What In The? Incuse Lettering On A Sestertius

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Ben Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 4208 Posts	Posted 03/14/2013 12:44 pm Heres a sestertius from the culls pile. Its coated in green and corroded and I couldnt read any letters so I decided to have a whack at acid cleaning it. Well, I can read some letters now - its appears to say FVSI but I think its meant to read AVG I... Well, they are incuse. little more I can say about it - but the bust and what appears to be the rest of the legend are normal. What happened? Is this stamped in post-event to erase something? Can anyone offer an idea on the ID of the emperor? (regular lettering on the opposite side of the bust): The reverse: And a note: it really is incuse - no question about it. the coin casts a shadow into it and I can run a toothpick over it and it dips down into the lettering. Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 03/14/2013 12:58 pm I see it but couldn't say what it is. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16872 Posts	Posted 03/14/2013 6:38 pm I have seen, on occasion, corrosion on a coin form in such a way that the letters were more badly corroded than the background field. When such corrosion is stripped away, the lettering appears as incuse. I have a "modern" (1800s) Australian token where this has happened. The first pic was the coin in the state I received it; the second pic after a wash in concentrated ammonia solution removed the corrosion. Note particularly the word "SON" in the centre, and the letters "TBU" of "WESTBURY" at the bottom: they've turned incuse. I'm betting a similar process has happened on your coin. 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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