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<p>[QUOTE="randygeki, post: 2024808, member: 13719"]My first file wasn't a coin. It was a meteorite <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]367394[/ATTACH]</p><p>Sinkhote Alin Meteorite</p><p>12 g.</p><p>Type: Iron </p><p>Structural classification: Octahedrite, coarsest</p><p>Group: IIAB</p><p>Composition: 93% Fe, 5.9% Ni, 0.42% Co, 0.46% P, 0.28% S</p><p>Country: Russia</p><p>Region Sikhote-Alin Mountains, Primorsky Krai</p><p>Coordinates 46°09′36″N 134°39′12″E</p><p>Fall date February 12, 1947 10:38 a.m. local time.</p><p>TKW >28 tonnes (31 short tons) (est. 70 tons)</p><p>Strewn field Yes</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>My 2nd time around came up with this one. Minus the green crust, I think this about what it it looked like when it went into the ground. It does not look as rough in hand as the it does in the photo.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]367393[/ATTACH] </p><p>Constantine I AE Follis. Struck circa 309-310 AD. Lugdunum mint. IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from the back / SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI, Sol standing facing, head left, chlamys hanging behind from left shoulder, holding globe and raising right hand. F-T across fields, mintmark PLG. </p><p>Lyons </p><p>RIC VI 310[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="randygeki, post: 2024808, member: 13719"]My first file wasn't a coin. It was a meteorite :D [ATTACH=full]367394[/ATTACH] Sinkhote Alin Meteorite 12 g. Type: Iron Structural classification: Octahedrite, coarsest Group: IIAB Composition: 93% Fe, 5.9% Ni, 0.42% Co, 0.46% P, 0.28% S Country: Russia Region Sikhote-Alin Mountains, Primorsky Krai Coordinates 46°09′36″N 134°39′12″E Fall date February 12, 1947 10:38 a.m. local time. TKW >28 tonnes (31 short tons) (est. 70 tons) Strewn field Yes My 2nd time around came up with this one. Minus the green crust, I think this about what it it looked like when it went into the ground. It does not look as rough in hand as the it does in the photo. [ATTACH=full]367393[/ATTACH] Constantine I AE Follis. Struck circa 309-310 AD. Lugdunum mint. IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from the back / SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI, Sol standing facing, head left, chlamys hanging behind from left shoulder, holding globe and raising right hand. F-T across fields, mintmark PLG. Lyons RIC VI 310[/QUOTE]
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