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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3732408, member: 56859"]Toning may be impermanent-- although very slow to change if stored properly-- but I still love a toned coin, especially one with iridescence <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.cointalk.com%25252Fproxy.php%25253Fimage%25253Dhttps%2525253A%2525252F%2525252Fwww.cointalk.com%2525252Fproxy.php%2525253Fimage%2525253Dhttps%252525253A%252525252F%252525252Fwww.cointalk.com%252525252Fproxy.php%252525253Fimage%252525253Dhttps%25252525253A%25252525252F%25252525252Fwww.cointalk.com%25252525252Fproxy.php%25252525253Fimage%25252525253Dhttps%2525252525253A%2525252525252F%2525252525252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2525252525252Fmedia%2525252525252Fae43f8_be19610cf0d0438296b9691d2c71c9cc.jpg%2525252525252Fv1%2525252525252Ffit%2525252525252Fw_1702%2525252525252Ch_1064%2525252525252Cq_90%2525252525252Cusm_0.66_1.00_0.01%2525252525252Fae43f8_be19610cf0d0438296b9691d2c71c9cc.jpg%252525252526hash%25252525253Df8a3a1f91b7b1fdfc37607a9baae58f3%2525252526hash%252525253D75165a6384d6fcfb7bc592c9596745a9%25252526hash%2525253D38b7d5af62cd46b84bc8fafa14394fcc%252526hash%25253D69164ce0a2492a0ea294136a8a93f1b6%2526hash%253Dae7142fa58cb3e7ac1f660bb775b0f31%26hash%3D200d7b8c25d4829494f49b1dd36a9b8d&hash=f00e4ad265c3dd8beeb49f8d62ecf238" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>SICILY, Selinos</b></p><p>Circa 410 BCE</p><p>AR litra, 11mm, 0.76 g, 1h</p><p>Obv: nymph seated left on rock, right hand raised above her head, extending her left hand to touch coiled serpent before her; selinon leaf above</p><p>Rev: man-faced bull standing right; ΣEΛINONTIOΣ above; in exergue, fish right</p><p>Ref: Potamikon, p. 116 figure 152 (this coin); HGC 2, 1229; SNG ANS 711–2 var. (ethnic); SNG Ashmolean 1904–5; SNG Lloyd 1270 var. (same); Basel –; Dewing –; Rizzo pl. XXXIII, 6. Good VF, dark iridescent tone, some porosity. Rare.</p><p><i>ex MoneyMuseum, Zurich;</i></p><p><i>ex Leu 79 (31 October 2000), lot 404;</i></p><p><i>ex Athos Moretti collection, #482, unpublished manuscript</i></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.cointalk.com%25252Fproxy.php%25253Fimage%25253Dhttps%2525253A%2525252F%2525252Fwww.cointalk.com%2525252Fproxy.php%2525253Fimage%2525253Dhttps%252525253A%252525252F%252525252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%252525252Fmedia%252525252Fae43f8_14f8b1f0dff14427a8ed38e60769bc9b.jpg%252525252Fv1%252525252Ffill%252525252Fw_1000%252525252Ch_625%252525252Cal_c%252525252Cq_90%252525252Fae43f8_14f8b1f0dff14427a8ed38e60769bc9b.jpg%25252526hash%2525253D58f9317217bbda869f6472d508076eb6%252526hash%25253D974082f0419838526c8f2940a8591741%2526hash%253Da4c3346953e4d5122a1f288e11c424e5%26hash%3D544abdee698336b070962154591b3d5d&hash=95464df68796de26428428c7f78782d7" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>KINGS OF MACEDON, Philip II. 356-336 BCE</b></p><p>AR tetradrachm. 24mm, 14.20 gm, 12h</p><p>Pella, 342-336 BCE</p><p>Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right</p><p>Rev: ΦIΛIΠ-ΠOY, youth, holding palm and reins, on horseback right, thunderbolt below, N in exergue</p><p>Ref: Le Rider 222-306. SNG ANS 385-95</p><p><i><i>ex Colosseo Collection</i></i></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/atgtet-cc-jpg.511820/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>KINGS OF MACEDON, Alexander III</b></p><p>AR tetradrachm, 17.14 gm</p><p>late lifetime issue, struck in Aradus c. 324/3 BCE</p><p>Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress.