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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Andrew McCabe, post: 5346047, member: 90666&quot;]Many of the Zeno coins are relatively bright; I have several others, so indeed yes they may have been cleaned 20th century. Possibly by the German soldiers who occupied the Abbey between 1938 and 1945 which was the ultimate cause of the collection being sold after the war by a presumably much diminished congretation on their return. This particular coin was holed likely in ancient times, and likely vigorously cleaned and plugged before Zeno bought it around 1700. So it may be vestiges of the coin being cleaned to brightness three hundred years ago, or may be 20th century cleaning.</p><p><br /></p><p>Note that the coin is brass (orichalcum) not bronze, so another reason for brightness[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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