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<p>[QUOTE="GinoLR, post: 26504941, member: 128351"]Well... It could be, but it could also belong to the "diverse imitations" category. Pierre Bastien found that some dies used for overstruck coins were cut by engravers working in the "Atelier II", but could not find exact die links. In the Parville hoard, overstruck double sestertii were attributed to "Atelier II", but in the Ardennes Hoard an overstruck specimen is considered "diverse imitation". </p><p>Actualy we cannot tell. Your specimen has an obv. die of fairly decent style but the legend is corrupt : [...]M CSS LAT POST[...]. I did not find any parallel.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GinoLR, post: 26504941, member: 128351"]Well... It could be, but it could also belong to the "diverse imitations" category. Pierre Bastien found that some dies used for overstruck coins were cut by engravers working in the "Atelier II", but could not find exact die links. In the Parville hoard, overstruck double sestertii were attributed to "Atelier II", but in the Ardennes Hoard an overstruck specimen is considered "diverse imitation". Actualy we cannot tell. Your specimen has an obv. die of fairly decent style but the legend is corrupt : [...]M CSS LAT POST[...]. I did not find any parallel.[/QUOTE]
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