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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Julius Germanicus, post: 2853441, member: 80783&quot;]While I´m at it (and have my new camera at hand)... </p><p>What do you think about my Geta Sestertius?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]677685[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]677687[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]677688[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Are all those those little pits traces of corrosion or the dreaded CASTING BUBBLES ?</p><p><br /></p><p>On the other hand the edge looks OK to me and it does have what looks like a substantial flan crack, which should point towards a struck coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also the detail (especially on the Fortuna) seem to be too crisp for a cast in my eyes. But what about the letters?</p><p><br /></p><p>And what about the bright yellow brassy color of this coin (which I adore personally)? Does it match the original Orichalcum tone of 211 aD or should´t that have been darker or more reddish by then? </p><p><br /></p><p>Could the bright and glossy surface have been achieved by cleaning and coating it with some sort of cellulose lacquer in the past?</p><p><br /></p><p>Apart from it´s flaws (pitting and crack) and the &quot;clean&quot; surface (which actually is a pro for me) I find this coin almost too good to be true in terms of style, high relief, and relative rarity for what I paid for it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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