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<p>[QUOTE="sand, post: 7802456, member: 118540"]For the particular Aureus in the slab in your OP, in which you are interested, it is possible, that the coin is not from the Boscoreale Hoard, and that the coin is not from Mount Vesuvius.</p><p>From what little I read, in the CoinTalk threads, it is possible, that some gold coins, which are described as "Boscoreale tone" gold coins, are not from the Boscoreale Hoard, and therefore not from Mount Vesuvius. Some such gold coins, may merely have a reddish color, for some other reason.</p><p>However, I'm not an expert in the subject, and I barely just started looking into this.</p><p>I recommend reading through the various CoinTalk threads, to see if this is true.</p><p>Or maybe someone, with more knowledge about this subject, can shed some light on this question.</p><p>I agree, that if the coin really was buried near Mount Vesuvius, and colored red by the heat of the eruption, then that would have immense historical significance.</p><p>And 1,000 Aurei would have been a huge sum of money.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="sand, post: 7802456, member: 118540"]For the particular Aureus in the slab in your OP, in which you are interested, it is possible, that the coin is not from the Boscoreale Hoard, and that the coin is not from Mount Vesuvius. From what little I read, in the CoinTalk threads, it is possible, that some gold coins, which are described as "Boscoreale tone" gold coins, are not from the Boscoreale Hoard, and therefore not from Mount Vesuvius. Some such gold coins, may merely have a reddish color, for some other reason. However, I'm not an expert in the subject, and I barely just started looking into this. I recommend reading through the various CoinTalk threads, to see if this is true. Or maybe someone, with more knowledge about this subject, can shed some light on this question. I agree, that if the coin really was buried near Mount Vesuvius, and colored red by the heat of the eruption, then that would have immense historical significance. And 1,000 Aurei would have been a huge sum of money.[/QUOTE]
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