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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1785121, member: 19463&quot;]A problem for some of us is that details like the elephant skin wear off when we collect less than mint state coins. My Philip I from Antioch mint shows a trace of the pattern on the hindquarters but that would be gone with very little more circulation.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]286573[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Similarly my IMP VIII Septimius has some of the pattern but my IMP VIIII is worn away. The OP coin was exceedingly high grade making this sort of question possible.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]286575[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]286576[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Finally, I never considered this Commodus as a bad coin but it is useless for the question of whether the pattern was used then as well. When we study other coins we must avoid saying something never existed just because we no longer see it.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]286577[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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