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<p>[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 8463825, member: 26430"]Yeah, that's what I meant about the water / being plausible (under water in the mud). I'm not sure why I've only even seen it with brass/orichalcum and not copper ones though. (As in "Tiber patina" or "riverine patina," as it's sometimes called.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm curious what the context is. If that mud/water is permanent.</p><p><br /></p><p>If it's a "healing spring" with minerals, maybe the coins had been thrown into the bottom of a pool. I wonder if those were deposited one at a time or a few large offerings... The description sounds more like one at a time. Maybe like throwing a coin in a fountain today.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 8463825, member: 26430"]Yeah, that's what I meant about the water / being plausible (under water in the mud). I'm not sure why I've only even seen it with brass/orichalcum and not copper ones though. (As in "Tiber patina" or "riverine patina," as it's sometimes called.) I'm curious what the context is. If that mud/water is permanent. If it's a "healing spring" with minerals, maybe the coins had been thrown into the bottom of a pool. I wonder if those were deposited one at a time or a few large offerings... The description sounds more like one at a time. Maybe like throwing a coin in a fountain today.[/QUOTE]
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