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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 7564821, member: 75937"][MEDIA=youtube]51BQfPeSK8k[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>Not if you're a coin, Kermit!</p><p><br /></p><p>That coin has a lovely patina, [USER=80952]@ambr0zie[/USER], and I'm glad you were able to pick it up at a good price because you were one of the few to appreciate it. Auction prices being what they are these days, we're lucky to win anything at them!</p><p><br /></p><p>This one has a similar story. It has some surface roughness, some corrosion, and a mottled patina. It didn't spark much action at auction. But I liked the green patina and the charming portrait of the empress. I also thought it was interesting that Faustina has a bare-headed bust, rather than a strand of pearls as she usually wears on coins of this issue and period (I may be the only collector, though, who cares about such things).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1304434[/ATTACH]</p><p>Faustina II, AD 147-175.</p><p>Roman Æ As, 8.31 g, 25.2 mm, 5 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 161-164.</p><p>Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: HILARITAS S C, Hilaritas standing left, holding long palm-branch in right hand and cornucopia in left hand.</p><p>Refs: RIC 1643 var.; BMCRE 982 var.; Cohen 113 var.; RCV 5296; MIR 15-7/10b.</p><p>Notes: This coin is a variety of the RIC, BMCRE and Cohen specimens in that Faustina wears no strands of pearls in the hair.</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as Domitian goes, here's the greenest Domitian I have:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/domitian-semis-antioch-jpg.1010553/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Domitian as Caesar, AD 69-81</p><p>Roman provincial Æ semis; 6.93 g, 21.1 mm, 1 h</p><p>Syria, Seleukis and Pieria, Antiochia ad Orontem, AD 69-81</p><p>Obv: DOMITIA-NVS CAESAR, laureate head left</p><p>Rev: SC within laurel wreath</p><p>Refs: SGI 872; BMC 20.181, 251; Cohen 746; RPC II 2017; McAlee 403a.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 7564821, member: 75937"][MEDIA=youtube]51BQfPeSK8k[/MEDIA] Not if you're a coin, Kermit! That coin has a lovely patina, [USER=80952]@ambr0zie[/USER], and I'm glad you were able to pick it up at a good price because you were one of the few to appreciate it. Auction prices being what they are these days, we're lucky to win anything at them! This one has a similar story. It has some surface roughness, some corrosion, and a mottled patina. It didn't spark much action at auction. But I liked the green patina and the charming portrait of the empress. I also thought it was interesting that Faustina has a bare-headed bust, rather than a strand of pearls as she usually wears on coins of this issue and period (I may be the only collector, though, who cares about such things). [ATTACH=full]1304434[/ATTACH] Faustina II, AD 147-175. Roman Æ As, 8.31 g, 25.2 mm, 5 h. Rome, AD 161-164. Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust, right. Rev: HILARITAS S C, Hilaritas standing left, holding long palm-branch in right hand and cornucopia in left hand. Refs: RIC 1643 var.; BMCRE 982 var.; Cohen 113 var.; RCV 5296; MIR 15-7/10b. Notes: This coin is a variety of the RIC, BMCRE and Cohen specimens in that Faustina wears no strands of pearls in the hair. As far as Domitian goes, here's the greenest Domitian I have: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/domitian-semis-antioch-jpg.1010553/[/IMG] Domitian as Caesar, AD 69-81 Roman provincial Æ semis; 6.93 g, 21.1 mm, 1 h Syria, Seleukis and Pieria, Antiochia ad Orontem, AD 69-81 Obv: DOMITIA-NVS CAESAR, laureate head left Rev: SC within laurel wreath Refs: SGI 872; BMC 20.181, 251; Cohen 746; RPC II 2017; McAlee 403a.[/QUOTE]
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