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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kevin McGonigal, post: 3638091, member: 72790&quot;]That reddish encrustation reminds me of a hoard of Elymais bronzes, First Century AD, that were almost all like the coins pictured above. I asked the gentleman at the show who had these coins (at least a hundred, probably more) how these coins got that way. He gave me an answer I did not understand then and have forgotten most of but it seemed that there was something in the soil of that region, a lot of iron I think, that made coins come out of the ground like that. I bought one but there is no sense posting it here as I found one of the few not encrusted and bought that one. I am not sure what the OP&#039;s coin is but I am not certain it is not actually from ancient times.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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