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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;thejewk, post: 3574291, member: 100136&quot;]Two new arrivals today that I am very pleased with, but for rather different reasons.</p><p><br /></p><p>First up:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]952809[/ATTACH]</p><p>Sear 4066 RIC III 127</p><p>ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP / COS IIII</p><p>152-153AD, 2.73g, 18mm</p><p><br /></p><p>My only Antoninus coin was an Antioch SC bronze in middling condition, so I was looking for a better quality example and this ticked all the boxes; good grade, excellent portraiture for a denarius and some lovely toning.&nbsp; I can happily overlook the few issues and for me it&#039;s overall a winner of a coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Secondly:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]952810[/ATTACH]</p><p>RIC II (Trajan) 627 - Sestertius</p><p>IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC PM TRP COS VI PP /</p><p>FORTVNAE REDVCI SC</p><p>112-114AD, 26.7g, 33mm</p><p><br /></p><p>This one&#039;s a completely different proposition.&nbsp; Incredibly worn and with many flaws, this coin has been for sale, I think, since I started collecting somewhere around last November.&nbsp; Every time I browsed what was available I was drawn to the mottled and varied tone of the patina.&nbsp; For obvious reasons I rejected the coin each time, and yet I was drawn back to it again and again.&nbsp; Now it&#039;s in my hand, I can happily say that my prediction that it would be even better in the flesh has come true, and what I have is a patina that resembles a wood burr or burl pattern that actually shifts in appearance when viewed from different angles in the light. </p><p><br /></p><p>Please share both your all rounder coin picks, and your coins that were purchased for one very specific detail.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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