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<p>[QUOTE="PaddyB, post: 3720475, member: 40017"]I have acquired this coin after it was brought to me at the market yesterday. It weighs about 5.25g and measures 18.8mm at the longest across. I believe it is a Celtic Stater, probably of the Durotriges tribe in South West England dating between about 100BC and 100AD.</p><p>Two queries:</p><p>1. Is this attribution correct?</p><p>2. Is it right? (Ie not a fake or a later reproduction?)</p><p><br /></p><p>It appears to be mostly Bronze or other cuprous alloy, and there is a little verdigris but also red corrosion at one point on the edge. It has a pale gold surface as shown - as plating was obviously impossible at that time, it would need to have been dipped in molten metal. I have little experience of these and the books are pretty brief on the appearance of the Bronze staters - is this all likely/possible?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]997276[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]997277[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]997278[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="PaddyB, post: 3720475, member: 40017"]I have acquired this coin after it was brought to me at the market yesterday. It weighs about 5.25g and measures 18.8mm at the longest across. I believe it is a Celtic Stater, probably of the Durotriges tribe in South West England dating between about 100BC and 100AD. Two queries: 1. Is this attribution correct? 2. Is it right? (Ie not a fake or a later reproduction?) It appears to be mostly Bronze or other cuprous alloy, and there is a little verdigris but also red corrosion at one point on the edge. It has a pale gold surface as shown - as plating was obviously impossible at that time, it would need to have been dipped in molten metal. I have little experience of these and the books are pretty brief on the appearance of the Bronze staters - is this all likely/possible? [ATTACH=full]997276[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]997277[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]997278[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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