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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 1903741, member: 39084&quot;]My observations about the two coins:</p><p><br /></p><p>(1) The provincial coin has been noticeably tooled in order to bring out the obverse legend and delineate the SC on the reverse -- note the &quot;gutters&quot; around the letters.&nbsp; It also appears that the obverse laurel wreath and reverse wreath have been re-engraved to give them higher relief.</p><p><br /></p><p>The as, on the other hand, appears to have been only lightly/moderately smoothed and is, in my opinion, a much more natural-state coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>(2) While the provincial&#039;s portrait might appear a little more artistic, the portrait on the as is reasonably good and doesn&#039;t appear to be stylistically much different from comparable asses:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]325726[/ATTACH] </p><p>NERO</p><p>AE As (7.56 g.)&nbsp; Rome circa 64 A.D.</p><p>NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P Radiate head of Nero right. Rev. GENIO AVGVSTI Genius naked to waist standing left, holding cornucopia, patera over lighted altar, I in exergue.&nbsp; RIC 215</p><p><br /></p><p>(3) The surfaces of the provincial coin are very rough, whereas the imperial coin has fairly nice surfaces with almost no roughness or pitting.</p><p><br /></p><p>Overall, I personally don&#039;t like the provincial at all and would not keep it in a 12 Caesars (NOT Caesar&#039;s) collection.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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