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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3053949, member: 85693&quot;]I really like these dirty coins - that OP Gordian is one of the nicest I&#039;ve seen, since toned Gordies are pretty hard to find, it seems to me.&nbsp; Most of mine are (too) shiny. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an Aurelian ORIENS AVGG that has silvering and orange stuff on it.&nbsp; One of the reasons I like dirt is that it tends to depress prices on eBay.&nbsp; I paid $3.25 for this and have no plans to clean it (or in my case, probably ruin it). </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]764745[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]764746[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Aurelian&nbsp; Antoninianus</b></p><p><b>(c. 270-275 A.D.) </b></p><p><b>Rome Mint </b></p><p>IMP AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate, cuirassed bust right / ORIENS AVG, Sol walking</p><p>left, holding globe and raising right hand, foot on one of two bound captives.&nbsp; Mintmark X.&nbsp; RIC 62, X; Cohen 154.</p><p>(4.22 grams / 24 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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