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<p>[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 7800716, member: 110226"]The letter styles on the coin you are considering are markedly different from the coin sold by Bertolami. They are quite crude and weak in certain areas, such as the upper loop of the "P" on the reverse. The portraits of Tiberius are different as well, as is the seated Livia on the reverse. The dots comprising the border on on the first coin's obverse don't seem crisp and separate, when compared to the border on the reverse of the second coin, but that might be just poor die engraving or die wear.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the other hand, the weight of the first coin seems to be in the acceptable range, at 10.9 grams.</p><p><br /></p><p>I really am not knowledgeable on this type. Perhaps there are die varieties, and more than one mint might have produced this type? If it is a provincial coin, that might explain the crudeness.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know there are provincial or branch mint sestertii and other bronzes of Claudius, but I am not sure about Tiberius.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 7800716, member: 110226"]The letter styles on the coin you are considering are markedly different from the coin sold by Bertolami. They are quite crude and weak in certain areas, such as the upper loop of the "P" on the reverse. The portraits of Tiberius are different as well, as is the seated Livia on the reverse. The dots comprising the border on on the first coin's obverse don't seem crisp and separate, when compared to the border on the reverse of the second coin, but that might be just poor die engraving or die wear. On the other hand, the weight of the first coin seems to be in the acceptable range, at 10.9 grams. I really am not knowledgeable on this type. Perhaps there are die varieties, and more than one mint might have produced this type? If it is a provincial coin, that might explain the crudeness. I know there are provincial or branch mint sestertii and other bronzes of Claudius, but I am not sure about Tiberius.[/QUOTE]
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