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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3875619, member: 85693"]Interesting thread. I just got a sestertius of Severus Alexander that has damage to the portrait - it is as if somebody bashed it with a small hammer, with the portrait suffering from slight indentations. The damaged areas toned/patinated darker than the rest of the coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>Who'd do such a thing? Severus Alexander was a nice guy.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1023805[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1023806[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Severus Alexander Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(226 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>IMP CAES M AVR SEV ALE[XANDER AVG], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / AEQVITAS AVGVSTI S C, Aequitas standing with scales and cornucopiae.</p><p>RIC 547; Cohen 20.</p><p>(17.94 grams / 30 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3875619, member: 85693"]Interesting thread. I just got a sestertius of Severus Alexander that has damage to the portrait - it is as if somebody bashed it with a small hammer, with the portrait suffering from slight indentations. The damaged areas toned/patinated darker than the rest of the coin. Who'd do such a thing? Severus Alexander was a nice guy. [ATTACH=full]1023805[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1023806[/ATTACH] [B]Severus Alexander Æ Sestertius (226 A.D.) Rome Mint[/B] IMP CAES M AVR SEV ALE[XANDER AVG], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / AEQVITAS AVGVSTI S C, Aequitas standing with scales and cornucopiae. RIC 547; Cohen 20. (17.94 grams / 30 mm)[/QUOTE]
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