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<p>[QUOTE="IdesOfMarch01, post: 4885974, member: 39084"]I, too, have been looking to acquire sestertii of Hadrian for the past few years. I particularly liked this one in an upcoming auction, due to its being a travel sestertii and having the galley rowing in the opposite direction from the one that I currently own:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1178964[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I was immediately wary about its condition, though, and, when I had my dealer look at this coin online, he soon confirmed my suspicions that it was egregiously tooled and possibly had been otherwise "worked."</p><p><br /></p><p>My personal opinion is that your coin is pretty much in the same category as the one I've posted. I agree with your opinion that your Hadrian is likely genuine, but the amount of apparent tooling would rule it out as an addition to my own collection.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="IdesOfMarch01, post: 4885974, member: 39084"]I, too, have been looking to acquire sestertii of Hadrian for the past few years. I particularly liked this one in an upcoming auction, due to its being a travel sestertii and having the galley rowing in the opposite direction from the one that I currently own: [ATTACH=full]1178964[/ATTACH] I was immediately wary about its condition, though, and, when I had my dealer look at this coin online, he soon confirmed my suspicions that it was egregiously tooled and possibly had been otherwise "worked." My personal opinion is that your coin is pretty much in the same category as the one I've posted. I agree with your opinion that your Hadrian is likely genuine, but the amount of apparent tooling would rule it out as an addition to my own collection.[/QUOTE]
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