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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Nemo, post: 2652311, member: 58462&quot;]When I saw this coin I immediately snapped it up thinking I had found something unique.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]586959[/ATTACH]</p><p>Why was this an awesome find? The portrait style and lettering was clearly from the Rome mint.&nbsp; However, the draped bust is only found on examples from the Antioch mint, hence a very special coin. (For Flavian fanatics anyway!)</p><p><br /></p><p>I was very excited about it. That is until I had time to do some more research which led to a die match that, sadly, is very clearly of Antioch style.&nbsp; <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=498957" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=498957" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=498957</a></p><p><br /></p><p>On a positive note, the portrait style is the finest for the type I&#039;ve ever seen from Antioch and I only have an example from Rome, so I&#039;m quite happy to have it in my collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my Rome mint example for comparison.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]586960[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Please post your own almost-rarities if you&#039;ve made similar mistakes!!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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