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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3083787, member: 85693&quot;]Thank you all so much for your thoughts and blue/bluish and colorful patina examples.&nbsp; The more I look at all your examples, the more I am doubting my blue Antoninus Pius - I think Ken Dorney is right, it has been painted somehow.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the seller&#039;s photo - he did say it was blue in the description, but you can see why I was surprised when I saw it in hand.&nbsp; It was another one of my eBay gambles, but for $10 I am still quite happy with the purchase: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]776972[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the Gordian III in my OP, something&#039;s odd with that too, as tenbobbit suggests - my thoughts are a sand patina partially stripped?&nbsp; The reverse is considerably different, with almost no &quot;sand&quot; left:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]776974[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, the one &quot;blue&quot; ancient in my collection that I do feel fairly confident about - a Byzantine follis of Phocas.&nbsp; Only partially blue, however: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]776978[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Again, thank you all for the input.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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