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<p>[QUOTE="Tejas, post: 4144227, member: 84905"]Grading is of course to some extent subjective. Personally, I would not have graded the Claudius Gothicus - VICTORIA AVG and the Byzantine Histamenon as EF. The Gothicus shows clear signs of wear and no silvering. The Byzantine Histamenon shows significant scratches on the nose of one of the figures. The Probus, however, is a clear case of EF, in my view.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also I would practically not grade any ancient coin as FDC. In my view, FDC is only applicable to modern, machine-minted coins. An ancient hand-struck coin in FDC would have to be a perfect strike from fresh dies, complete mint lustre, perfect untouched and naturally toned surfaces and of course not a hint of wear or die imperfection. But again, grading is subjective.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Tejas, post: 4144227, member: 84905"]Grading is of course to some extent subjective. Personally, I would not have graded the Claudius Gothicus - VICTORIA AVG and the Byzantine Histamenon as EF. The Gothicus shows clear signs of wear and no silvering. The Byzantine Histamenon shows significant scratches on the nose of one of the figures. The Probus, however, is a clear case of EF, in my view. Also I would practically not grade any ancient coin as FDC. In my view, FDC is only applicable to modern, machine-minted coins. An ancient hand-struck coin in FDC would have to be a perfect strike from fresh dies, complete mint lustre, perfect untouched and naturally toned surfaces and of course not a hint of wear or die imperfection. But again, grading is subjective.[/QUOTE]
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