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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lehmansterms, post: 3178591, member: 80804&quot;]In my 60+ years of collecting I&#039;ve had (and in many cases, still have) many different modern coins with various &quot;alterations&quot; and damage - both intentional and accidental - some of which are fascinating and/or puzzling to contemplate their origin and/or purpose. For the last couple of decades however, this Hadrian sestertius from a $2 pick box has been my favorite. It is the result of a happy, accidental and unintended confluence of wear, patination and possibly some light final cleaning - I&#039;ve always felt it was just about the equal of a carved cameo.</p><p>This photo doesn&#039;t quite capture how striking it looks &quot;in person&quot;, but it should give at least a general impression of its overall beauty.<img src="http://www.stoa.org/albums/album92/ML06_Hadrian_Cameo_sest_obv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>I&#039;ve never made an effort to image all the odd &quot;indian jewelry&quot;, advertisement or &quot;blacksmith&#039;s toy&quot; items wrought upon coins that I keep as a class of exonumia - but perhaps I should do a series of photos of some of the more photogenic of them. (This would have to wait until I manage to get my ancients website gallery brought up to date.)</p><p>Wait, I think I may have a photo of a large copper which had been re-purposed into a cabinet door latch - I&#039;ll see if I can find it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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