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<p>[QUOTE="Dafydd, post: 8333587, member: 86815"]Here are some coins I like with bankers marks and I dare say if they were in plastic slabs it would be remarked on as if they were a negative.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1477284[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1477285[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1477292[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1477293[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> [ATTACH=full]1477294[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>None of these coins were a problem to me with the defacement and in a perverse way were almost an approbation of authenticity although as you mentioned it would not be beyond the wit of man to add them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally to keep on threat with the OP here is another Vitellius in which I consider that his nose has been "enhanced" to make him epitomise the Roman ideal of the day. I sometimes wonder if Nerva's nose was attributable to the skill of the engraver. I reckon you could write a thesis on the Roman nose on coinage.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1477295[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1477296[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Dafydd, post: 8333587, member: 86815"]Here are some coins I like with bankers marks and I dare say if they were in plastic slabs it would be remarked on as if they were a negative. [ATTACH=full]1477284[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1477285[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1477292[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1477293[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1477294[/ATTACH] None of these coins were a problem to me with the defacement and in a perverse way were almost an approbation of authenticity although as you mentioned it would not be beyond the wit of man to add them. Finally to keep on threat with the OP here is another Vitellius in which I consider that his nose has been "enhanced" to make him epitomise the Roman ideal of the day. I sometimes wonder if Nerva's nose was attributable to the skill of the engraver. I reckon you could write a thesis on the Roman nose on coinage. [ATTACH=full]1477295[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1477296[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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