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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3623204, member: 85693&quot;]Well, here&#039;s an eBay story for you.&nbsp; An Antoninus Pius sestertius with the most interesting blue patina.&nbsp; A day or two after I got it, the &quot;patina&quot; became sticky to the touch.&nbsp; A dab of hand sanitizer and the truth emerged - a harshly cleaned, mostly, patina-free coin (but no bronze disease, thank goodness).&nbsp; It was only $10, which I would&#039;ve paid anyway (the reverse is very worn, but it has the emperor in a slow quadriga, a better type I think).&nbsp; Funny what modern people do to ancients.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Before and after (I left traces of blue in the declivities for posterity):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]971434[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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