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<p>[QUOTE="Carl Wilmont, post: 4897939, member: 75496"][USER=87271]@AnYangMan[/USER], would you assess the green patina on this coin to also be botryoidal malachite? It appears to have the globular form in places, and looks similar to your last example.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1181949[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1181951[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Judaea, Hasmonean Kingdom. Mattathias Antigonos (Mattatayah). Æ 4 Prutot (6.93 g), 40-37 BC.</b> Jerusalem. 'Mattatayah the High Priest' (Paleo-Hebrew), cornucopiae tied with ribbons, decorated with vine-leaf and grapes. <i>Reverse:</i> BACI ANTIΓ in two lines within wreath tied at left. Hendin 1163; TJC 37a. Red-brown and green patina.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Carl Wilmont, post: 4897939, member: 75496"][USER=87271]@AnYangMan[/USER], would you assess the green patina on this coin to also be botryoidal malachite? It appears to have the globular form in places, and looks similar to your last example. [ATTACH=full]1181949[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1181951[/ATTACH] [B]Judaea, Hasmonean Kingdom. Mattathias Antigonos (Mattatayah). Æ 4 Prutot (6.93 g), 40-37 BC.[/B] Jerusalem. 'Mattatayah the High Priest' (Paleo-Hebrew), cornucopiae tied with ribbons, decorated with vine-leaf and grapes. [I]Reverse:[/I] BACI ANTIΓ in two lines within wreath tied at left. Hendin 1163; TJC 37a. Red-brown and green patina.[/QUOTE]
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