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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2431028, member: 56859&quot;]I picked up one of these recently, part of last night&#039;s CrackOut fun <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This one is a fourree.&nbsp; Interestingly, even though there are several areas on the reverse where the core is visible, in recent times someone filed one of the notches.&nbsp; I guess the person was simply curious about the core.&nbsp; I&#039;m not unhappy about the violation-- it <b>is</b> interesting to see the layers!</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s also my first serrate <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]505128[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Roman Republic, Lucius Aurelius Cotta</b></p><p>105 BCE</p><p>Fourree AR serrate denarius, 20 mm, 3.8 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; draped bust of Vulcan right, wearing laureate pileus; tongs and star behind; all within wreath and dotted border</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; eagle standing on thunderbolt, head left; L·COT below, V to right; all within laurel wreath and dotted border</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; c.f.&nbsp; Crawford 314/1c; Sydenham 577a; Aurelia 21b</p><p><i>formerly slabbed, NGC ChVF, 5/5 strike, 3/5 surface</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]505134[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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