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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 9785162, member: 5833&quot;]&quot;The sheet is an alloy of 55 percent lead and 45 percent tin, both easily pliable, soft metals. Both metals occur in great abundance in Britain but not in Greece...&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://greekreporter.com/2023/08/09/greek-roman-era-london-amulet-plague/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://greekreporter.com/2023/08/09/greek-roman-era-london-amulet-plague/" rel="nofollow">https://greekreporter.com/2023/08/09/greek-roman-era-london-amulet-plague/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This is about an amulet that belonged to a Greek man in London in the second century, but shows they were already blending lead with other metals.&nbsp; I can imagine these leaden Abrasax amulets being popular with Roman soldiers stationed in England.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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