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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 3963886, member: 44316&quot;]When you buy a coin from a photograph, after you&#039;ve got it, it is a good idea to compare the coin to the photograph and see if you can tell what the other coins from that dealer really look like.</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought a Lucilla (daughter of Marcus Aurelius and Faustina, Jr. and wife of Lucius Verus) sestertius from CNG from this photo:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1043880[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>32 mm. 28.52 grams. </p><p>HILARITAS</p><p>RIC III 1742 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 7-6a; Banti 18.</p><p><br /></p><p>When it came I was pleased to find out it really looks like this:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1043881[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The CNG photo made it look &quot;dry&quot; and darker than it really is. My iPad photo looks just like the coin (which I am holding up to my screen as I type).</p><p><br /></p><p>I wonder if many CNG coins look better in hand?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Do you have a story of a coin that looks different in hand that in the dealer&#039;s photo?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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