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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AncientJoe, post: 2180887, member: 44357&quot;]RIP, Vespasian. My only coin of his is this aureus, from the Boscoreale hoard, buried under the ash of Mt. Vesuvius until it&#039;s excavation in 1895. While gold doesn&#039;t tone, this toning is produced by the alloyed metals reacting with the volcanic ash over the centuries.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1028.photobucket.com/albums/y342/AncientJoe/Vespasian_zpsrjsk6j74.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Through some luck and a lot of catalog reading, I&#039;ve taken it from no pedigree to an essentially unbroken pedigree back to its burial in ancient Pompeii:</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Calico reference guide plate coin (number 604)</i></p><p><i>Ex. Lanz Auction 70, lot 166 (Nov 1994), the collection of Margaretha Ley, one of the most famous and successful personalities in the world of fashion</i></p><p><i>Ex. Bank Leu Auction 30, lot 326 (Apr 1982)</i></p><p><i>Ex. Leo Biaggi de Blasys (coin 306, formed from the 1950s-1960s)</i></p><p><i>Ex. Auktion Glendining (Jan 14, 1953), lot 22</i></p><p><i>Ex. J.C.S Rashleigh collection (formed ca. 1920)</i></p><p><i>Ex. Boscoreale Hoard of 1895</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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