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Message:: [QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 4579774, member: 97383"]Donna, Technically any silver-looking coin that is less than 50% silver should be classified as billon. To my knowledge tetradrachms from Antioch were never pickled as Doug described. Late 3rd century antoniniani & folles are another matter, most of them were most likely pickled. Tets of Septimius Severus from Antioch were 59% silver; Tets of Caracalla were 35% silver & would qualify as billon; Early Tets of Elagabalus were 32% silver & later issues were 19% silver; Tets of Gordian III varied from 35-24% silver; Tets of Philip I varied from 27-17% silver; Tets of Treboniannus Gallus reached a low point of 11% silver. The Tets of Nerva, AD 96-98, contained the most silver of all Antioch Tets at 89% <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.[/QUOTE]