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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 4561012, member: 39084&quot;]In the top coin, I find the extraordinarily high detail in Otho&#039;s hair to be a bit suspect.&nbsp; If I were to choose this coin I would make its purchase contingent on being inspected and authenticated for non-tooling, in hand, by an expert.</p><p><br /></p><p>Years ago, when I first started collecting ancients, my dealer told me that denarii and aurei are rarely if ever tooled -- tooling was seen mainly on AEs.&nbsp; But that&#039;s not true any more, and there have been documented incidents of tooled denarii and aurei appearing for sale and even in auctions.</p><p><br /></p><p>Otho&#039;s hairpiece is typically somewhat weakly struck on his coins due to its high relief and as long as there is reasonable detail in his hair, my personal preference is for a better-centered coin (both obverse and reverse although obverse is a little more important to me) vs. better hair detail.&nbsp; The bottom coin has better obverse centering with a more complete OTHO, and this is the one I personally would prefer in my collection.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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