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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 4864543, member: 56859&quot;]Tough question!&nbsp; I like all the variations but gravitate towards toning with iridescence.&nbsp; I have silver coins ranging from dipped bright to nearly black. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s what my coins are wearing this season <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Dark and uniform toning:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.cointalk.com%25252Fproxy.php%25253Fimage%25253Dhttps%2525253A%2525252F%2525252Fwww.cointalk.com%2525252Fproxy.php%2525253Fimage%2525253Dhttps%252525253A%252525252F%252525252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%252525252Fmedia%252525252Fae43f8_968b9ed4ebda4bbfb04163ef337317ef.jpg%252525252Fv1%252525252Ffill%252525252Fw_1000%252525252Ch_520%252525252Cal_c%252525252Cq_90%252525252Fae43f8_968b9ed4ebda4bbfb04163ef337317ef.jpg%25252526hash%2525253D6599a610d8376d52542a63a42ae6fd54%252526hash%25253D2d6d050905c9c97c78182a16d5c76cb2%2526hash%253D0c8a95a5a3a791840bc0426af6c2da7a%26hash%3D4e581bcb43eac25c7fa6f5bca43ad8de&amp;hash=502989e77759269cbd954383d8bb287f" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>THRACE, Byzantion</b></p><p>340-320 BCE</p><p>AR siglos, 17 mm, 5.0 gm</p><p>Obv: Heifer standing left on dolphin swimming to left</p><p>Rev: Incuse mill-sail pattern</p><p>Ref: SNG BM Black Sea 21</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/phliasia-rt-jpg.1027356/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>PHLIASIA, Phlius</b></p><p><b>400-350 BC</b></p><p>AR obol, 11 mm, 0.84 gm</p><p>Obv: forepart of butting bull left</p><p>Rev: large Φ surrounded by four pellets</p><p>Ref: SNG Copenhagen 8-9</p><p>from Triskeles Auctions, Oct. 2013</p><p><i>ex BCD Collection, not in previous BCD sales.</i></p><p><i>Handwritten round tag and auction clipping indicates that BCD acquired this coin from Sotheby&#039;s, 26-27 May 1976, lot 88, for £55 + 10% VAT</i></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Cabinet&quot; toning, some with hints of iridescence:</p><p><br /></p><p><i><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/frugi-mercury-cr418-2b-rted-jpg.505197/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></i></p><p><b>ROMAN REPUBLIC, M. Piso M.f. Frugi</b></p><p>58 BCE (redated from Crawford&#039;s 61 BCE by Hersh and Walker, 1984)</p><p>AR denarius, 20 mm, 3.94 gm</p><p>Obv: terminal bust of Mercury right, wearing winged diadem; calix below chin; to left, star above wreath; dotted border</p><p>Rev: M·PISO·M·F / FRVGI above secespita (sacrificial knife) and patera; all within laurel wreath</p><p>Ref: Crawford 418/2b; Sydenham 825; Calpurnia 23</p><p>formerly slabbed, NGC</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-different-frugi.279241/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-different-frugi.279241/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-different-frugi.279241/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/lucillapudicitiadenariusreshoot-rt-jpg.725889/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Lucilla</b></p><p>Empress CE 163-169, wife of Lucius Verus</p><p>AR denarius, 19 mm, 3.25 gm</p><p>Obv: LVCILLA AVGVSTA; draped bust right</p><p>Rev: PVDICITIA; Pudicitia, veiled, standing left, with right hand preparing to draw a veil across her face (or had she just drawn the veil off her face?), left hand at side</p><p>Ref: RIC III 780</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi1028.