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<p>[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 8463680, member: 26430"]Yeah, that's my first thought. I don't remember ever seeing freshly excavated coins looking like that. Maybe they had been quickly washed in some kind of acidic solution or cleaned with electrolysis right on sight? (I think it's not unusual for archaeologists, at least in some contexts, to try to quickly strip the coins to bare metal [though I don't think I've heard of doing electro in the field], since the primary concern is with identification, not aesthetics.)</p><p><br /></p><p>The only times I have heard of brass/orichalcum coins coming up like that is when they were submerged in water, which does look plausible here. But usually you only see a golden brassy color to those, not the original reddish surfaces on copper coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm definitely curious what's going on there.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 8463680, member: 26430"]Yeah, that's my first thought. I don't remember ever seeing freshly excavated coins looking like that. Maybe they had been quickly washed in some kind of acidic solution or cleaned with electrolysis right on sight? (I think it's not unusual for archaeologists, at least in some contexts, to try to quickly strip the coins to bare metal [though I don't think I've heard of doing electro in the field], since the primary concern is with identification, not aesthetics.) The only times I have heard of brass/orichalcum coins coming up like that is when they were submerged in water, which does look plausible here. But usually you only see a golden brassy color to those, not the original reddish surfaces on copper coins. I'm definitely curious what's going on there.[/QUOTE]
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