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<p>[QUOTE="ambr0zie, post: 7564849, member: 80952"]Thanks, all and very nice coins.</p><p>[USER=106319]@Romancollector[/USER] - the hammer price was much, much better than I was expecting - especially with the prices these days. I find the coin more than decent and the details are very satisfactory. Portrait is nice (at least for my expectations), legends visible, I thought the price will rise a lot (like all Flavian bronzes in decent condition) but it remained very close to opening bid (that was also low).</p><p>Excellent Faustina BTW - surely deserves a place in your album!</p><p>I can only assume that other people made the same mistake I almost did - seeing the green color and also the roughness skipped it without looking carefully at the pics.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fun fact - when I was a complete beginner I was convinced that green patina indicates bronze disease. Fortunately I only "managed" to clean 1 coin with remains of green patina - a Nero as. At least I wasn't the one to ruin it, as it was clear the coin had a beautiful, light green patina but sometime in the past somebody decided to clean it. </p><p><br /></p><p>This was my first green coin - I am also not sure if the patina is natural but I like the aspect, and by coincidence it's the first position in my first album with ancient coins.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1304437[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ambr0zie, post: 7564849, member: 80952"]Thanks, all and very nice coins. [USER=106319]@Romancollector[/USER] - the hammer price was much, much better than I was expecting - especially with the prices these days. I find the coin more than decent and the details are very satisfactory. Portrait is nice (at least for my expectations), legends visible, I thought the price will rise a lot (like all Flavian bronzes in decent condition) but it remained very close to opening bid (that was also low). Excellent Faustina BTW - surely deserves a place in your album! I can only assume that other people made the same mistake I almost did - seeing the green color and also the roughness skipped it without looking carefully at the pics. Fun fact - when I was a complete beginner I was convinced that green patina indicates bronze disease. Fortunately I only "managed" to clean 1 coin with remains of green patina - a Nero as. At least I wasn't the one to ruin it, as it was clear the coin had a beautiful, light green patina but sometime in the past somebody decided to clean it. This was my first green coin - I am also not sure if the patina is natural but I like the aspect, and by coincidence it's the first position in my first album with ancient coins. [ATTACH=full]1304437[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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