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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Eduard, post: 1312959, member: 8959&quot;]Interesting discussion you guys are having.</p><p><br /></p><p>Randy, I like your Domitian, it has a nice even surface and an appealing colour. Nice coin. The Commodus, however, is a bit rough for my taste. You are right though when you say that coins which have seen extensive use, somehow convey well the events of that world for which they were made.</p><p>&nbsp; </p><p>Doug&#039;s Galba is still a nice coin. He is right, I think, in assuming this coin did not wear that way thru circulation, but rather in somebodies pocket.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>On the subject of tooling, the german forums are full of such discussions, and how even reputable auction houses increasingly offer early bronzes which have been &#039;enhanced&#039; via tooling. More disturbing is the fact that the tooling is not always mentioned, or very cursorily.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am sure that there are more than a few coins in my collection which have been tooled, and I did not recognize it. The chances of that happening now, however, are lesser as my experience has increased (at least I hope so!).</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Here is an Augustus dupondius, bought a long time ago, I would be very interested in hearing your opinions on. I was attracted by the nice portrait, but did not pay too much attention to the reverse which seems to have been tooled, specially Augustus&#039;&nbsp; robe. It seems different to other coins I have compared it to.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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