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<p>[QUOTE="IdesOfMarch01, post: 7686589, member: 39084"]My impressions of this coin:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. It appears to be RIC 282. Obv: IMP CAES DOMITIAN AVG GERM COS XI, laureate right. Rev: S C in field, Domitian standing right clasping hands over altar with officer standing left; behind officer, one soldier with standard and one soldier at right with spear and shield.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. The wear on the obverse legends and portrait appear consistent, with the fields smoothed; the areas around the letters in the legend are a bit overly smoothed and possibly that is what makes them appear to stand out and be less worn than the portrait.</p><p><br /></p><p>3. The reverse is smoothed as well and especially the exergue appears to have been aggressively so.</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe this coin is genuine. The most compelling reason that I believe this coin is genuine is the following: Why would a forger produce a fake with a reverse this worn? By delineating the reverse a little bit better, it would still look every bit as genuine and be worth $500+ more than this example. A forgery with a reverse that has this much wear doesn't make much financial sense.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="IdesOfMarch01, post: 7686589, member: 39084"]My impressions of this coin: 1. It appears to be RIC 282. Obv: IMP CAES DOMITIAN AVG GERM COS XI, laureate right. Rev: S C in field, Domitian standing right clasping hands over altar with officer standing left; behind officer, one soldier with standard and one soldier at right with spear and shield. 2. The wear on the obverse legends and portrait appear consistent, with the fields smoothed; the areas around the letters in the legend are a bit overly smoothed and possibly that is what makes them appear to stand out and be less worn than the portrait. 3. The reverse is smoothed as well and especially the exergue appears to have been aggressively so. I believe this coin is genuine. The most compelling reason that I believe this coin is genuine is the following: Why would a forger produce a fake with a reverse this worn? By delineating the reverse a little bit better, it would still look every bit as genuine and be worth $500+ more than this example. A forgery with a reverse that has this much wear doesn't make much financial sense.[/QUOTE]
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