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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2360711, member: 42773&quot;]I was attracted to this coin for various reasons, namely the &quot;High Roman&quot; style of the busts and the overall excellent detail, not to mention the beautiful even patina, no tooling or smoothing etc. It appears to me that the obverse is weakly struck at the letters DIVIF, but they are there, in a faint outline - this image just doesn&#039;t capture them. Maybe a strike-through, or maybe a flan anomaly?</p><p><br /></p><p>The one thing that concerned me about this coin was that there are some minor cracks and pitting, which don&#039;t appear to break the patina, but it&#039;s always a concern when it comes to BD. The previous owner says he&#039;s had the coin for 10 years and it&#039;s never evinced any problems. But he lives in an arid clime, so as a precaution I&#039;ve treated it with Verdi Care and I&#039;m letting it sit on top of my desk to see if it reacts unfavorably with our humidity. Any opinions welcome...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]481522[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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