Ocatarinetabellatchitchix Posted October 4, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 4, 2023 I am in the process of reclassifying and re-photographing my entire collection of ancient coins. While I do this, let’s play a little game; show me some of your babies…by colors ! Let’s start with GREEN. Thanks for your participation. 19 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange Julius Posted October 4, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 4, 2023 14 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted October 4, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted October 4, 2023 I do like the green look to coins 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted October 4, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 4, 2023 (edited) In my first days of collecting I was afraid that any green indicates bronze disease. (this one is very dark green) Edited October 4, 2023 by ambr0zie 12 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Di Nomos Posted October 4, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 4, 2023 (edited) Some very attractive shades of green on display! I posted this coin in another thread just yesterday. My only bronze coin. Edited October 4, 2023 by Di Nomos 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted October 4, 2023 · Patron Share Posted October 4, 2023 I love a bottle-green patina. Here are a couple of my favorites. And here's one that's a lighter, brighter green. 11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Ancient Coin Hunter Posted October 4, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted October 4, 2023 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edessa Posted October 4, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted October 4, 2023 Nezak Huns. Anonymous Group I (Npki Mlka). C. 600-700 AD. Æ Drachm (24.7mm, 2.7g). Kabul mint. Obv: 'NPKY MLK' in Pahlavi, bust right with winged bull's head crown; 'A' in Pahlavi behind. Rev: Fire altar with attendants; wheel symbols in fields above, control marks in outer fields. Ref: Gobl, Dokumente Em. 198/34; cf. MACW 1510. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limes Posted October 4, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted October 4, 2023 Good idea for a thread. Nice coins and patina! Here are a couple of mine. Hulk green: Green-green: Emerald green (shiny!): Brown and yellow green: Dark green: Bad green (bronze disease) on my Caligula: 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted October 4, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted October 4, 2023 A few more 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted October 4, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted October 4, 2023 Great theme and coins! Here's a few green meanies: 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenickelguy Posted October 4, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 4, 2023 Gallienus 253-268 AD Rome Antoninianus Mars God of War Nero Temple Of Janus Nero 54 to 68 AD Æ As Struck circa 65 AD Claudius II 268-270 AD Posthumous Mule AE Antoninianus, Rome Mint Imitation Urbs Roma. 332-333 AD Shewolf Twins 330-354 AD (Greener than the picture shows) 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenickelguy Posted October 4, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 4, 2023 Greek Green Sicily Syracuse Dionysios I Æ Litra 405-367 Athena hippocamp Antiochus VIII 125-96 BC Eagle JUDAEA Procurator Antonius Felix 52-59 AD era 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotwheelsearl Posted October 4, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 4, 2023 Sold this but kind of wish I kept it. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotwheelsearl Posted October 4, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 4, 2023 Here's my absolute favorite green coin. Up close, the colors really pop - see my profile pic! 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wittwolff Posted October 4, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 4, 2023 Sometimes I wonders if its painted green, but I hope not: 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor kirispupis Posted October 4, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted October 4, 2023 Interestingly, I just noticed that I purchased all three of these green examples from the same seller - but in three separate purchases. Marcus Aurelius AE Sestertius / Victory over Germany 172 CE 31.20mm 27.18g Obverse: M ANTININVS AVG TR P XXVI, laureate head right Reverse: IMP VI COS III, Victory standing right hanging shield inscribed VIC/GER on palm tree; S-C across fields RIC III 1029 Rome Ex CNG 2013 Islands of Lesbos. Pordoselene Circa 400 BCE AE 8.81mm 0.59g Obverse: Bearded head of Silenos right Reverse: ???, Dolphin leaping right Attribution: SNG