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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2307460, member: 42773&quot;]Well I didn&#039;t get my wish. A cleaning of a few millimeters along the edge reveals silver. It also has the weight and general feel of silver in hand. That&#039;s ok though - it turns out to be a very attractive example of the RESTITVTOR VRBIS types with Roma seated. I&#039;ve never come across such a black denarius that looked so good in hand. I don&#039;t believe it should be cleaned...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]464583[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s a Palladium that Roma is holding, not Victory. Read all about it on Numiswiki <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=palladium" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=palladium" rel="nofollow">here</a>. This engraver was obviously trying to put a lot of detail into that element, but I&#039;m not sure he managed to convey it - it rather looks like some sort of bird to me, like a chicken? Sometimes less is indeed more.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]464584[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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