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<p>[QUOTE="curtislclay, post: 7993111, member: 89514"]I note that the new RIC for Hadrian, p. 253, note 1297, still accepts the recut Ars Classica sestertius of L. Verus as "a medallic sestertius [of Aelius Caesar] with S C", though in a footnote devoted to "hybrid types with anomalous reverses for Aelius which are forgeries or doubtful", and with the comment that the piece has "bold, heavily serifed lettering...reminiscent of Paduan legends."[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="curtislclay, post: 7993111, member: 89514"]I note that the new RIC for Hadrian, p. 253, note 1297, still accepts the recut Ars Classica sestertius of L. Verus as "a medallic sestertius [of Aelius Caesar] with S C", though in a footnote devoted to "hybrid types with anomalous reverses for Aelius which are forgeries or doubtful", and with the comment that the piece has "bold, heavily serifed lettering...reminiscent of Paduan legends."[/QUOTE]
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