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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Andres2, post: 4465773, member: 79017&quot;]Looks like copper showing through in the bleu circles = fourree</p><p><br /></p><p>these denarii struck under Severus Alexander cointained only 40% silver the rest is made out of copper.</p><p>The green stuff is copper oxide.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1112107[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I have beautifull denarii of Sev.Alex and terrible ones.</p><p>The Roman mints used a technique to force the silver up to the surface,sometimes that didn&#039;t work out.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1112110[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1112111[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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