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Offline theemptytrunk

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A gouge in Severus Alexander denarius
« on: November 16, 2014, 05:26:59 pm »
Hello, all

I was wondering how this gouge happened on Severus Alexander's face.
Bad silver? A bad strike?

Thank you,

Jason

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Re: A gouge in Severus Alexander denarius
« Reply #1 on: November 16, 2014, 07:37:37 pm »
Weight?  It is best to take th coin out of the holder when photographing.  Otherwise we get a small photos with the plastic having reflected a lot of the light.  I coin is certainly much corroded.  It maybe that there was a bit of the alloy that was not uniform--frequently the case with the debased silver of this period--and that section was more subject to corrosion and simply melted away when the coin was cleaned.
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Re: A gouge in Severus Alexander denarius
« Reply #2 on: November 16, 2014, 07:50:20 pm »
Ooops!

2.2 grams
18 m.m.

Weighs 4 grams with the coin holder.

Your right. I should have taken it out of the holder.
Thank you for your response.

Jason
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