Casting is MUCH easier! But the final product will look cheaper. Here's a thread from when I tried it: http://www.cointalk.com/t90198/
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This is the model I use. It is by far the best I've ever worked with.
Sounds fine to me. I'll check the reference when I get back to my library.
Its hard to explain. Pictures would do a much better job. This is a pre-reform coin. Compare it to the OP's....
Carthage. Early 3rd cent. BC http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sg/sg6529.html
When the XX is in the exergue, as a part of "XXI" its a denomination mark. But this is a post-reform radiate fraction. The VOT XX relates to the...
Roman sestertius of Maximinus Thrax, struck 236-238 AD in Rome. RIC 90 http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sear5/s8341.html#RIC_0090
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