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<p>[QUOTE="Plumbata, post: 3236517, member: 96864"]My opinion isn't worth much, but could it be a debased silver (maybe ~20-40%) counterfeit? More expensive but probably faster than the fouree process. Or were they producing significantly debased official denarii already at that time? It looks like it was recovered from a chemically-saturated field or waterway which preferentially attacked the copper, leaving the coin rough eroded and porous. Or if it is good silver, a sulfur or sulfide-rich environment. My experience detecting and digging old dumps for antiques shows that in less than a century Sterling silver items (spoons etc.) can be eaten away by the chems concentrated in some areas. Not really relevant, but I hope you can get to to the bottom of the mystery![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Plumbata, post: 3236517, member: 96864"]My opinion isn't worth much, but could it be a debased silver (maybe ~20-40%) counterfeit? More expensive but probably faster than the fouree process. Or were they producing significantly debased official denarii already at that time? It looks like it was recovered from a chemically-saturated field or waterway which preferentially attacked the copper, leaving the coin rough eroded and porous. Or if it is good silver, a sulfur or sulfide-rich environment. My experience detecting and digging old dumps for antiques shows that in less than a century Sterling silver items (spoons etc.) can be eaten away by the chems concentrated in some areas. Not really relevant, but I hope you can get to to the bottom of the mystery![/QUOTE]
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