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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 5310037, member: 19463&quot;]What Valentinian says is quite true but there is a tendency for sestertii of this period to have edges that are squared off a bit while asses are more likely to round over with less of a chiseled look.&nbsp; This is by no means a certain thing with some showing the difference more than others.</p><p><br /></p><p>As of Antoninus Pius</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1224143[/ATTACH]&nbsp; </p><p>Sestertius of Antoninus Pius</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1224142[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Also, sestertii seem a lot more likely to show flans with at least one side that looks cut rather than poured.&nbsp; I have no explanation other than the flan prep process was different for the two.&nbsp; Could this have&nbsp; to do with the difference in melting point for the different alloys?</p><p>Sestertius of Faustina II</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1224145[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>As of Faustina II</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1224144[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not saying I can call these from photos but this is a minor difference that I see more often than not.&nbsp; Does this work for others with several coins of this period?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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