Cabinet tone is not a priority for me, buuuuut....

my avatar coin has some nice toning in the obverse fields, doesn't come out well in my pic...

 

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Wonderful coins all

 

As always, everyone's coins pwn!

Here's a Corinth Stater that my bro has with some toning (it's a lazy Sunday around here):



The seller's pics show the toning better:



Erin

 

I acquired this denarius of Vespasian recently and figured it belonged in this thread. Wonderful style, wonderful strike, and deeply toned - a real looker.

 

That'll never sell!!

... okay fine, it looks fricken awesome (congrats, JA)



great lookin' coin (comfy & rugged)

 

How much more, percentage-wise, do you pay for a toned over non-toned? I paid $150 for this a few years back. I probably would have only paid closer to $100 without the toning. Now that I think about it, 50% more is a lot for color.


... I'd do it again.

Nice toners, everyone.

 

@iamtiberius

I would have paid the extra for that coin as well. A wonderful specimen.

 

Also, your Brother and I are special Friends. Die Match

 

JA - great coin, the toning adds to the eye appeal!

love the helmet art work on your stater

 

My avatar coin has some toning, too!

 

Yay! He'll be happy.

Erin

 

your Hadrian denarius is a perfect example of nice toning.

 

How 'bout this Nero? ...



... sorry, but I couldn't resist posting this baby (one of my all-time favs)

 

I'm a fan of toned ancient silver, I like a medium gray look. Here is a Denarius that I won in a 2015 CNG auction that has a pedigree going back to about the 1880s. It was part of the collection of Alexandre Caratheodory Pasha who was a collector, Greek scholar and statesman in the Ottoman Empire.

 

Here's an Oscan drachm I acquired a few days ago. When I try to photograph the nice color indoors, it seems to take forever to angle the lights just right, but when I take it outside and tip it just the right way in the sun, one shot does the trick...

 

Love that Drachm!

 

This coin has provenance to a collection assembled over 100 years ago and has some serious cabinet tone going on. The reverse(which I assume was facing down) is toned totally different than the rainbow toned obverse. Took me a while to get the colors just right but in this case I found that the flash on my camera brought them out surprisingly well.

 

Wow, thanks for resurrecting this awesome thread! With not even a month of CT behind me, I can't imagine the number of great threads I've missed.

Here's a variety of classic "cabinet toned" pieces I like:

Drachm, Philip III (Arrhidaios) 323-319 BC, Price P66. Sorry for the lo-res photo. (I know there's a lot of controversy over when the facial features of Alexander first made it onto the coins, but this one looks particularly Alex-ish to me):



Denarius, T. Quinctius Flamininus, 126 BC (apex to l. on obverse; Macedonian shield below on rev.)


Toned siliquae aren't getting a lot of love in this thread, so... Valens, Arles ("Constantina"), 364-7. Scarce type & mint, it seems. RIC IX Arles 6d.


And going outside the classics:

Shapur I (242-270), drachm: