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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 2955285, member: 44316&quot;]I think it is authentic. Wear can&#039;t explain the obverse, but a very worn obverse die can. At 3:30 on the OP coin there is the beginning of a die break (where metal connects the A and the G). I think the die was so worn that it broke soon after producing that coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Freshness of die is not on everyone&#039;s radar. Wear on the coin sometimes looks like the effect of wear on the die. But, to have great detail on the coin it needs to be on the die, so the die needs to be fresh. An unworn coin from a fresh, well-engraved die can be special.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]722409[/ATTACH]</p><p>Maxentius 306-312</p><p>Glossy charcoal gray.</p><p>RIC Rome 210, page 378 struck &quot;308-310&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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