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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 5382054, member: 85693&quot;]Not just an interesting thread, but a beautiful one as well.&nbsp; Here is another one that I though might show the &quot;impermanence&quot; as well as the difficulty in showing the chromatic aspects of an ancient coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>A while back I got this Aurelian &amp; Vaballathus tetradrachm on eBay.&nbsp; Sometimes it is a real surprise to see what cheap, unpromising material can look like in hand. </p><p><br /></p><p>Seller&#039;s photos:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1230616[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>My photos in direct sunlight - it is still rather cruddy, but note the blue granules and green areas - this is one of my favorites in regards to color:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1230619[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1230615[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Egypt&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Potin Tetradrachm</b></p><p><b>Aurelian and Vaballathus</b></p><p><b>Year 2/5 (271-272 A.D.) </b></p><p><b>Alexandria Mint</b></p><p>[AVT K] Λ Δ AVPHΛIANOC CЄB, L, D &amp; C bust of Aurelian right; across field, date (L B) / IAC OVABAΛΛAΘOC AΘHNO V [AVT] C Pω, D &amp; D bust of Vaballathus r., L Є across field.</p><p>Dattari 5425; K&amp;G 106.72</p><p>(7.85 grams / 20 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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