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<p>[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 6487192, member: 96898"]This has to be [USER=77077]@Theodosius[/USER] , I reckon! We all know him as a true connoisseur of fine style and high grade, but weren't we all a bit less picky when we began collecting ancients? Many of us started with unidentifiable LRBs, Theodosius started with a sestertius of Severus Alexander worn to an attractive "fine"...</p><p><br /></p><p>It's not repatination, but someone in the past thought it a good idea to cover this coin in what I suppose is cellulose lacquer:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1259109[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Severus Alexander, Roman Empire, AE sestertius, 234 AD, Rome mint. Obv: IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG; bust of Severus Alexander, laureate, draped, r. Rev: P M TR P XIII COS III P P; Sol, radiate, walking l., raising r. hand and holding whip in l. hand; in fields flanking, SC. 31mm, 18.59g. Ref: RIC IV Severus Alexander 538c.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 6487192, member: 96898"]This has to be [USER=77077]@Theodosius[/USER] , I reckon! We all know him as a true connoisseur of fine style and high grade, but weren't we all a bit less picky when we began collecting ancients? Many of us started with unidentifiable LRBs, Theodosius started with a sestertius of Severus Alexander worn to an attractive "fine"... It's not repatination, but someone in the past thought it a good idea to cover this coin in what I suppose is cellulose lacquer: [ATTACH=full]1259109[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Severus Alexander, Roman Empire, AE sestertius, 234 AD, Rome mint. Obv: IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG; bust of Severus Alexander, laureate, draped, r. Rev: P M TR P XIII COS III P P; Sol, radiate, walking l., raising r. hand and holding whip in l. hand; in fields flanking, SC. 31mm, 18.59g. Ref: RIC IV Severus Alexander 538c.[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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