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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 7546061, member: 44316&quot;]I think most sestertii turn dark like those. Some have a lovely green patina and that deserves a premium, because, as you can see from those and other sestertii on vcoins, most don&#039;t have a lovely color. I do not regard those surfaces (on the page you linked to) as anywhere near uniform. Dark, yes. But from a single type of conservation treatment, no. </p><p><br /></p><p>Most sestertii have dark surfaces. I am pleased to have this worn, but yellowish, Lucius Verus:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1302084[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>31 mm. Sestertius</p><p>Lucius Verus, 161-169, struck 161-162.</p><p>IMP CAES L AVREL VERVS AVG</p><p>FORT RED in exergue</p><p>TR POT II COS II </p><p>S C low in fields</p><p>RIC 1391. BMC 1027v. </p><p>ex Coliseum Coin Exchange list #2, lot 262, in 1981. </p><p><br /></p><p>It is unusual for its close-to-original color. If it were dark like most sestertii, it would be worth less to me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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