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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 5001794, member: 57495&quot;]I don&#039;t know what&#039;s up with those green-hued pics of the A.K. coins, but they thankfully aren&#039;t green at all in hand. </p><p><br /></p><p>A pic of a Lucius Verus denarius I have taken straight from the CNG Triton XIX online catalogue:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1200604[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>My pic of what the coin actually looks like:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1200605[/ATTACH]<b>LUCIUS VERUS</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 3.64g, 19.7mm. Rome mint, AD 169, Consecration issue under Marcus Aurelius. RIC III 596a; BMCRE IV p. 456, 503 and pl. 62.19; C 55. O: DIVVS VERVS, bare head right. R: CONSECRATIO, Eagle standing front, body inclined right, head turned left, stands on bar.</p><p><i>Ex A.K. Collection</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>An even greener Julia Domna:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1200608[/ATTACH]</p><p>My pic:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1200611[/ATTACH]<b>JULIA DOMNA</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 3.92g, 20.1mm. Rome mint, circa AD 198-207. RIC IV (Septimius) 564. O: IVLIA AVGVSTA, draped bust right; hair waved vertically and fastened in large bun on back. R: MATER DEVM, Cybele seated on throne, holding branch extended in right hand, left elbow resting on drum, set on throne; on both sides of throne, lions seated left; the one on left only half seen.</p><p><i>Ex A.K. Collection; ex stock Münzen und Medaillen Basel 1971</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>Like Doug, I wonder at the decision to offer some very nice coins from this collection in large group lots.&nbsp; I&#039;m equally perplexed at the green-hued pics.&nbsp; Some of the webpages from the most recent offering of A.K. Collection coins are still online.&nbsp; This particular lot below has a good number of coins that look positively scary in the photographs:</p><p><a href="https://ak.cngcoins.com/level2.asp?Lot=833" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://ak.cngcoins.com/level2.asp?Lot=833" rel="nofollow">https://ak.cngcoins.com/level2.asp?Lot=833</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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