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XXIX New Member Bulgaria 45 Posts	Posted 03/01/2013 02:33 am Hello and Greetings.I want to show you this Denarius,still glow,beautiful coin.I think you'll like.Regards Julia Domna Denarius. IVLIA AVGVSTA Draped bust right / FELICITAS Felicitas standing, head left, holding short caduceus and long scepter. Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 03/01/2013 06:01 am Excellent bust detail a very nice coin. Report this Post to the Staff
XXIX New Member Bulgaria 45 Posts	Posted 03/02/2013 10:07 am Thank you Echizento Report this Post to the Staff
Archraz Pillar of the Community United States 3499 Posts	Posted 10/23/2013 08:39 am Question: Are the dark spots on the coin deposits stuck to the surface, or are they areas where silver has peeled away and revealed a copper core? Report this Post to the Staff
maridvnvm Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2100 Posts	Posted 10/23/2013 08:49 am Those look like they are surface deposits. Report this Post to the Staff
Archraz Pillar of the Community United States 3499 Posts	Posted 10/23/2013 10:32 am maridvnvm- Good to know. Honestly, I'm asking since I just got an uncleaned Julia Domna, and as I have made progress it seems as though there is copper under a layer of silver. I hope that I am wrong. So I just wonder as to the typical purity of a denarius from this period. Report this Post to the Staff
IndianGoldEagle Bedrock of the Community United States 36826 Posts	Posted 10/23/2013 10:51 am Nice coin! Those look like surface deposits. Report this Post to the Staff
Jimbo777 Valued Member United Kingdom 201 Posts	Posted 10/23/2013 1:04 pm Nice example XXIX. Archraz, if you have found that there is copper under a layer of silver then it is likely the denarius is a fourree which is an ancient imitation. Fourree denarius where silver plated and usually contained a copper core (or some other cheap base metal). I am afraid I cant remember off-hand exactly what the purity level was during the severan era however genuine coins where never 'plated' silver. A fourree denarius however although an imitation is still quite cool and interesting. Report this Post to the Staff
Ben Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 4208 Posts	Posted 10/23/2013 1:43 pm It is possible by some cleaning methods that you expose a copper layer. Under horn silver, for example, silver is ebbed out leaving behind only the copper from that layer, leaving copper patches. Report this Post to the Staff
chrsmat71 Pillar of the Community United States 4966 Posts	Posted 10/23/2013 7:41 pm nice julia. so I'm starting to get some of these now...is this something anyone one attempt to clean..or let this go? some of it looks like it would come off...but I would probably be to scared to attempt it. Report this Post to the Staff
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