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<p>[QUOTE="akeady, post: 7562124, member: 83175"]Here are a few shiny ones I have - some of them look like they were cleaned yesterday, or at least in the last decade or so, others like they've got some vestigest of ancient lustre.</p><p><br /></p><p>A Cassius denarius - the type that was very rare until a hoard of them made them relatively affordable. Hoard coins, like this, have that "freshly cleaned" look:</p><p><br /></p><p>Cr. 500/1</p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_Cr_500_1_Obv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_Cr500_1_Rev_small.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This Ti. Minucius Cf. Augurinus denarius is fairly lustrous - Cr. 243/1:</p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_Cr243_1_Obv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_Cr243_1_Rev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>C. Aburius Geminus denarius - Cr. 244/1:</p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_Cr244_1_Obv_3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_Cr244_1_Rev_3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>C. Hosidius C.f. Geta denarius - Cr. 407/2:</p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_Cr407_2_Obv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_Cr407_2_Rev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>ATB,</p><p>Aidan.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="akeady, post: 7562124, member: 83175"]Here are a few shiny ones I have - some of them look like they were cleaned yesterday, or at least in the last decade or so, others like they've got some vestigest of ancient lustre. A Cassius denarius - the type that was very rare until a hoard of them made them relatively affordable. Hoard coins, like this, have that "freshly cleaned" look: Cr. 500/1 [IMG]http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_Cr_500_1_Obv.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_Cr500_1_Rev_small.jpg[/IMG] This Ti. Minucius Cf. Augurinus denarius is fairly lustrous - Cr. 243/1: [IMG]http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_Cr243_1_Obv.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_Cr243_1_Rev.jpg[/IMG] C. Aburius Geminus denarius - Cr. 244/1: [IMG]http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_Cr244_1_Obv_3.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_Cr244_1_Rev_3.jpg[/IMG] C. Hosidius C.f. Geta denarius - Cr. 407/2: [IMG]http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_Cr407_2_Obv.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_Cr407_2_Rev.jpg[/IMG] ATB, Aidan.[/QUOTE]
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