</p><p>Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ; Zeus seated left, holding eagle and scepter; I in left field; AP monogram below throne</p><p>Ref: Price 3325</p><p><i>ex Colosseo Collection</i></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/corinthstater-chimaera-reflection-jpg.454729/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>CORINTHIA, Corinth</b></p><p>circa 375-300 BCE</p><p>AR stater, 22 mm, 8.55 g, 1h</p><p>Obv: Pegasus flying left; qoppa below</p><p>Rev: helmeted head of Athena left; A-P flanking neck truncation; to right, chimaera rampant left</p><p>Ref: Ravel 1010; Pegasi 428; BCD Corinth 102; HGC 4, 1848</p><p><i>ex CNG Inventory 828126 (November, 2008)</i></p><p><i>ex Gorny & Mosch 170 (13 October 2008), lot 1381</i></p><p><i>ex Giessener Münzhandlung 21 (22 March 1982), lot 37</i></p><p><br /></p><p><b><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/jc-cupidbigadenarius-reflection-jpg.458530/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></b></p><p><b><b>Roman Republic</b></b></p><p><b><b>moneyer L. Julius L. f. Caesar, 103 BC</b></b></p><p>AR denarius, 17mm, 3.9 gm</p><p>Obv: Helmeted head of Mars left; CAESAR; ・C (retrograde)</p><p>Rev: Venus Genetrix in chariot left, drawn by two Cupids; lyre to left; ・C (retrograde) above</p><p>Ref: Crawford 320/1</p><p><i>ex RBW Collection</i></p><p><br /></p><p><i><i><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/lentulustriskeles-cr445-1b-rt-jpg.512107/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></i></i></p><p><b>Roman Republic, the Pompeians</b></p><p><b>L. Cornelius Lentulus and C. Claudius Marcellus</b></p><p>Military mint in the East (Apollonia and Asia), 49 BC</p><p>AR denarius, 19 mm, 3.8 gm</p><p>Obv: Triskeles, with winged head of Medusa facing at center; stalk of grain between each leg</p><p>Rev: Jupiter standing facing, head right, holding thunderbolt in right hand and eagle on left; LE(NT) (MAR) upward to left, COS upward to right</p><p>Ref: Crawford 445/1b; Sydenham 1029a</p><p><br /></p><p><i><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/frugi-mercury-cr418-2b-rted-jpg.505197/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></i></p><p><b>ROMAN REPUBLIC, M. Piso M.f. Frugi</b></p><p>58 BCE (redated from Crawford's 61 BCE by Hersh and Walker, 1984)</p><p>AR denarius, 20 mm, 3.94 gm</p><p>Obv: terminal bust of Mercury right, wearing winged diadem; calix below chin; to left, star above wreath; dotted border</p><p>Rev: M·PISO·M·F / FRVGI above secespita (sacrificial knife) and patera; all within laurel wreath</p><p>Ref: Crawford 418/2b; Sydenham 825; Calpurnia 23</p><p>formerly slabbed, NGC</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-different-frugi.279241/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-different-frugi.279241/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-different-frugi.279241/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/lucillapudicitiadenariusreshoot-rt-jpg.725889/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Lucilla</b></p><p>Empress CE 163-169, wife of Lucius Verus</p><p>AR denarius, 19 mm, 3.25 gm</p><p>Obv: LVCILLA AVGVSTA; draped bust right</p><p>Rev: PVDICITIA; Pudicitia, veiled, standing left, with right hand preparing to draw a veil across her face (or had she just drawn the veil off her face?), left hand at side</p><p>Ref: RIC III 780</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi1028.