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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3765849, member: 19463&quot;]This sestertius came to me 45 years after I sold my last coin of Didius Julianus.&nbsp; My first was pushing a point to be called VG but was smoothly worn.&nbsp; This is better for wear but has rough surfaces with thick patina not helped by having been polished.&nbsp; Of course I do not know what it looked like before.&nbsp; The problem with surface treatments is that they can be used to hide signs of a fake.&nbsp; I bought it from an honest dealer known for many years but I am not sure just how many sestertii of Didius he handles so there is always concern when buying a coin so often faked.&nbsp; On these it is rather like a coin is guilty until proven innocent.&nbsp; The coin is also compromised by an uneven strike weakening detail on the portrait neck and the head of Fortuna.</p><p><br /></p><p>TIF was so kind as to find a die duplicate (bottom) online sufficiently different that it did not mother my coin (top).&nbsp; This reverse favors the legend split SE--VER while most of his sestertii used SEV-ER.&nbsp; Significance?&nbsp; I do not know.</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/ct-dougdidius-baldwins-jpg.1001857/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I failed to find anything similar in the fake resources checked and would appreciate word if anyone does find something of note including any previous sales of this specimen.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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