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Tinned Or Silvered? Aurelian Antoninianus Of Siscia

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I bought this coin several years ago and had it marked as RIC 216, but today I noticed the C in the obverse legend and realized that it's actually RIC 215. Struck in Siscia, with the mintmark T. I thought it was silvered, but Wildwinds says it's tinned. I haven't heard of other tinned Roman coins, and other sources give conflicting information for this type. The plating (which is intact- the color of the pictures is off) does look more like tin than silver.
Does anyone know the answer, or if tin was commonly used in general?

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very nice coin and silvered .The average percentage of silver for these coins of Aurelianus is 3,5 to 4 percent , for tin 1,5 to 2,8 .albert
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