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Message:: [QUOTE="Hispanicus, post: 2399961, member: 72626"]As a relative newcomer to ancients I had no real point of reference or example of tooling and smoothing although I had heard about it. One of my first bronze purchases was this Domitian AS with an exceptionally attractive price. It wasn't until a few months later when I was looking at it in thew sunlight did I notice smoothing to the left of the obverse portrait right behind the neck all the way out to the legend as well as above and below the letter S on the obverse (my cellphone pic's don't show the traces of back and forth smoothing very well, but it's there). I am also unsure about the portrait, which may be over cleaned[ATTACH=full]494365[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]494369[/ATTACH] I was torn because I like this coin but was angry that the online seller did not mention "enhancements" in their description. I've decide to keep the coin as a reminder to be more careful in the future. As for that dealer, I have not done business with them again.[/QUOTE]