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy342%2FAncientJoe%2FSmallCircus2_zps69282e54.jpg&amp;hash=f755f5c3c9d6f49933381d1bd6c30a7c" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Septimius Severus</b></p><p>Rome, CE 206</p><p>AR denarius, 3.41 gm, 20 mm, 12h</p><p>Obv: SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right</p><p>Rev: LAETITIA TEMPORVM, the spina of the Circus Maximus decorated as a ship facing left, with the turning posts at its prow and stern, a sail mounted on the central obelisk, and the spina&#039;s other monuments visible in between; above the ship, four quadrigas racing left; below, seven animals: an ostrich at left and a bear at right; between them a lion and a lioness chasing a wild ass and a panther attacking a bison</p><p>Ref: RIC 274; BMC 343.</p><p><i>ex Colosseo Collection</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Eye-popping iridescence (I tilt the coin under the camera until the color is maximally displayed-- saturation is not boosted beyond what the camera does without me asking it to):</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.cointalk.com%25252Fproxy.php%25253Fimage%25253Dhttps%2525253A%2525252F%2525252Fwww.cointalk.com%2525252Fproxy.php%2525253Fimage%2525253Dhttps%252525253A%252525252F%252525252Fwww.cointalk.com%252525252Fproxy.php%252525253Fimage%252525253Dhttps%25252525253A%25252525252F%25252525252Fwww.cointalk.com%25252525252Fproxy.php%25252525253Fimage%25252525253Dhttps%2525252525253A%2525252525252F%2525252525252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2525252525252Fmedia%2525252525252Fae43f8_be19610cf0d0438296b9691d2c71c9cc.jpg%2525252525252Fv1%2525252525252Ffit%2525252525252Fw_1702%2525252525252Ch_1064%2525252525252Cq_90%2525252525252Cusm_0.66_1.00_0.01%2525252525252Fae43f8_be19610cf0d0438296b9691d2c71c9cc.jpg%252525252526hash%25252525253Df8a3a1f91b7b1fdfc37607a9baae58f3%2525252526hash%252525253D75165a6384d6fcfb7bc592c9596745a9%25252526hash%2525253D38b7d5af62cd46b84bc8fafa14394fcc%252526hash%25253D69164ce0a2492a0ea294136a8a93f1b6%2526hash%253Dae7142fa58cb3e7ac1f660bb775b0f31%26hash%3D200d7b8c25d4829494f49b1dd36a9b8d&amp;hash=f00e4ad265c3dd8beeb49f8d62ecf238" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>SICILY, Selinos</b></p><p>Circa 410 BCE</p><p>AR litra, 11mm, 0.76 g, 1h</p><p>Obv: nymph seated left on rock, right hand raised above her head, extending her left hand to touch coiled serpent before her; selinon leaf above</p><p>Rev: man-faced bull standing right; ΣEΛINONTIOΣ above; in exergue, fish right</p><p>Ref: Potamikon, p. 116 figure 152 (this coin); HGC 2, 1229; SNG ANS 711–2 var. (ethnic); SNG Ashmolean 1904–5; SNG Lloyd 1270 var. (same); Basel –; Dewing –; Rizzo pl. XXXIII, 6. Good VF, dark iridescent tone, some porosity. Rare.</p><p><i>ex MoneyMuseum, Zurich;</i></p><p><i>ex Leu 79 (31 October 2000), lot 404;</i></p><p><i>ex Athos Moretti collection, #482, unpublished manuscript</i></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.cointalk.com%25252Fproxy.php%25253Fimage%25253Dhttps%2525253A%2525252F%2525252Fwww.cointalk.com%2525252Fproxy.php%2525253Fimage%2525253Dhttps%252525253A%252525252F%252525252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%252525252Fmedia%252525252Fae43f8_14f8b1f0dff14427a8ed38e60769bc9b.jpg%252525252Fv1%252525252Ffill%252525252Fw_1000%252525252Ch_625%252525252Cal_c%252525252Cq_90%252525252Fae43f8_14f8b1f0dff14427a8ed38e60769bc9b.jpg%25252526hash%2525253D58f9317217bbda869f6472d508076eb6%252526hash%25253D974082f0419838526c8f2940a8591741%2526hash%253Da4c3346953e4d5122a1f288e11c424e5%26hash%3D544abdee698336b070962154591b3d5d&amp;hash=95464df68796de26428428c7f78782d7" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>KINGS OF MACEDON, Philip II. 356-336 BCE</b></p><p>AR tetradrachm. 