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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Julius Germanicus, post: 2919748, member: 80783&quot;]Thank you all for sharing your thoughts!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I will keep it until I find something better <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I certainly hope so!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yes! I shall do that! My problem is that Sestertii of Trajan Decius are usually made of a degraded alloy of metal that is...</p><p>1) ... prone to corrosion</p><p>2) ... even when cleaned almost never showing that yellowish tone desired by myself (my first coin is a rare exception - that is what made me buy it)</p><p>3) ... nearly always attracts a thick blackish patina, but never a thin tan or light brown one (that I would like and that is not uncommon on coins of earlier 3rd century Bronzes) and that preserves the details.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is nothing I like about the second coin except the full flan and complete legends, so I will sell it. If anyone wants it or has a yellowish Sestertius (of any ruler, no matter if it´s cleaned) to trade, feel free to let me know.</p><p><br /></p><p>I thougt about getting a really neat Antoninianus of Decius instead of that perfect Sestertius that never comes, but my recent find of a (considering my demands) practically unimprovable Maximinus Thrax Sestertius (posted elsewhere on this forum) raises new hopes <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>You are right! I´ll wait for something spectacular or get no further Trajan Decius at all.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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