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy342%2FAncientJoe%2FSmallCircus2_zps69282e54.jpg&hash=f755f5c3c9d6f49933381d1bd6c30a7c" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Septimius Severus</b></p><p>Rome, CE 206</p><p>AR denarius, 3.41 gm, 20 mm, 12h</p><p>Obv: SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right</p><p>Rev: LAETITIA TEMPORVM, the spina of the Circus Maximus decorated as a ship facing left, with the turning posts at its prow and stern, a sail mounted on the central obelisk, and the spina's other monuments visible in between; above the ship, four quadrigas racing left; below, seven animals: an ostrich at left and a bear at right; between them a lion and a lioness chasing a wild ass and a panther attacking a bison</p><p>Ref: RIC 274; BMC 343.</p><p><i>ex Colosseo Collection</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3732408, member: 56859"]Toning may be impermanent-- although very slow to change if stored properly-- but I still love a toned coin, especially one with iridescence :). [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.cointalk.com%25252Fproxy.php%25253Fimage%25253Dhttps%2525253A%2525252F%2525252Fwww.cointalk.com%2525252Fproxy.php%2525253Fimage%2525253Dhttps%252525253A%252525252F%252525252Fwww.cointalk.com%252525252Fproxy.php%252525253Fimage%252525253Dhttps%25252525253A%25252525252F%25252525252Fwww.cointalk.com%25252525252Fproxy.php%25252525253Fimage%25252525253Dhttps%2525252525253A%2525252525252F%2525252525252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2525252525252Fmedia%2525252525252Fae43f8_be19610cf0d0438296b9691d2c71c9cc.jpg%2525252525252Fv1%2525252525252Ffit%2525252525252Fw_1702%2525252525252Ch_1064%2525252525252Cq_90%2525252525252Cusm_0.66_1.00_0.01%2525252525252Fae43f8_be19610cf0d0438296b9691d2c71c9cc.jpg%252525252526hash%25252525253Df8a3a1f91b7b1fdfc37607a9baae58f3%2525252526hash%252525253D75165a6384d6fcfb7bc592c9596745a9%25252526hash%2525253D38b7d5af62cd46b84bc8fafa14394fcc%252526hash%25253D69164ce0a2492a0ea294136a8a93f1b6%2526hash%253Dae7142fa58cb3e7ac1f660bb775b0f31%26hash%3D200d7b8c25d4829494f49b1dd36a9b8d&hash=f00e4ad265c3dd8beeb49f8d62ecf238[/IMG] [B]SICILY, Selinos[/B] Circa 410 BCE AR litra, 11mm, 0.76 g, 1h Obv: nymph seated left on rock, right hand raised above her head, extending her left hand to touch coiled serpent before her; selinon leaf above Rev: man-faced bull standing right; ΣEΛINONTIOΣ above; in exergue, fish right Ref: Potamikon, p. 116 figure 152 (this coin); HGC 2, 1229; SNG ANS 711–2 var. (ethnic); SNG Ashmolean 1904–5; SNG Lloyd 1270 var. (same); Basel –; Dewing –; Rizzo pl. XXXIII, 6. Good VF, dark iridescent tone, some porosity. Rare. [I]ex MoneyMuseum, Zurich; ex Leu 79 (31 October 2000), lot 404; ex Athos Moretti collection, #482, unpublished manuscript[/I] [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.cointalk.com%25252Fproxy.php%25253Fimage%25253Dhttps%2525253A%2525252F%2525252Fwww.cointalk.com%2525252Fproxy.php%2525253Fimage%2525253Dhttps%252525253A%252525252F%252525252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%252525252Fmedia%252525252Fae43f8_14f8b1f0dff14427a8ed38e60769bc9b.jpg%252525252Fv1%252525252Ffill%252525252Fw_1000%252525252Ch_625%252525252Cal_c%252525252Cq_90%252525252Fae43f8_14f8b1f0dff14427a8ed38e60769bc9b.jpg%25252526hash%2525253D58f9317217bbda869f6472d508076eb6%252526hash%25253D974082f0419838526c8f2940a8591741%2526hash%253Da4c3346953e4d5122a1f288e11c424e5%26hash%3D544abdee698336b070962154591b3d5d&hash=95464df68796de26428428c7f78782d7[/IMG] [B]KINGS OF MACEDON, Philip II. 356-336 BCE[/B] AR tetradrachm. 