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Offline Curtis JJ

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Another Green Patina Gordian III
« on: February 01, 2023, 08:05:09 pm »
I haven't posted a Coin of the Day before (just a Forum COTD), so not sure if they require any special qualification beyond a coin one wants to show today... But seeing kc's beautiful green Gordian III reminded me that I recently bought one myself, and thought it had one of the nicest patinas in my collection.

I bought it for my "captives" collection (under Victory's shield), but was also interested in the Adrian Lang Collection (Leu Auction 12, l. photo, [ACS LINK]), and recognized it from George His' well-known collection of Gordian III (CNG 69 and Wildwinds "plate coin," r. photo, [ACS LINK]), which Leu had overlooked.

Gordian III Sestertius (31 mm, 20.72 g). Rome, 244 CE. RIC 337a.
 

Both previous collectors (Adrian Lang & George His) collected minerals first, before becoming coin collectors, and later worked in professions related to geology/mining. It made sense to me those interested in minerology would be attracted to a coin with such a rich patina.

For those who like coin-in-hand videos, it's the only way I felt I'd captured the range of colors/textures: Imgur [LINK] or Youtube [LINK]. But here's the "comic strip" version, showing some of the different colors:

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Re: Another Green Patina Gordian III
« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2023, 08:07:22 pm »
Spectacular!

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Re: Another Green Patina Gordian III
« Reply #2 on: February 01, 2023, 08:41:04 pm »
Great 🤗👍
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Re: Another Green Patina Gordian III
« Reply #3 on: February 01, 2023, 08:50:27 pm »
Great coin!

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Re: Another Green Patina Gordian III
« Reply #4 on: February 02, 2023, 12:49:28 am »
Simply lovely.
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Re: Another Green Patina Gordian III
« Reply #5 on: February 02, 2023, 07:54:53 am »
Beautiful!

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Re: Another Green Patina Gordian III
« Reply #6 on: February 02, 2023, 10:23:16 am »
My earliest collection was also minerals and I love a patina that looks like stone. Very nice coin.
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Re: Another Green Patina Gordian III
« Reply #7 on: February 02, 2023, 10:38:48 am »
Beautiful coin. Love it.
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Re: Another Green Patina Gordian III
« Reply #8 on: February 02, 2023, 12:50:12 pm »
A really beautiful color and spectacular surface!

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Re: Another Green Patina Gordian III
« Reply #9 on: March 18, 2023, 02:06:38 pm »
I'm starting to notice a common theme... Another mineral collector-turned-numismatist (or two more): Clarence Sweet Bement (famous early 20th cent. Philadelphia collector, coins sold at Naville Ars Classica VI-VIII & by Henry Chapman).

T. Comparette (Descrptive Catalogue; ANS: 1921) relates that J.P. Morgan (also had a notable ancient coin collection in addition to everything else) bought Bement's mineral collection for the American Museum of Natural History, calling it the "finest ever made by a private individual."
https://archive.org/details/descriptivecatal00beme/page/n10/mode/1up

I guess I shouldn't be surprised, but still I find it very interesting how many ancient coin people were into minerals first!
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Re: Another Green Patina Gordian III
« Reply #10 on: March 25, 2023, 04:56:41 am »
They truly look to be beautiful Curtis JJ. The "comic strip" method you use shows how they would look in the hand very well indeed.

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