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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3789989, member: 85693&quot;]Interesting line of inquiry, Kevin.&nbsp; I cannot add any solid information, but here are a couple of my coins:</p><p><br /></p><p>This Antoninus Pius dupondius has a nice warm &quot;brassy&quot; look to it.&nbsp; Not sure what the original color was, but I don&#039;t think this one has a patina per se - more like toning:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1012332[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A while back I posted two harshly cleaned uglies from my collection - a brassy sestertius of Antoninus Pius and a coppery as of Faustina I.&nbsp; I thought they did a pretty good job of showing the brass/copper difference from that era (despite my photo&#039;s over-exposure - sorry):</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1012333[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a Septimius Severus dupondius and an Elagabalus as.&nbsp; By the Severans, metal content was getting pretty sloppy, so I&#039;ve heard.&nbsp; That the as is bigger and heavier than the dupondius adds to the sense of Roman mint disarray - and yet I think there is a brassier color to the dupondius:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1012334[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a hard-used Trajan dupondius - not nearly as nice as Kevin&#039;s avatar.&nbsp; in the high point areas, where the crud has been worn away or cleaned away, looks like brass.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1012337[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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