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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 1788321, member: 42773&quot;]The first is a new shot of an old coin, the second is a newp, another bargain bin coin. It&#039;s striking to note how differently coins can age in terms of patination.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The second coin is less worn, but the mottled patina on the reverse is very distracting. I got the piece for the portrait - The Constantinopolis portraits sometimes have an air of serene majesty that&#039;s unequaled in emperors&#039; busts.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://postimage.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://postimage.org/" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://s7.postimg.org/w9p6vr11n/attribute700.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://postimage.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://postimage.org/" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://s15.postimg.org/3k2cgl2nv/attribution.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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