ID help? (Just for laughs)

[PMah]

Ok, everyone on Forum is so helpful with coin identification,  I thought I would challenge your skills: 

What numismatic wonder is this?

One of you is disqualified from winning the Identification Challenge,  but that person remains  free to compete for "Best Answer"!

For scale, the photo includes a 550 ml water bottle and a Gin & Tonic.

Winners in each category will receive everlasting fame.

PJM

[v-drome]

IN HOC SIGNO VINCES?  I am suddenly very thirsty.

[PMah]

Layers will be revealed, periodically.   

[Jay GT4]

Widow's mite 

[PMah]

Encapsulated, perhaps?

[shanxi]

In the cardboard packaging is the biggest coin book of all times, or a poster, showing your complete collection ??

[Anaximander]

Why, that looks like a Achaia to me...  

[PMah]

Why, that looks like a Achaia to me...  

Possible, there is a small monogram covered by the water bottle. 

(The G&T, by the way, is not miraculously non-spilling (although that would be a nice feature), but rather the image re-rotated.)

[Carausius]

Beautifully packed, whatever it is.   

[stevex6]

Limes denarius?

Hi

fun

[PMah]

I think it is time to remove the hard outer layer of encrustation and see if that aids identification.   I am not an expert on cleaning,  so I disregarded all the  well-intended  advice about vinegar, baking soda, washing soda, Scotch and soda, and such.  I did, however,  use the tonic.  Herewith the results after the first layer was removed.  
Clearly, there was substantial hard deposits over an almost bubbly inner sheen.

New collectors should consult experts before attempting this method, or any other methods.

(Same water bottle for scale; unclear where G&T got to.)

[PMah]

By the way,  many of the analyses from experts  on this board  are based in objective  observations.  For example,  Steve P is on track with "limes" with respect to the G&T, yet  he may want to research further into types of cucumber garnishes , as shown at 11 o'clock on the highball.  Jay is certainly correct that a Widow's Mite could be in the packaging,  along with a 32 inch HDTV. Michael  expertly perceives that the packaging is only slightly less substantial  than that wrapping King Tut's inner mask  when shipped to the Met in 1976 or so.  And every other commentator is nearly as accurate.

[PMah]

The big reveal: 
   After several more days of patient removal of the soft layer of encrustation, which turned out to be the hitherto-suspected-but-now-confirmed Endless Roll of Bubble Wrap, I can now show the end result.

As usual, Shanxi had the most accurate ID.  It is the plates volume of the Forni reprint of

 Haeberlin, Dr. Jur. E.J. AES GRAVE. DAS SCHWERGELD ROMS UND MITTELITALIENS.

Literally,  a monumental work in Roman Republic cast bronze.  The plates are on individual sheets, so very much like Shanxi's "poster" prediction.

Kudos, too, to a fellow Forum member who facilitated the adoption of this great book!


The G&T also facilitated the process....

[Jay GT4]

Sweet!

[quadrans]

Wow, 

Q.