Chocolaty smooth patinas: Pile em on!

WARNING: This post is NOT safe for diabetics!

Had some good luck at Artemide today
They had a bunch of wonderful Roman bronzes with some of my favorite patinas, the kind you could just EAT!


2 wins were these silky smooth, chocolate patinated treats!

Antoninus Pius (138-161). AE Sestertius, 159-160. Obv. Laureate head right. Rev. Pietas standing left, holding globe and child; a child standing on either side of her. RIC III 1031. AE. 25.61 g. 32.50 mm. Good F/About VF.


Julia Domna (died 217 AD). AE Sestertius. Struck under Septimius Severus, 198-200. Obv. Draped bust right. Rev. Hilaritas standing left, holding palm frond and cornucopia. RIC IV (Sept. Sev.) 855. AE. 24.34 g. 31.00 mm. VF/About VF.

And some more cocoa covered coins cause I can:

Julia Domna
193-211 CE. Rome Sestertius Æ 27mm., 19,52g. IVLIA DO-MNA [AVG]; draped bust right / VENERI [VICTR]; Venus standing right, seen from behind, leaning on column, holding palm with left hand and apple with right; S C across fields. Revere almost slate RIC IV 842.


Gallienus
Æ 27mm of Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Cilicia. AD 253-268. ΑΥ Κ Π ΛΚ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟϹ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CEΛΕVKEΩΝ TΩ Π KAΛVΚ, Athena standing right, holding shield and striking with spear at serpent-legged giant, who hurls stone. SNG France 1064-6; SNG Levante 789; SNG Leypold 2615. 9.7g, 27mm, 6h.
Nice brown patina.Very fine.
Purchased from Biga auctions December 2021
"The reverse of this coin recalls the second major conflict of Zeus' rise to power. After he had defeated the Titans in the Titantomachy and apportioned their former relatives to his fellow Olympians, he was compelled to resolve a conflict with the Giants, offspring of Gaia and Cronus. Known as the Gigantomachy, these chthonic half-man, half-serpent creatures attempted to wrestle power from the Olympians by casting them out of Olympus. To accomplish this, the Giants attempted to reach Olympus by heaping up one mountain range on top of the other. From above, Zeus and the other Olympians, such as Athena, depicted on the reverse of this coin, defended themselves by hurling their weapons. In the end, however, it was the assistance of Hercules that won the day. With the final defeat of the Giants, the rule of Zeus was no longer challenged
In this scene we see Athena spearing a serpent-legged Giant, perhaps Enkelados."


Alexander III 'the Great'
336-323 BC Ae. Uncertain mint in Asia Minor.Obv: Macedonian shield w/ omphalos boss.Rev: K. Bow in bow-case, club and grain ear.Price -; Liampi M 11; AMNG I 207-8 (Kallatis).
Diameter: 15mm
Weight: 2.16gr
Condition: Very Fine


Alexander III 'the Great'
KINGS OF MACEDON. (336-323). Ae. Uncertain mint in Western Asia Minor.
Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion’s skin headdress.
Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ.
Bow in bowcase and club; torch below. Countermark at top of bowcase
Price 2799.
Condition: Extremely fine.
Weight: 5.7 g.
Diameter: 20 mm.


Attica. Athens. Circa 224/3-198 BC. Av.: Helmeted head of Athena right Rv.: Owl standing right with open wings. Ref.: Kroll 69. Fine, brown patina
Weight: 8.15 g

And a minty delight on the way out cause I care:


Marcus Aurelius
(161-180 AD). AE Sestertius (32,4 mm, 23.08 g), Rome, 165/166 AD.
Obv. M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG ARMENIACVS P M, Laureate head to right.
Rev. TR POT XX IMP III COS III / S-C, Providentia standing left, pointing with wand at globe and holding scepter.
BMC 1279; RIC
923


So please share those delicious looking patinas, wins from Artemide or anything that makes you salivate

 

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Beautiful stuff! You're a coin-buying machine.

 

I can contribute with some chocolate :


Caramelly


Roasted



Assorted

 

I think this is my most chocolaty ...

 

@Ryro your Alexander the Great is breath-taking! Wow!

My dark chocolate one is a Æ Diassarion, Antoninus Pius:
Laodiceia ad Mare, 143 AD (AЧP = 191)
24 mm, 7.62 g
RPC IV.3, 8560 (temporary) var.

Picture is courtesy from AMCC3 auction

 

Roman Egypt, Alexandria. Hadrian, AD 117-138. Æ Drachm (34mm, 27.84g, 12h). Dated RY 14 (AD 129/130). Obv: AΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ CЄΒ; Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind. Rev: Athena standing facing, head left, holding Nike and shield; LI-Δ (date) across field. Ref: Köln 1008; Dattari (Savio) 1633; Milne 1287; Emmett 925.14. Choice Very Fine, brown patina, strong portrait. Ex CNG 98 (29 Sep 2004), Lot 83.

 

@Ryro.....Nice additions!....What a lovely looking Julia Domna Hilaritas...Beautiful portrait!...
Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. Æ Sestertius. Rome mint. Struck AD 171...(32mm, 24.68 g)
Obv. Laureate, draped head right, IMP M ANTONINVS AVG TRP XXV
Rev. Fides standing left, holding Victory and standard, FIDES EXERCITVVM COS III SC
RIC III 997......Double die match to the only example in the British Museum Collection..

 

Beautiful coins, @Ryro! That's some sexy chocolate right there!!



Here are some of my chocolate patinas ...


