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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ken Dorney, post: 3319399, member: 76086&quot;]That&#039;s exactly what I am saying, and it is exactly how a lot of cast fakes are produced.&nbsp; The issues of Odessos with Serapis are unusual in the series as there seems to be a single celator working at this mint producing portraits which are elongated, but this one is beyond the scope of those known.&nbsp; So, yes, the style is wrong, but the lettering is also wrong, being unusually thick, crude and appear filled in (a very common indicator of being cast).&nbsp; Also note that the altar is so poorly rendered it appears almost as a letter.&nbsp; Below is how the reverse should appear:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]880077[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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