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:
