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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 2839750, member: 85693&quot;]A very interesting Gordian III you have.&nbsp; I recently bought a similar coin, supposed to be silver (to some extent) but not.&nbsp; It is an antoninianus of Volusian which I believe is RIC 237b, with the incorrect VDERITAS spelling (a common error for these, apparently), and four dots both obverse and reverse (Antioch mint).&nbsp; It appears to have no silver in it whatsoever, not a fourrée, not plated.&nbsp; I know the silver content on these are low to begin with, but this one appears to have no silver at all.&nbsp; It weighs 3.14 grams. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]671496[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]671497[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I sent a query to this really terrific website called &quot;Four Bad Years&quot; with a wonderful run of coins, fully described, from 249-253.&nbsp; I highly recommend the site:&nbsp; <a href="http://sonic.net/~marius1/mysite/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://sonic.net/~marius1/mysite/" rel="nofollow">http://sonic.net/~marius1/mysite/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I got an immediate &amp; friendly response from the site&#039;s owner, Richard Beale, telling me that chemical processes or fire can leach away the silver in a low-silver coin.&nbsp; He also said he&#039;s seen these types mixed in with good coins in several instances and that he is confident mine is ancient. </p><p><br /></p><p>The problem is that Volusian ants are quite a bit lower in silver content than a typical Gordian III, so I am not sure my example is very useful. But it is still an interesting Gordo![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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