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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;VexedOldHag, post: 9784468, member: 86630&quot;]The texture of the metal looks more like pewter to me but lead is the only other metal I can think it to maybe be. It feels far heavier than sterling or gold.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t think it&#039;s Roman era ancient, no. I do think it may be several hundred years old, perhaps.</p><p>The blackened state it was in&nbsp; when found was unlike anything I&#039;ve ever encountered. It was almost an encrustation of a sort, but resistant to removal, very. It looked like a&nbsp; burnt piece of wood, and took so much effort to remove.</p><p>Does pewter corrode? I don&#039;t know a lot about metals beyond gold and silver.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, I think the semicircle at top was the original hole for suspension, the irregular hole was from disintegration and the perfectly round hole, perhaps purposely bored after the original hole broke?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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