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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;red_spork, post: 2361727, member: 74282&quot;]When I look at a coin with surfaces that are grainy like this I try to look at the steeper and sharper points of the devices(I.e. the outline of the lettering or the details of the helmet wing) to determine if the coin is a cast or not, as a cast using a substrate that leads to this kind of grainines would inevitably leave grainy details in the sharper areas. On this coin however, they are sharp as expected and the flow lines around those areas are as well so I think this coin is fine. On the issue of style it&#039;s perfectly normal for th type and period as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s my example of the type. It was one of my first Republican denarii as well and still my oldest Republican denarius, but probably not for long.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]481834[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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