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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Eric Kondratieff, post: 2436338, member: 78618&quot;]So, I have this coin from CNG 314 lot 262, which was described as follows:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>&quot;SYRIA, <i>In genere</i>. <i>Trajan. </i></b>AD 98-117. Æ Semis (27mm, 13.21 g, 6h). Rome mint, for circulation in Syria. Struck AD 98-99. Laureate head right / ΔHMAPX/ ЄΞ YΠATO B in two lines within laurel wreath. McAlee 499; Sydenham, <i>Caesarea</i> 229. VF, brown patina but with traces of silver plating.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Just by the size and weight it&#039;s obviously not a semis, but an <i>assarion</i> or <i>dupondius. </i>What I find interesting is the silver plating, which is more obvious following a very quick dip in hot water with baking soda (especially on the reverse, where the height of the wreath and inscription protected the fields from wear). Given the weight, which is roughly the same as a local tetradrachm (at least in hand if not on the scales), I wonder if some ancient dude spent time plating some of the heavier coins in this issue and tried to pass them off as new tetradrachms? </p><p><br /></p><p>What say you, oh Numismatic Hivemind?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]506898[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]506897[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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