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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ken Dorney, post: 3236284, member: 76086&quot;]I do think so.&nbsp; The more I look at it the more I wonder how original it might be.&nbsp; Look at how sharp and deep the portrait is along his profile.&nbsp; The crown stands out boldly but there is almost no detail left in his hair.&nbsp; The beard is a bit off as well.&nbsp; On the reverse all the devices seem to stand out oddly, but that could be a result of the smoothing.&nbsp; Its a shame, if it were unadulterated I would have been happy to have that portrait in my collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>There have been a number of coins recently at auction that I was close to bidding big money on (I like sestertii) but in the end I just cant do it.&nbsp; There is currently&nbsp; nice Caligula sestertius on auction, I was really wanting it for my collection but then I saw the note that its tooled.&nbsp; In the past I could stomach some smoothing, but it seems in recent years its become too prominent on coins.&nbsp; I think I&#039;d prefer the flawed and worn examples that someone hasnt changed from its original state (aside the cleaning of course).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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