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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3120762, member: 56859&quot;]Nice portrait and interesting reverse details <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>How can we distinguish &quot;relatively undisturbed&quot; surfaces from &quot;stripped and slightly repatinated&quot; (repatinated by time or by intention)?&nbsp; Does it matter?&nbsp; It doesn&#039;t bother me if a coin is purposefully repatinated as long as the process does not involve painting a thick layer of something on the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a poxy Vespasian received in a large group lot.&nbsp; I suspect it was cleaned by electrolysis, leaving the surface pitted although the larger pits probably reflect an existing deeper corrosion.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_5c5bd7943ff240df9bfedc5f03d442a4.jpg_srz_p_686_335_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srz" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Vespasian, 69-79 AD</b></p><p><b>sestertius, 35 mm, 25.2 gm</b></p><p>Obv: IMP CAES VESPAS AVG PM TR P P P COS III, laureate head right</p><p>Rev: PAX [AVGVSTI], S-C; Pax standing left, branch in outstretched right hand, holding cornucopia in left arm.</p><p>Ref: RIC II 437[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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