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KurtS Pillar of the Community United States 5318 Posts	Posted 02/24/2009 02:29 am This is a coin I have, attributed to Gallienus. I'm curious if can say more, as I'd like to provide more info for a trade I'm doing. Thank you! (size is 17-18mm) Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16938 Posts	Posted 02/24/2009 06:07 am I believe it's this type - VBERITAS AVG, Uberitas (the personification of fruitfulness) holding a bunch of grapes and a cornucopia. 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
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 02/24/2009 09:04 am That's the one. Report this Post to the Staff
KurtS Pillar of the Community United States 5318 Posts	Posted 02/24/2009 11:35 am How interesting...thanks for the info! I see the link refers to it being billon, but I thought this was bronze. Report this Post to the Staff
DL20K Pillar of the Community Poland 3201 Posts	Posted 02/24/2009 11:40 am Was the silver only on the surface? Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16938 Posts	Posted 02/24/2009 6:55 pm Quote: I see the link refers to it being billon, but I thought this was bronze. The coins of Gallienus were the nadir of Roman silver coinage, both from an artistic perspective and from the silver fineness. There was no official fineness; it seemed to be "whatever the mint could get away with". If you ran a chemical test, it would probably come up 1 or 2 percent silver. So technically, it's billon. Quote: Was the silver only on the surface? The Romans of this time used a pickling technique to make their coins look more silvery than they really were. The blanks were given a nice long soak in the right kind of acid, which produced a surface that was purer silver. These "silvered" coins often haven't survived circulation, then burial and subsequent cleaning, with their silver layer intact. 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
KurtS Pillar of the Community United States 5318 Posts	Posted 02/24/2009 8:20 pm You guys are great--thanks for all the interesting info! Report this Post to the Staff
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