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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 2330531, member: 82616&quot;]Circle guides must&#039;ve been fairly standard for engravers to use no matter the mint or time period. Here are two that I have from Ephesus and Rome.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]472424[/ATTACH]<b>Vespasian</b></p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>Ephesus mint, 71 AD</p><p>RIC 1422C (R2), BMC - , RSC - , RPC -</p><p>Obv: IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS III TR P P P; Head of Vespasian, laureate, r.</p><p>Rev: CONCORDIA AVG; Ceres std. l., on ornate high-backed chair, with corn ears and poppy and cornucopiae; in exergue BY</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]472425[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Titus</b></p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>Rome Mint, 79 - 80 AD</p><p>RIC 89 (C), BMC 106, RSC 25</p><p>Obv: IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG PM; Head of Titus, laureate, bearded, r.</p><p>Rev: BONVS EVENTVS AVGVSTI; Bonus Eventus, a naked youth, standing l., holding patera in extended r. hand and corn-ears and poppy in l.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a few Antiochene denarii with circle guides as well. Funnily enough, not all of my high grade coins have them, and some with more wear do. I wonder if they were supposed to be removed at some stage by the engravers?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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