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<p>[QUOTE="Cucumbor, post: 4963183, member: 4298"]Here I am, back with some news. I made the specific gravity test and the result leans toward the Nero denarius being a fourree</p><p><br /></p><p>Its specific gravity is of 8.97, while I got 10.00 with the Domitian below and 10.67 with the Augustus</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11724/normal_0093-210np_noir.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11724/0030-220.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>That said the layer must be kind of thick : I've examined the coin again and again and don't see any sign of a core pointing its nose through it</p><p><br /></p><p>Just for the fun of it, the guy who intended to buy the coin before all that mess started, has made a superposition of different pictures (i.e. mine, CGB's and Elsen's) showing perfectly the die matches</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1192983[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1192984[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>As stated by Doug, because I'm in France and wouldn't want to sending it to the USA with the Covid situation</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, thanks to everybody for their contributions, it's the kind of sleuthing which makes this hobby so enjoyable....even at the cost of a Nero denarius <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Q[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Cucumbor, post: 4963183, member: 4298"]Here I am, back with some news. I made the specific gravity test and the result leans toward the Nero denarius being a fourree Its specific gravity is of 8.97, while I got 10.00 with the Domitian below and 10.67 with the Augustus [IMG]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11724/normal_0093-210np_noir.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11724/0030-220.jpg[/IMG] That said the layer must be kind of thick : I've examined the coin again and again and don't see any sign of a core pointing its nose through it Just for the fun of it, the guy who intended to buy the coin before all that mess started, has made a superposition of different pictures (i.e. mine, CGB's and Elsen's) showing perfectly the die matches [ATTACH=full]1192983[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1192984[/ATTACH] As stated by Doug, because I'm in France and wouldn't want to sending it to the USA with the Covid situation Anyway, thanks to everybody for their contributions, it's the kind of sleuthing which makes this hobby so enjoyable....even at the cost of a Nero denarius :) Q[/QUOTE]
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