Von Aulock 1765 ex Gorny & Mosch auction 181 Kings of Thrace. Kotys I. 13.49mm, 1.89g 383-359 BCE Obverse: Wreathed head of Cybele right (ours looks like Mercury?) Reverse: Diota (Two-handled cup) HGC 3.2, 1700 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenickelguy Posted October 4, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 4, 2023 Lots of neat coins but ambr0zie posted the turtle and crab which would be high on my want list. I don't think they are easy to find and pay for or I'd have one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etcherdude Posted October 5, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted October 5, 2023 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerosmyfavorite68 Posted October 5, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 5, 2023 I love the idea of this thread! Here's a select few from my photographed green coins. Many of these were selected to join my collection because of the respective patinas. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qcumbor Posted October 5, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted October 5, 2023 Fabulous coins, all. Some greenies of mine (I don't have 50 though 😄 ) Q 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted October 5, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 5, 2023 11 hours ago, thenickelguy said: Lots of neat coins but ambr0zie posted the turtle and crab which would be high on my want list. I don't think they are easy to find and pay for or I'd have one. Thank you. But when seeing your reply I thought somebody posted a turtle and knowing this is not very common I scrolled through as I wanted to see it. Then I noticed in fact it was me 😐 I have just 1 turtle, on a silver fraction, irrelevant for this thread. Did you mean this coin or what? this is a Sphinx from Gergis. 11 mm, 1,28 g. Troas, Gergis. Æ. Circa 350-300 BC. Head of Sibyl Herophile facing slightly r., wearing laurel wreath and necklace / ΓEP, Sphinx seated right, grain ear in exergue. SNG Copenhagen 339-40; SNG von Aulock 1514; BMC 9. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted October 5, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 5, 2023 This beautiful pupienus is still missing! It was stolen in transit (UPS)! The package was cut open and the coin stolen. If someone discovers this coin - I offer a reward. But the beautiful Pupienus fits wonderfully into the collection of green coins here. Marcus Clodius Pupienus Maximus; Sestertius of the Roman Imperial Period 238 AD; Material: Silver; Diameter: 29/31mm; Weight: 19.68g; Mint: Rome; Reference: RIC IV Pupienus 20; Provenance: Ex Dr. Gernot Heinrich Collection, Ex Adrian Lang Collection, Ex Leu Numismatic Winterthur; Obverse: Bust of Pupienus, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right. The inscription reads: IMP CAES M CLOD PVPIENVS AVG for Imperator Caesar Marcus Clodius Pupienus Augustus; Reverse: Concordia, draped, seated left, holding patera in extended right hand and cornucopiae in left hand. The inscription reads: CONCORDIA AVGG S C for Concordia Duorum Augustorum, Senatus Consultum (Harmony of the two emperors, decree of the senate). 5 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenickelguy Posted October 5, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 5, 2023 4 hours ago, ambr0zie said: Thank you. But when seeing your reply I thought somebody posted a turtle and knowing this is not very common I scrolled through as I wanted to see it. Then I noticed in fact it was me 😐 I have just 1 turtle, on a silver fraction, irrelevant for this thread. Did you mean this coin or what? this is a Sphinx from Gergis. 11 mm, 1,28 g. Troas, Gergis. Æ. Circa 350-300 BC. Head of Sibyl Herophile facing slightly r., wearing laurel wreath and necklace / ΓEP, Sphinx seated right, grain ear in exergue. SNG Copenhagen 339-40; SNG von Aulock 1514; BMC 9. I think you posted this coin up there in this thread. That's the one that caught my eye and I should respond with a copy I made since I don't know what it actually is. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted October 5, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 5, 2023 (edited) 11 minutes ago, thenickelguy said: a copy I made since I don't know what it actually is. Ah, that is not a turtle. It is just an altar. I did not provide the descriptions for the coins because the post was already long. 13 mm, 2,4 g. Cilicia, Mopsus. Pseudo-autonomous. Time of Antonines 138-193. ΜΟΨƐ, crab surmounted by star (Zodiac sign of Cancer) / Ɛ[Τ?] ΛϹ, altar on stand. RPC IV.3, 17186 (temporary). Not the most interesting design, but not a common coin - 3 examples in RPC, one of them being mine. Edited October 5, 2023 by ambr0zie 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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