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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 4433706, member: 110226&quot;]Last December I received two uncleaned &quot;as found&quot; tetradrachms that were clearly fourré coins.&nbsp; Both were very encrusted, so much to the point that virtually all details were obscured by the surface deposits.</p><p><br /></p><p>I decided to clean one coin, struck on a squarish flan.&nbsp; It seemed solid, with no test cuts.&nbsp; After spending time in the distilled water bath, and using a wood toothpick (actually quite a few), much of the earthy mineralization was removed, but not to the point of reaching bare metal.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the result, so far.&nbsp; Much of the original surface is still present, but the presence of Athena&#039;s portrait can been seen on the obverse and, to a lesser extent, the owl on the reverse.&nbsp; This coin in that it also exhibits the green layer that existed between the core and the silver plating.&nbsp; Note that there are still small traces of the plating on the reverse.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This coin, and the following example came by way of Israel, so I imagine that they both came from a find in the region.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin weighs 12.6 grams and is approximately 23 mm wide.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1109695[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The second coin, below is basically in the condition it was in at discovery, with the exception of one area displaying bare copper.&nbsp; As you can see it has had a rougher life, with one, possibly two test cuts.&nbsp; The thick, earthy deposits have totally covered all detail on the obverse, but on the reverse there is the hint of the owl&#039;s figure.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin weighs 12.2 grams and is about 22.5 mm wide.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1109699[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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