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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2754416, member: 19463&quot;]Coins marked XXI are an alloy of 1 part silver and 20 parts copper or 4.77% silver.&nbsp; Some mints used Greek numerals to express the same thing so you will see KA in place of XXI.&nbsp; They were originally silver washed so some now look silver and some look bronze.&nbsp; Many are patchy with some silver remaining.&nbsp; I have a page:</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/feac73xxi.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/feac73xxi.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/feac73xxi.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Be very careful with your ID work involving Max rulers.&nbsp; If you are seeing a later date you may be overlooking the difference between Maximi<b>a</b>nus and Maximinus.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also have a page on that matter.</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/max.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/max.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/max.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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