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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-monolith-, post: 24787310, member: 150064&quot;]The CCF could be a fourrée since denarii are around 95%-98% pure silver and therefore shouldn&#039;t weather like that. Upon magnification it looks like the silver delaminated from the base metal core and then began to oxidize. It&#039;s definitely not a limes; they a grayish/green color and are typically made of zinc so they couldn&#039;t oxidize like that. Here is one of mine:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1585872[/ATTACH]</p><p>The possibility of dies being mixed up to create a hybrid (mule) is the most likely option. If that&#039;s the case since Elagabalus coins were produced in Denarius and Antoninianus the only denarius obverse matches would be RIC IV 68(b) / 121(b) / 139(b) / 153 / and reverse match of RIC IV 130.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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