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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 7814519, member: 19463&quot;]Thanks for the update.&nbsp; It is interesting to me that the earliest portraits (before the Hellenistics) seem better to my eye than those that followed.&nbsp; That may just be opinion.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I really like this type but we should mention that the anchor countermark served a purpose not immediately obvious.&nbsp; It erased the reverse legend &#039;friend of Antony&#039; which would have been offensive to Octavian after Tarkondimotos died at Actium and his family started supporting Octavian.&nbsp; My example&#039;s c/m broke the flan so it did not succeed at erasing the word.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1343176[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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