I like the look of your
sestertius very much L.e. It has a great
patina and a highly interesting
reverse that would have been very politically significant in this emperor’s time.
I know it can be frustrating when the photographed image doesn’t seem to catch the “magic” in an ancient coin. The color of the
patina on your coin is very appealing but I believe the different colors irregularly spread of the surface of a coin like yours distracts the human eye from some of the preserved details. A possible solution is photographing the coin in light with some colors filtered out or simply draining the color of a digital image using a program like Photoshop. Details can also sometimes be seen more easily when the light strikes the coins surface at a shallow angle.
Best Regards,
Steve