24mm, 14.20 gm, 12h Pella, 342-336 BCE Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right Rev: ΦIΛIΠ-ΠOY, youth, holding palm and reins, on horseback right, thunderbolt below, N in exergue Ref: Le Rider 222-306. SNG ANS 385-95 [I][I]ex Colosseo Collection[/I][/I] [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/atgtet-cc-jpg.511820/[/IMG] [B]KINGS OF MACEDON, Alexander III[/B] AR tetradrachm, 17.14 gm late lifetime issue, struck in Aradus c. 324/3 BCE Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ; Zeus seated left, holding eagle and scepter; I in left field; AP monogram below throne Ref: Price 3325 [I]ex Colosseo Collection[/I] [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/corinthstater-chimaera-reflection-jpg.454729/[/IMG] [B]CORINTHIA, Corinth[/B] circa 375-300 BCE AR stater, 22 mm, 8.55 g, 1h Obv: Pegasus flying left; qoppa below Rev: helmeted head of Athena left; A-P flanking neck truncation; to right, chimaera rampant left Ref: Ravel 1010; Pegasi 428; BCD Corinth 102; HGC 4, 1848 [I]ex CNG Inventory 828126 (November, 2008) ex Gorny & Mosch 170 (13 October 2008), lot 1381 ex Giessener Münzhandlung 21 (22 March 1982), lot 37[/I] [B][IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/jc-cupidbigadenarius-reflection-jpg.458530/[/IMG] [B]Roman Republic moneyer L. Julius L. f. Caesar, 103 BC[/B][/B] AR denarius, 17mm, 3.9 gm Obv: Helmeted head of Mars left; CAESAR; ・C (retrograde) Rev: Venus Genetrix in chariot left, drawn by two Cupids; lyre to left; ・C (retrograde) above Ref: Crawford 320/1 [I]ex RBW Collection[/I] [I][I][IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/lentulustriskeles-cr445-1b-rt-jpg.512107/[/IMG][/I][/I] [B]Roman Republic, the Pompeians L. Cornelius Lentulus and C. Claudius Marcellus[/B] Military mint in the East (Apollonia and Asia), 49 BC AR denarius, 19 mm, 3.8 gm Obv: Triskeles, with winged head of Medusa facing at center; stalk of grain between each leg Rev: Jupiter standing facing, head right, holding thunderbolt in right hand and eagle on left; LE(NT) (MAR) upward to left, COS upward to right Ref: Crawford 445/1b; Sydenham 1029a [I][IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/frugi-mercury-cr418-2b-rted-jpg.505197/[/IMG][/I] [B]ROMAN REPUBLIC, M. Piso M.f. Frugi[/B] 58 BCE (redated from Crawford's 61 BCE by Hersh and Walker, 1984) AR denarius, 20 mm, 3.94 gm Obv: terminal bust of Mercury right, wearing winged diadem; calix below chin; to left, star above wreath; dotted border Rev: M·PISO·M·F / FRVGI above secespita (sacrificial knife) and patera; all within laurel wreath Ref: Crawford 418/2b; Sydenham 825; Calpurnia 23 formerly slabbed, NGC [URL]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-different-frugi.279241/[/URL] [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/lucillapudicitiadenariusreshoot-rt-jpg.725889/[/IMG] [B]Lucilla[/B] Empress CE 163-169, wife of Lucius Verus AR denarius, 19 mm, 3.25 gm Obv: LVCILLA AVGVSTA; draped bust right Rev: PVDICITIA; Pudicitia, veiled, standing left, with right hand preparing to draw a veil across her face (or had she just drawn the veil off her face?), left hand at side Ref: RIC III 780 [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi1028.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy342%2FAncientJoe%2FSmallCircus2_zps69282e54.jpg&hash=f755f5c3c9d6f49933381d1bd6c30a7c[/IMG] [B]Septimius Severus[/B] Rome, CE 206 AR denarius, 3.41 gm, 20 mm, 12h Obv: SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right Rev: LAETITIA TEMPORVM, the spina of the Circus Maximus decorated as a ship facing left, with the turning posts at its prow and stern, a sail mounted on the central obelisk, and the spina's other monuments visible in between; above the ship, four quadrigas racing left; below, seven animals: an ostrich at left and a bear at right; between them a lion and a lioness chasing a wild ass and a panther attacking a bison Ref: RIC 274; BMC 343. [I]ex Colosseo Collection[/I][/QUOTE]
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