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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bing, post: 1928217, member: 44132&quot;]I have seen some coins colored very &quot;red&quot;.&nbsp; In fact I own a couple.&nbsp; I believe these are referred to as Syrian Red because of the red hue in the sand in parts of Syria.&nbsp; Here is a Gallienus with Syrian Red:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]332202[/ATTACH]</p><p>GALLIENUS Antoninianus </p><p>OBVERSE:&nbsp; IMP GALLIENVS AVG - Radiate head right.</p><p>REVERSE:&nbsp; PAX AETERNA - Pax standing left, holding branch and scepter</p><p>Struck at Rome, 260-8 AD</p><p>3.2g, 20mm</p><p>RIC 252, C 716</p><p><br /></p><p>The color on your coin is not as deep a red, but it probably did pick up on the red colored minerals in the ground where it laid for so many years.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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