Magnus Maximus just got himself a new coin!

Hi folks!
As many of you may know, I primarily focus on Roman silver coinage of the 4th century CE, though sometimes I will get a few AE's.
After my Theodosius II Siliqua tore a hole in my wallet, I made up my mind not to spend more that $12 on a coin for the rest of the year. Luckily for me I found this beauty!
Valentinian I AE-3
Unknown weight and diameter
Sisca mint
SECVRITAS-REIPVBLICAE

When I saw this coin, I Ground Pounded it into my cart!


Dat Patina!!!


Please post your amazing lime green patina coins!

 

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Wow that is gorgeous

 

Damn, that's some serious patina! NICE!!

 

Thanks Pish, 1959.
And it was only $12 USD!!!

 

Amazing!!

 

a nice 12 buck coin! i wonder if it will be that color in hand? i'm assuming it's incoming though, do you already have it MM?

this coin is a pretty green, i couldn't quite capture it. has lime highlghts...sort of in hand...and sort of not.

 

Love the color MM.

DOMITIAN
AE23
OBVERSE: AVT KAISAR DOMITAINOS SEB, laureate head right
REVERSE: KIONON MAKEDONWN, Macedonian shield
Struck at Koinon of Macedonia, 81-96AD
8.2g, 23mm
RPC 336, SNG Cop 1337, Moushmov 5881

 

WOW!!
Looks like I joined the lime green coin club!
Very nice coins guys!

 

@> M.M.
I love it.

 

Thanks TC!
The seller had some nice bargains, but I somehow managed to restrict myself to just this coin.

 

@> Chris>
I want to say 'Faustina' (Egypt) but I don't think I am right. Who is she?
Is the obverse legend "FAVCTEINA CEBACTH"?
Rev. Artemis?
Could it be Faustina Varbanov 880?

 

Awesome! belive it or not I got a couple of cool coins last weekend for the same price! i found an 1854 seated half dime and a 1794 conder token for 12 bucks each! The coin looks really cool, I was wondering why is the coin (and coins like it) lime green?

 

Thanks Brandon. I don't think the seller really has any idea of how much his Ancients are worth, I saw a worn and BD infested Caligula Vesta AS sell for .99 cents!
I will certainly will be watching his store from here on out.

http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=patina
This may help some.

 

Bronze Anonymous Follis,
Class A1, 24 mm x 21 mm x 7.36 grams
John I Tzimisces
Constantinople mint, 969 - 976 A.D.
Obv. EMMANOVHL, facing head of Christ, two pellets in each cross limb, Pallium and colobium, holding ornamented Gospels with both hands, to left IC, to right XC;
Rev. + IhSuS / XRISTuS / bASILEu / bASILE (Jesus Christ Kingof Kings)
Ref: SBCV1793

 

Some coins get collected because of their color. Sometimes we get lucky and find a coin we wanted anyway that happens to have good color.

 

Damn, Doug!

 

Not quite lime green, but a nice green patina on this semuncia. A few spots are a little lighter and I have been watching them but so far they show no signs of being anything active.



This semis, though it is irregular and splotchy has some nice greens as well


Finally, this little Seleucid bottle cap of Demetrios I Soter has a nice green patina

 

Here's one of my favorite greenies...

 

Nice!

 

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
AE 18
OBVERSE: AY K L C CEVHROC, laureate head right
REVERSE: NIKOPOLITWN PROC ICTR, Crescent and three stars
Struck at Nikopolis, 193-211 AD
3.4g, 17mm
Varbanov 2554

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
AE17 Assarion
OBVERSE: AV K L CEVHPOC, laureate bust right
REVERSE: NIKOPOL PROC IC, Draped bust of Serapis in modius, facing right
Struck at Nikopolis ad Istrum, 193-211 AD
2.6g, 15mm
Moushmov 927

COMMODUS
Ae As
OBVERSE: M COMMODVS ANTONINVS AVG, laureate head right
REVERSE: TR P VI IMP IIII COS III P P S C, Commodus driving a quadriga to left
Struck at Rome, 181 AD
10.52g, 27mm
RIC 319