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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2747062, member: 56859&quot;]In terms of reasons to buy a coin, patina or color is an unusual primary goal-- but whatever floats your boat <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Since everyone&#039;s showing their examples of dark patinas, I will too.&nbsp; As others have mentioned, they&#039;re challenging to photograph!</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Bronze with blackish patina:</b></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%252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%252Fmedia%252Fae43f8_ab60fd00616e4a02a0a6a1c59cb8ae34.jpg%252Fv1%252Ffill%252Fw_1000%252Ch_625%252Cal_c%252Cq_90%252Fae43f8_ab60fd00616e4a02a0a6a1c59cb8ae34.jpg%26hash%3Db9031ced763ca5900fddd5e05c96b830&amp;hash=cd0eab54facc5b56642f0851dab15915" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-bronze-of-the-brettii-poseidons-wife.274722/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-bronze-of-the-brettii-poseidons-wife.274722/">BRUTTIUM, the Brettii</a></b></p><p>216-214 BCE</p><p>Æ quartuncia, 13.5mm, 2.06 g</p><p>Obv: head of Amphitrite left, wearing crab headdress</p><p>Rev: crab; torch above, BPET-TIΩN above and below</p><p>Ref: Pfeiler p. 33, 4a; Scheu, Bronze 51; HN Italy 1944; SNG ANS 123–4; SNG Lloyd –; McClean 1579</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/grynionmussel-rt-jpg.496246/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>AEOLIS, Grynion (alt. spellings: Gryneion, Gyrnion, Grynium, others)</b></p><p>4th century BC</p><p>Æ 17 mm, 3.7 gm</p><p>Obi: laureate head of Apollo facing slightly left</p><p>Rev: ΓΥΡΝΗΙΩΝ; mussel shell</p><p>Ref: SNG Ashmolean 1445-6; SNG Copenhagen 202-4</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/maesatyreae-rt-jpg.499974/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>PHOENICIA, Tyre. Julia Maesa, Augusta</b></p><p>CE 218-224/5</p><p>AE 27, 12.71g (11h)</p><p>Obv: IVLIA MAE - SA AV[G] Draped bust right, wearing stephane</p><p>Rev: TVRIORVM Dido (?) standing left on deck of galley sailing right, extending right hand and holding cornucopia in left; to left, helmsman bending left over rudder (?); to right, sailor extending right hand and holding curved staff in left; stern decorated with a shield and aphlaston, [two murex shells] in exergue</p><p>Ref: CNG e320, 12 Feb. 2014, lot 323 (same dies). Rouvier 2408</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_8369d7931c224f56a1b8b4893963ac0e.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT, Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II </b></p><p>145-116 BCE, Alexandreia mint</p><p>AE28, 29.1 gm</p><p>Obv: Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right</p><p>Rev: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ BΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ; Two eagles with their wings closed standing left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left</p><p>Ref: Svoronos 1424B (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI and VIII); Weiser 142 (Ptolemy V); SNG Copenhagen 308-310 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI and Ptolemy VIII); Noeske 212-5 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI and Ptolemy VIII); Lorber &amp; Faucher Series 7C</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Darkly toned silver:</b></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%2525252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2525252Fmedia%2525252Fae43f8_968b9ed4ebda4bbfb04163ef337317ef.jpg%2525252Fv1%2525252Ffill%2525252Fw_1000%2525252Ch_520%2525252Cal_c%2525252Cq_90%2525252Fae43f8_968b9ed4ebda4bbfb04163ef337317ef.jpg%252526hash%25253D6599a610d8376d52542a63a42ae6fd54%2526hash%253D2d6d050905c9c97c78182a16d5c76cb2%26hash%3D0c8a95a5a3a791840bc0426af6c2da7a&amp;hash=4e581bcb43eac25c7fa6f5bca43ad8de" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>THRACE, Byzantion</b></p><p>340-320 BCE</p><p>AR siglos, 17 mm, 5.0 gm</p><p>Obv: Heifer standing left on dolphin swimming to left</p><p>Rev: Incuse mill-sail pattern</p><p>Ref: SNG BM Black Sea 21</p><p><i>A cow surfing on a dolphin-- how wacky is that?&nbsp; When I first saw one of these ([USER=44140]@Ancientnoob[/USER] had one) I knew one was in my future <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/lentulustriskeles-cr445-1b-rt-jpg.512107/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </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><i>formerly slabbed, NGC ChVF*, 5/5, 5/5</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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