Roman ? | Romano-Egyptian Tetradrachm Of Aurelian

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XavierOfGreen Pillar of the Community United States 2589 Posts	Posted 02/09/2013 4:01 pm Anyone know what this old piece is ? I assume its roman? Best regards, XoG Identified - moved to Ancients forum - Sap Edited by XavierOfGreen 02/09/2013 4:01 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Ben Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 4208 Posts	Posted 02/09/2013 4:59 pm Its a very nice roman which appears to have been badly painted. Its probably Constantine II, cant say much for the reverse... Report this Post to the Staff
XavierOfGreen Pillar of the Community United States 2589 Posts	Posted 02/09/2013 6:13 pm i guess an acetone dip is in order? Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 02/09/2013 8:41 pm It appears to be a Roman Provinical Tetradrachm from the Alexandra mint. I can't make out the emperor though. The red color is not paint but is a mineral deposit possibably iron that has formed a thick red patina. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16868 Posts	Posted 02/09/2013 10:56 pm These late Romano-Egyptian tetradrachms often come in a reddish colour. They are made of extremely debased silver (less than 1%), the remainder being copper, tin, lead or whatever else happened to be lying around. Long-term stability of the alloy was not a major concern when the coins were made; the alloy is extremely prone to discolouration, bronze disease and other corrosion problems. As to the emperor, I can read the end part of the obverse legend: "...HNIANOC CEB". The only emperor which fits this legend is Aurelian. I'm pretty sure the reverse type is an eagle with legend ETOUS S (Year 6), which would date to 274-5 AD. Wildwinds example. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
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