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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hrefn, post: 8216498, member: 115171&quot;]Nice coin, [USER=77704]@panzerman[/USER]!&nbsp; Rare to see one of these with both sides well struck.</p><p>The peculiar way these coins were made can muddle the excellent die work put into them.&nbsp; Here’s the concave aspect, the obverse I suppose, of mine.&nbsp; [ATTACH=full]1442321[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse just is not as nice.&nbsp; Not sure if it is honest wear, or a worn die, but the reverse illustrates the common problem with these.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1442323[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, a question for the class.&nbsp;&nbsp; Are the princes on the reverse standing on shields, in some dim echo of the ceremony which raised one to be an imperator?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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