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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 1711748, member: 19463"]Just an opinion: If the coin is 22K gold, then it is not ancient. It could be a modern cast made from a mold fashioned from an impression of a Claudius II antoninianus but the surfaces don't look right for solid gold of that era. I'm not rereading this whole thread to be sure but I doubt anyone suggested the coin was gold plated silver. The face on the item looks like a ruler who did not issue silver coins. He issued silver washed copper coins with minor amounts of silver. 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. If the diagnosis of 22k was based on a simple surface test (touchstone), there is no reason to believe the core is also gold. 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>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 1711748, member: 19463"]Just an opinion: If the coin is 22K gold, then it is not ancient. It could be a modern cast made from a mold fashioned from an impression of a Claudius II antoninianus but the surfaces don't look right for solid gold of that era. I'm not rereading this whole thread to be sure but I doubt anyone suggested the coin was gold plated silver. The face on the item looks like a ruler who did not issue silver coins. He issued silver washed copper coins with minor amounts of silver. 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. If the diagnosis of 22k was based on a simple surface test (touchstone), there is no reason to believe the core is also gold. 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]
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