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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;YOC, post: 2448918, member: 58941&quot;]also////&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Coin dropped+sand+2000 years = desert patina</p><p>Does it look like sand under magnification....? looks a bit like clay from pics.&nbsp; this would certainly be easier to apply as a fine paste and wipe off before drying to leave the lettering as clean as it is.&nbsp; If I had it in hand I&#039;d know I think.</p><p>of course coins turn up all over the empire, so the mint location means diddly squat as far as the final patina a coin obtains.&nbsp; The hoard I found in the Uk had coins from far eastern mints as well as &#039;local&#039; ones.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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