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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GregH, post: 2375760, member: 75936&quot;]I guess it&#039;s slightly reassuring that Athena applies this patina to coins with or without problems - ie the patination doesn&#039;t necessarily mean anything was wrong in the first place.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am concerned about this Uranius coin that came from him. It&#039;s extremely rare and cost big bucks (I&#039;m embarrassed to say how much - but well into the four digits). It&#039;s doubly interesting to me because it&#039;s a very rare emperor, and has the baetyl (meteorite) of Elagabal on the reverse in the temple in Emesa - which seems to prove that by 253AD the meteorite was returned to Emesa. As far as I know this obverse/reverse die combination is unique. </p><p><br /></p><p>But now this discussion about patination has raised concerns. The patination on the reverse seems to be piled on quite thick. Removing it - and risking damage - is not something I want to do on a coin this valuable. I can&#039;t find a match in the coin archives, so I have no idea what the coin originally looked like.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]486351[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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