orichalcum is brass and not a gold alloy

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Gary — 4/18/2002 3:27:15 PM (archived)

Orichalcum was an alloy of brass used by the ancient imperial Romans for making a particular denomination of coin called the "dupondius". Other base metal Roman imperial coins were the "sestertius" and "as" which were both made of bronze.

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Thor Heyerdahl died last night at age 87 - Larry J - 4/18/2002 9:36:19 AM
- Re: Thor Heyerdahl - Tom Brosz - 4/18/2002 3:05:11 PM
  - Thor gets ignored and Shackleton gets off scot free for the mission he failed to organize - ebnelson - 4/18/2002 3:27:27 PM
    - Re: Shackleton gets off scot free for the mission he failed to organize - Tom Brosz - 4/19/2002 5:22:43 PM
      - Shackleton had two simultaneous expeditions that got in trouble - ebnelson - 4/19/2002 5:34:40 PM
- Re: Thor Heyerdahl died last night at age 87 - RNE - 4/18/2002 12:53:21 PM
- Re: The search for Atlantis . . . - D. Spires - 4/18/2002 11:53:33 AM
  - Solved - E.P. Grondine - 4/20/2002 2:54:10 PM
  - orichalcum is brass and not a gold alloy - Gary - 4/18/2002 3:27:15 PM
    - Re: The World, according to Plato . . . - D. Spires - 4/18/2002 3:50:15 PM
      - Sorry to interrupt... - RobVG - 4/19/2002 7:15:23 PM
        
        Re: Also sorry, Rob . . . - D. Spires - 4/19/2002 4:41:48 PM
        
        Not a construct? - RobVG - 4/19/2002 6:19:41 PM
        
        Re: Agreed . . . - D. Spires - 4/19/2002 7:43:34 PM
- He was a real hero to me when I was a kid. - ebnelson - 4/18/2002 10:06:14 AM

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