Bronze Patina

That's the one that caught my eye straight off, it depends on your lighting how they come out in pics, happens to me all the time. The Pius you just posted, which is it closer to under normal light the top or bottom?

 

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I love the way a beautiful patina with a bit of wear can accentuate the expressivity of a coin. Like this one, a tiny bronze (14 mm, 0.9 gr.) from Persia, a local coin struck around 700 under the new vigor of the islamic caliphs: Gods from the old religions slowly receding into ancient mists, regarding us with a sad look.

 

I'm still not tired of this picture. There are some of all colors in here.

 

RI Agustus oak crown -Agrippa rostral crown L AE Dupondius 26mm 12-6g 10-14 CE Nemausus chained Croc wreaths RIC I 158 O-R.jpg

 

Some really groovy colors on everyone's coins! Thanks for posting and by all means please don't stop.


Bithynia, Nicaea. Severus Alexander AE21


Bithynia, Tium. Antoninus Pius AE18. Zeus Syrgastes


Cilicia, Seleucia ad Calycadnum. Gallienus. Æ27. Athena/anguipede Giant


Crete, Koinon of Crete. Hadrian AE


Lycaonia, Iconium. Herakles/Perseus AE16. ca 2nd century AD.


Lycaonia, Iconium. Nero Æ20. Head of Perseus


Lydia, Thyateira. Titus AE19


Moesia Inferior, Tomis. Commodus AE27. Bust of Sarapis


Moesia, Markianopolis. Commodus AE20. Nemean Lion.


Busts of 34 Roman Emperors with Hercules and Poseidon.

 

Islamic Ghorids of Ghazna AE Jital Muhammad Sam Mu'izz al-Din AH 567-602 - AD 1171-1206 O-R.JPG


RR Anon AE 23 Quincunx 6-96g Apollo P behind Dioscuri Luceria 5 pellets Cr 99-4 Syd 309 S 910 O-R.jpg


RR Prv Macedon Amphipolis AE Semis 187-131 BC Zeus Prow giraffe shape SNG Cop 69 O-R.JPG


China Zhou Dyn 1122-255 BC AE Chuan Bead Money 40mm O-R.jpg


RR Anon AE Semuncia 217-215 Mercury Prow S 620 Cr 38-7 O-R.jpg


RR Anon AE Quartuncia 217-215 BC Saturn Prow BRN Cr 38-8 S 624 O-R.jpg

 

Syria, Seleucia. Autonomous AE21. Legate C. Julius Commodus Orfitianus.


Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Emesa. Elagabalus AE22. Pythian games issue.


Thessaly, Koinon of Thessaly. Hadrian. Æ20


Thrace, Anchialus. AE27. Caracalla. Apollo

 

Well, even silver denarii can acquire 'cabinet toning' like the RR that follow:

 

Nice !
Did you give them any help ?



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LOL ....Not me but who knows who else might have ....

 

The one with the blue background.

 

I don't know... you could speed cabinet toning along with a hearty plate of beans and closing the office door... @Mikey Zee , perhaps that may had happened?

 

These coins make me wish I weren't so paranoid about bronze disease. I just can't stand the thought of my beautiful coins destroying themselves. :/

 

Mate that's like saying I will never go to the beach because I could get bitten by a shark..

 

Of course, toning and a natural patina are NOT in anyway the same as 'bronze disease'.

 

I love light green or turquoise patinas. Maybe because I am an European I have read Americans actually prefer brown patinas on bronzes. Below are some of my most beloved bronzes.

 

Terrific examples @Meander. It's easy to see why you love them so much

 

Very nice Meander, they don't come much better than that Trajan.

 

Thanks Mikey Zee. I actually took the pic of the Domna sestertius myself. The other pictures come from the dealers because the pictures I tried to take couldnt really catch the beauty of the patina. I find photographing bronze coins quite challenging.