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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2486996, member: 19463&quot;]I am sad to admit that I prefer silvered coins that have lost all their silver, too, but I feel guilty penalizing a coin for being closer to original and rewarding coin doctors who clean off the sliver and retone the bronze look to my tastes.&nbsp; I do not apply the term billon to coins with as little silver as we see in the Constantinian period but the decline was not abrupt enough that you can draw a meaningful line between the end of billon and the start of AE.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Also for the record:&nbsp; I really wish those ancient Greeks had not painted their white stone art in garish colors but that does not mean I believe the traces of paint remaining on a few should be removed or restored to full beauty by their definitions.&nbsp; If the city of Athens decided to &#039;restore&#039; the Parthenon to its full original appearance, what would be the effect on tourism?&nbsp; I trust they are smart enough to leave well enough alone.</p><p><a href="http://io9.gizmodo.com/5616498/ultraviolet-light-reveals-how-ancient-greek-statues-really-looked" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://io9.gizmodo.com/5616498/ultraviolet-light-reveals-how-ancient-greek-statues-really-looked" rel="nofollow">http://io9.gizmodo.com/5616498/ultraviolet-light-reveals-how-ancient-greek-statues-really-looked</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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