; 24mm, 14.20 gm, 12h</p><p>Lifetime issue of Pella, 342-336 BCE</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; Laureate head of Zeus right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; ΦIΛIΠ-ΠOY, youth, holding palm and reins, on horseback right, thunderbolt below, N in exergue</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Le Rider 222-306. SNG ANS 385-95</p><p>Formerly slabbed,&nbsp; NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 3/5, Fine Style.</p><p><i>ex Colosseo Collection</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_308a6bdbd24442b28076eb468c0b7786.jpg_srb_p_1000_512_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </i></p><p><b>EUBOIA, Eretria</b></p><p>357-267 BCE</p><p>AR drachm, 18 mm, 3.1 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; head of nymph Eretria left</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; head of bull facing, fillets from horns, EY above, satyr&#039;s head facing in right field</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Wallace pl. XI, cf 126.</p><p><i>ex Frank James Collection </i></p><p><i>ex BCD Collection</i></p><p><i></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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