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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2008449, member: 42773&quot;]My answer is a best guess. For one thing, portraiture on provincial coins exhibits quite a bit of variance - the busts are not anywhere near as homogenous as they are on imperial coins. Also, it&#039;s possible that the beard is just worn down - the rest of the coin is quite worn as well. Sometimes with extensively circulated coins, the best we can do offer possibilities.</p><p><br /></p><p>I looked this up in Hristova/Jekov as well, and they record the same coin. Their catalog number is 8.10.6.1, and their example comes in at 18mm, 3.5g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]361394[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Notice that the bust on their example does not have a long beard at all. If the coin were as worn as yours, it would easily look clean-shaven.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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