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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 2727157, member: 39084&quot;]The tooled coin was listed and subsequently withdrawn, prior to the auction, by Roma Numismatics in Oct. 2011 at their Auction 2.&nbsp; So apparently they recognized it had been significantly altered.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>With unintentional irony, they had described the coin as follows: </p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;This portrait is of masterly style, having clearly been engraved by an individual of substantial talent.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Just not by an ancient engraver...</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m unable to locate the auction at which it did sell -- can you provide this information?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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