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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1711748, member: 19463&quot;]Just an opinion: If the coin is 22K gold, then it is not ancient.&nbsp; It could be a modern cast made from a mold fashioned from an impression of a Claudius II antoninianus but the surfaces don&#039;t look right for solid gold of that era.&nbsp; I&#039;m not rereading this whole thread to be sure but I doubt anyone suggested the coin was gold plated silver.&nbsp; The face on the item looks like a ruler who did not issue silver coins.&nbsp; He issued silver washed copper coins with minor amounts of silver.&nbsp; If the item is solid, I strongly suspect it was made for the jewelry use from the start and is probably worth melt in this condition.&nbsp; If the diagnosis of 22k was based on a simple surface test (touchstone), there is no reason to believe the core is also gold.&nbsp;&nbsp; In any event, this now appears to be an off topic discussion until someone can establish that the round is or ever was a coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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