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<p>[QUOTE="ByzantiumBabe, post: 7251153, member: 118394"]The original dies, as noted by Mr. Clay, appear to be a "flower of the mint" dies and engraved by a master artisan.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin is over the top & in extremely fine condition, but in hand one might find slight die cracks in the obverse legend, an obvious punch to Valentinians nose, maybe a small pin hole in the right obverse field. Most concerning would be an X graffiti above the cross on reverse, but tough to verify in a photo. The gold also appears to be professionally cleaned, recently.</p><p><br /></p><p>Byzantine coin borders are often illegible, but some like to see at least most of the well executed Byzantine borders, as well.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ByzantiumBabe, post: 7251153, member: 118394"]The original dies, as noted by Mr. Clay, appear to be a "flower of the mint" dies and engraved by a master artisan. The coin is over the top & in extremely fine condition, but in hand one might find slight die cracks in the obverse legend, an obvious punch to Valentinians nose, maybe a small pin hole in the right obverse field. Most concerning would be an X graffiti above the cross on reverse, but tough to verify in a photo. The gold also appears to be professionally cleaned, recently. Byzantine coin borders are often illegible, but some like to see at least most of the well executed Byzantine borders, as well.[/QUOTE]
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