Jordan Metal Plates

Some new evidence of forgery is appearing on several fronts.  Click here for summaries.

Dan McClellan

David Larsen

James Davila

I think the plates were made by pressing images into clay, then casting copper or lead.  I think this portion is an impression of an Alexander coin.

Here’s the plate

Here’s the head on the right:

Here’s an Alexander coin:

I think it’s pretty clear that an Alexander-type coin was pressed into clay, then someone pushed the clay to remove the outer rim of the coin, then made the plate from the clay mold.

 

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