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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AncientJoe, post: 1811298, member: 44357&quot;]Indeed, that was one of my comparison examples when determining how much to pay. The detail is stunning on that coin - the flan crack bothers me but I&#039;d put up with it.&nbsp; That is the same variety as mine: there are only a few of them available to private hands today (I&#039;ve read that six are available). This is the issue which has been speculated by a recent scholar to have been handed out at the first ever games held at the Colosseum. Outside of an EID MAR, this is the most exciting coin I&#039;ve come across.</p><p><br /></p><p>I had several dealers look at my example prior to bidding on it. There is some slight smoothing in the fields on the Titus side but the Colosseum side is original, which is what mattered most to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was an expensive coin but one that I was willing to go considerably higher on and actually one of the first times I&#039;ve had zero thoughts of buyer&#039;s remorse![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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