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<p>[QUOTE="akeady, post: 4368083, member: 83175"]It is interesting and well worth £26. It's light - 15.78g - which could be down to its being broken and probably losing material. My theory is that it's a fourrée which corroded and split while it was in the ground and was later glued together when found. As you say, the deposits and staining show it was at least pressed together in the ground and maybe the joint is natural - I'm not sure. I'll look at it again and see if I can see anything in an edge crack or get a closer photo' of the joint.</p><p><br /></p><p>The original listing - I think Savoca spend about 5s attributing each coin in their Blue auctions, but the photos are clear:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.biddr.com/auctions/savocalondon/browse?a=597&l=614417" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.biddr.com/auctions/savocalondon/browse?a=597&l=614417" rel="nofollow">https://www.biddr.com/auctions/savocalondon/browse?a=597&l=614417</a></p><p><br /></p><p>ATB,</p><p>Aidan.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="akeady, post: 4368083, member: 83175"]It is interesting and well worth £26. It's light - 15.78g - which could be down to its being broken and probably losing material. My theory is that it's a fourrée which corroded and split while it was in the ground and was later glued together when found. As you say, the deposits and staining show it was at least pressed together in the ground and maybe the joint is natural - I'm not sure. I'll look at it again and see if I can see anything in an edge crack or get a closer photo' of the joint. The original listing - I think Savoca spend about 5s attributing each coin in their Blue auctions, but the photos are clear: [URL]https://www.biddr.com/auctions/savocalondon/browse?a=597&l=614417[/URL] ATB, Aidan.[/QUOTE]
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