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Offline klausklage

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White coin (or whatever this is)
« on: February 24, 2010, 09:18:34 am »
Does anybody have an idea what this is supposed to be?
31mm, 34.53g. The coin is thickly covered with a white substance, like chalk, that sticks to my fingers. Not sure which metal is beneath (maybe lead?). Looks very old, but I cannot exclude that it is fake.
Right now it is halfway between tablet and bin. Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Olaf
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Offline Snegovik

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Re: White coin (or whatever this is)
« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2010, 11:53:31 am »
The head looks like Hadrian.  Lead oxide is white, and the weight corresponds to a very heavy metal like lead. Never heard of lead Hadrian's coins...
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Re: White coin (or whatever this is)
« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2010, 01:53:26 pm »
A modern lead cast / copy of a Hadrian sestertius.

A couple of years ago i found this Commodus lead copy:



lead (30-31 mm / 32.04 g), 20th century ?


I would like to know when and why these casts were produced.

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