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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2594034, member: 19463&quot;]The first coin in Mikey&#039;s link looks like a die match so the coin is probably not tooled to change ID.&nbsp; Tooled or smoothed is still possible.&nbsp; The one in the link</p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=207729" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=207729" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=207729</a></p><p>was described as &#039;somewhat smoothed&#039; and is not as good looking as yours.&nbsp; It is also described as unique as a sestertius but that the obverse die is known with other reverses including silver medallions.&nbsp; The coin strikes me as worth sending to David Sear or to NGC for certification.&nbsp; I was wrong above about the fabric if this was produced by the medallion standards and the coin needs to be seen by someone a lot more expert than I am, in person and armed with a microscope and the skill to interpret what is seen.&nbsp;&nbsp; I remain lacking in understanding how such a coin ends up in the hands of someone who does not know the die link details.&nbsp; Even if it is smoothed, it is the kind of coin that should sell in a big sale.&nbsp; On the other hand, if it is fake, someone needs to examine the linked coin and the quoted medallions.&nbsp; If this is tooled from an Otacillia, so were the others.&nbsp; Coin Talk is not the place to vet such a coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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