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<p>[QUOTE="catadc, post: 3539044, member: 103515"]Next on the list, a coin that hit the garbage bin after the photo session. I cleaned a bit to see what it is, so I can have peace that I do not throw away a Constantia – a Victory walking left. The patina was like thin ice on a lake, breaking at the smallest pressure and exposing the fuzzy green underneath. I suspect that the bronze disease ate the metal under the dirt layer.</p><p><br /></p><p>Next one was a bit better. Again a poor picture – the coin has a black patina with some corrosion spots, almost no legend and off-center strike, but, the mintmark can be read and helps a lot with the identification. Unless mistaken, is a RESTITV-TOR REIP of Valentinian I, struck at Antioch (ANTB). Not a common coin, but in very poor shape.[ATTACH=full]940529[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]940530[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]940531[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]940532[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]940533[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]940534[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="catadc, post: 3539044, member: 103515"]Next on the list, a coin that hit the garbage bin after the photo session. I cleaned a bit to see what it is, so I can have peace that I do not throw away a Constantia – a Victory walking left. The patina was like thin ice on a lake, breaking at the smallest pressure and exposing the fuzzy green underneath. I suspect that the bronze disease ate the metal under the dirt layer. Next one was a bit better. Again a poor picture – the coin has a black patina with some corrosion spots, almost no legend and off-center strike, but, the mintmark can be read and helps a lot with the identification. Unless mistaken, is a RESTITV-TOR REIP of Valentinian I, struck at Antioch (ANTB). Not a common coin, but in very poor shape.[ATTACH=full]940529[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]940530[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]940531[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]940532[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]940533[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]940534[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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