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<p>[QUOTE="BusterLuke, post: 24609062, member: 84914"]Very nice. I have a couple of chunky Tretradrachms myself and all I can say regarding the edges is that they are deliberately rough looking, apparently due to being cast in sand and also as some very early anti-fraud measure. </p><p><br /></p><p>Mine are not shiny, but apparently are potin (or billon) which by my understanding could be one of many alloy types, sometimes containing a very small amount of silver.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BusterLuke, post: 24609062, member: 84914"]Very nice. I have a couple of chunky Tretradrachms myself and all I can say regarding the edges is that they are deliberately rough looking, apparently due to being cast in sand and also as some very early anti-fraud measure. Mine are not shiny, but apparently are potin (or billon) which by my understanding could be one of many alloy types, sometimes containing a very small amount of silver.[/QUOTE]
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