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Message:: [QUOTE="Carl Wilmont, post: 24716575, member: 75496"]Curtis, I like your thread dedicated to pointing out the swan-like qualities of coins which might be called "ugly ducklings" by some.  It's interesting to see the posts describing what makes unattractive-at-first-glance coins attractive to their owners, and to others when they appreciate their special qualities, whether they be rarity or something else. Like your third example, the main feature of my nearly featureless host coin below is that it has been countermarked.  Though the sestertius itself is an unappealing example of its type, its dark patina helps the countermark itself to stand out as an aesthetically pleasing example of its type, NCAPR. [ATTACH=full]1580394[/ATTACH] The Roman Empire.  Tiberius (14 – 37 AD).  Æ Sestertius.  (36mm, 24.88 g).[CIVITATIBVS ASI]AE [RE]S[TITVTIS] ("cities of Asia restored").  Tiberius laureate, seated left, foot on stool, holding patera and scepter. /  [TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVST P M TR] POT X[XIIII] around S C. NCAPR in rectangular countermark. RIC I 48.Commemorative coin struck circa 22-23 AD in recognition of the relief provided by Tiberius following the severe 17 AD earthquake occurring in the Lydia region of the Roman province of Asia Minor. [/QUOTE]