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<p>[QUOTE="Topcat7, post: 2325698, member: 73372"]Sorry for the delay everyone. (Comes from me being on the other side of the world - 'Down Under'. I am asleep when you are awake.) Now:-</p><p><br /></p><p>@> TIF, The coin is (heavily) toned which makes me want to say Bronze, but it is VERY smooth and could be toned silver, but the toning is very even over the whole coin. I have referred to the places that you mentioned and I cannot find a reference to a bronze obol, so without 'scratching' the surface to find what is underneath, is there any way that I could tell?</p><p>I haven't tried to find <span style="color: #4d4dff">M.J. Price, <i>The Coinage in the Name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus</i>. London. 1991. </span><span style="color: #000000">yet, but if Pish has it in PDF it is probably out there somewhere, for me to find. Thank-you for the help.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Thanks TIF, Pish, M.M., Zumbly, Steve, Chris, et al.</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Topcat7, post: 2325698, member: 73372"]Sorry for the delay everyone. (Comes from me being on the other side of the world - 'Down Under'. I am asleep when you are awake.) Now:- @> TIF, The coin is (heavily) toned which makes me want to say Bronze, but it is VERY smooth and could be toned silver, but the toning is very even over the whole coin. I have referred to the places that you mentioned and I cannot find a reference to a bronze obol, so without 'scratching' the surface to find what is underneath, is there any way that I could tell? I haven't tried to find [COLOR=#4d4dff]M.J. Price, [I]The Coinage in the Name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus[/I]. London. 1991. [/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]yet, but if Pish has it in PDF it is probably out there somewhere, for me to find. Thank-you for the help.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000] Thanks TIF, Pish, M.M., Zumbly, Steve, Chris, et al.[/COLOR][/QUOTE]
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