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<p>[QUOTE="Blake Davis, post: 3579402, member: 91820"]Terrence - I look at that Caracalla sestertius you have posted over and over again. I have not seen one in this condition, and it answers some questions I have thought about concerning how Mars was engraved by the celator who did this type. Also the eye, hair and ear treatment on the portrait is revealing as to how the coin looked when struck - something you sometimes only guess at with more worn specimans - in fact, I believe this is the least worn of this type I have come across. A copy of this will also go into the loose leaf folders I have of Severan sestertii -it has been a terrific research tool.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Blake Davis, post: 3579402, member: 91820"]Terrence - I look at that Caracalla sestertius you have posted over and over again. I have not seen one in this condition, and it answers some questions I have thought about concerning how Mars was engraved by the celator who did this type. Also the eye, hair and ear treatment on the portrait is revealing as to how the coin looked when struck - something you sometimes only guess at with more worn specimans - in fact, I believe this is the least worn of this type I have come across. A copy of this will also go into the loose leaf folders I have of Severan sestertii -it has been a terrific research tool.[/QUOTE]
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