Tiberius, AD 14-37.
Roman orichalcum Dupondius, 14.32 g, 29.15 mm, 1 h.
Rome, AD 22/23.
Obv: PIETAS, veiled, diademed and draped bust of (Vipsania? as) Pietas, right.
Rev: DRVSVS CAESAR TI AVGVSTI F TR POT ITER around large SC.
Refs: RIC Tiberius 43; BMCRE Tiberius 98; CBN Tiberius 74; Cohen 1; RCV 1741.


Faustina I, AD 138-140.
Roman orichalcum sestertius, 28.18 g, 33.1 mm, 6 h.
Rome, AD 143-145.
Obv: DIVA AVGVS-TA FAVSTINA, veiled and stephaned bust, right.
Rev: PIETAS AVG S C, Pietas, veiled, draped, standing left, dropping incense out of right hand over lighted 'candelabrum-altar', left, and holding box in left hand.
Refs: RIC 1146Ac; BMCRE 1447-50; Cohen --; Strack 1241; RCV --.


Julia Mamaea, AD 222-235.
Roman Æ as, 10.68 g, 25.3 mm, 11 h.
Rome, AD 232-235.
Obv: IVLIA MAMAEA AVGVSTA, draped bust of Julia Mamaea, wearing stephane, right.
Rev: FECVNDITAS AVGVSTAE S C, Fecunditas standing left, extending right hand to small figure standing right and holding cornucopia in left hand.
Refs: RIC 669; BMCRE 924-25; Cohen 9; RCV 8207.

Gallienus, 253-268 AD.
Roman Æ Antoninianus, 2.63 g, 20.8 mm, 5 h.
Rome Mint, 10th emission, 267-268 AD.
Obv: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head right.
Rev: LIBERO P CONS AVG, tiger walking left, B in exergue.
Refs: RIC 230K; Göbl 713b; Cohen 586; RCV 10281; Cunetio 1341; Hunter 112.

 

...kool coins Ryro! ...ah, i see another bare bottomed cutie in the fray..i'll post a coco colored old favorite o yours and mine... Bronze drachma Alexander lll, 17mm. 6.43gms

 

Oh my goodness this has turned into a dark and delicious thread!
Thanks so much for the brown beauties so far
Good eye @cmezner When I stole that ATG for a tune on ebay and I got it in hand I was dumb with excitement
Another coin minted in honor of and with the helmeted Alexander portrait that I love and that's in a Chocolaty flavor comes from the Romans!:



And thankfully for as long as the coins of and in honor of Philip ll were around and being utilized we get some more choco.
KILLER Marcus Aurelius @Spaniard
@Roman Collector your staggering Pietas reminded me of my DARK CHOCOLATE

Coin of the type:


@ominus1 you KNOW I love all coins Hellenistic. That beauty was used between cultures that had NEVER intermingled nor done commerce together before... and it's a beaut ta boot!
@Edessa I couldn't be more green with envy of that Alexandrian
And as @Andres2 , @Heliodromus and @Ocatarinetabellatchitchix showed is that there is no derth in brown beauties in LRB collectors cabinets

The last one is a gift from @Curtisimo the Great!
I think he added just s hint of spice to the dark chocolate dessert
And, shhhhh @John Anthony it's not an addiction until someone tells you it is

 

I love dark chocolate : the darker the better


Diocletian, Follis - Alexandria mint, 2nd officina, c. AD 304-305
IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, Laureate bust of Diocletianus right
IOVI CONS CAES, Jupiter standing left, holding victory and spear. B in right field S | P in lower field, ALE at exergue
11.21 gr
Ref : Cohen # 173, RCV # 12805 (180), RIC VI # 41

Q

 

This Septimius provincial has my most delicious looking milk-chocolately patina:


Septimius Severus, Thrace, Bizya, AE Assarion (20 mm, 4.40 g). ΑΥ Κ Λ CΕΠ CΕΥΗΡΟC Π Laureate head of Septimius Severus to right. Rev. BIZYHNΩN Zeus standing left, holding patera in right hand over flaming altar at his feet to left, and long scepter in left

 

It can happen to you if you don’t polish your silver for 2000 years.

 

Ha! I've a similar coin.
I bought this Boetian shield from Frank Robinson. With his pictures I couldn't really tell what was going on. Other than that it looked fun and the price was right.
I assume it was in a pile of coins against another that stopped the front of the shield from toning. That, or somebody cleaned it up see if it really was silver.
Here's my Pic just after receipt of my wins:

 

Don't bite into it- you might chip a tooth!



Constantine I. AE Follis. 2.80g. 19mm. 328-329 A.D. Nicomedia Mint. Pearl-diademed head right, CONSTAN-TINVS AVG / Campgate with 7 layers of blocks surmounted by two turrets, no doors; 8-pointed star above; in ex.: SMNΔ PROVIDEN-TIAE AVGG.
RIC VII 153.

 

Here are a few assorted chocolates...

Sestertius Trebonianus Gallus
As of Tiberius
Sestertius of Nero
As of Caligula
Ae follis Constanine II
Dupondius of Trajan.

 

Here's a nice chocolaty Marcus Aurelius sestertius, showing him raising Italia on the reverse:



A Maximinus Thrax sestertius with a Salus reverse:



A variety of additional flavors:

 

Mocha, anyone?

Caligula, 37-38 AD
AE As
Vesta

13.0 grams




Chocolate mix.

Gordian III, 238-244 AD
AE 34
Antioch, Pisida