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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;arnoldoe, post: 8174513, member: 72712&quot;]A new Aureus which came in a group lot of &quot;plated&quot; coins</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1428409[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>doesn&#039;t appear to be plated, with no core showing even with a deep scrape on the top right of the obverse.. however I think it is probably a little bit debased..</p><p><br /></p><p>..From what I found I think the type only exists as an Aureus of Caracalla +</p><p>mine weighs 6.1 grams vs 7.2 grams on average for a genuine Aureus</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>So my guess would be an ancient forgery of a Caracalla Aureus, made by pouring gold into a mold made from a genuine(but holed) Caracalla Aureus then breaking it out?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1428416[/ATTACH]</p><p>same type (not mine)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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