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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Plumbata, post: 3701306, member: 96864&quot;]I&#039;d never thought about it but recycling junk ancient culls to cast into new planchets would be an effective way to replicate the particular character(s) of the different ancient alloys, provided they&#039;re not already engaged in striking fakes directly on the patinated ancient culls! One would obviously be far closer to the original by melting some slick orichalcum sestertii than melting down some old yellow brass plumbing valves etc. Had you read about forgers doing this?</p><p><br /></p><p>Some features of the Otho are suspicious but I&#039;m still very impressed with the patina, they did an alarmingly good job and it even looks like it was thick enough to chip off on the edge (9:00 on obverse). A patina job like that would fool me if hidden among a bunch of genuine bronzes, honestly it&#039;s got me a bit spooked.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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