24mm, 14.20 gm, 12h</p><p>Pella, 342-336 BCE</p><p>Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right</p><p>Rev: ΦIΛIΠ-ΠOY, youth, holding palm and reins, on horseback right, thunderbolt below, N in exergue</p><p>Ref: Le Rider 222-306. SNG ANS 385-95</p><p><i><i>ex Colosseo Collection</i></i></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/corinthstater-chimaera-reflection-jpg.454729/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>CORINTHIA, Corinth</b></p><p>circa 375-300 BCE</p><p>AR stater, 22 mm, 8.55 g, 1h</p><p>Obv: Pegasus flying left; qoppa below</p><p>Rev: helmeted head of Athena left; A-P flanking neck truncation; to right, chimaera rampant left</p><p>Ref: Ravel 1010; Pegasi 428; BCD Corinth 102; HGC 4, 1848</p><p><i>ex CNG Inventory 828126 (November, 2008)</i></p><p><i>ex Gorny &amp; Mosch 170 (13 October 2008), lot 1381</i></p><p><i>ex Giessener Münzhandlung 21 (22 March 1982), lot 37</i></p><p><br /></p><p><b><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/jc-cupidbigadenarius-reflection-jpg.458530/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></b></p><p><b><b>Roman Republic</b></b></p><p><b><b>moneyer L. Julius L. f. Caesar, 103 BC</b></b></p><p>AR denarius, 17mm, 3.9 gm</p><p>Obv: Helmeted head of Mars left; CAESAR; ・C (retrograde)</p><p>Rev: Venus Genetrix in chariot left, drawn by two Cupids; lyre to left; ・C (retrograde) above</p><p>Ref: Crawford 320/1</p><p><i>ex RBW Collection</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/eumenestetreshoot2-rt_edited2-jpg.1038850/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>KINGS of PERGAMON, Eumenes I</b></p><p>263-241 BCE</p><p>AR tetradrachm 29 mm, 16.94 gm</p><p>Obv: head of Philetairos right, wearing laurel wreath</p><p>Rev: ΦIΛETAIPOY; Athena enthroned left, right hand resting on shield set at her feet, gorgon on shield; left elbow resting on small sphinx seated right; transverse spear in background, ivy leaf above knee, monogram on throne, bow to right</p><p>Ref: BMC Greek (Mysia) 31, p.115; SNG France 1606–9</p><p>Formerly slabbed, NGC Ch AU 5/5 3/5, Fine Style</p><p><i>Ex Dr. Spencer Paterson Collection of Ancient coins, Great Collections 15 Sept 2019</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/tarasnomos-rt-ed-jpg.1002419/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>CALABRIA, Tarentum</b></p><p>circa 344-340 BCE per CNG&#039;s cataloger; 380-345 BCE per Cote/Ratto;</p><p>AR nomos (didrachm); 21 mm, 7.72 gm, 9h</p><p>Obv: Warrior, holding small shield in left hand, dismounting from horse galloping left; horizontal T below</p><p>Rev: Phalanthos (Taras?), holding helmet in right hand, riding dolphin left; TAPAΣ to upper right, I and waves below</p><p>Ref: Fischer-Bossert group 47, 657 (V252/R509); Vlasto 437 (same dies); HN Italy 876; Côte 152</p><p><i>Ex Dr. Spencer Paterson Collection of Ancient Coins, Sept 2019</i></p><p><i>Slabbed prior to its most recent sale to me and quickly de-slabbed upon arrival; NGC XF, 5/5, 4/5, Fine Style.</i></p><p><i>Prior sales: CNG&#039;s Coin shop (date unknown); Roma Auction 6 lot 327 (Sept 2013)</i></p><p><i><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-first-tarentum-dolphin-rider.347715/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-first-tarentum-dolphin-rider.347715/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-first-tarentum-dolphin-rider.347715/</a></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>Minimal toning:</p><p><br /></p><p><i><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/thessalianleaguestater-rt-jpg.468631/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></i></p><p><b>THESSALY, Thessalian League</b></p><p>48/7 BCE</p><p>Magistrates Nikolaos, Ni..., and Gorgias</p><p>AR stater, 23 mm, 6.3 gm</p><p>Obv: head of Zeus right, wearing oak wreath</p><p>Rev: ΘΕΣΣΑ / ΛΩΝ Athena Itonia striding right, hurling spear with her right hand and extending shield in her left; above spear, ΝΙΚΟ -ΛΑΟΣ; below shield, ΝΙ; to left and right, Γ-ΟΡ/ΓΙ-Α/Σ</p><p>Ref: CNG 78, 14 May 2008, 485 (same dies). Grose 4928 var.</p><p><i>ex Höher collection</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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