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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orange Julius, post: 8058829, member: 77226&quot;]Great coins! The coins of this period many times come on dumpy flans, are struck off center and with worn reverse dies… BUT… I personally think that much of the portrait engraving was still of pretty good artistry. At least in this period you could still usually tell who was being depicted and get a feel for what they may have looked like.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your Claudius reminds me of one of my favorites. The preservation of this coin shows that it wasn’t the 1800 years that made many of them rough, these flans were chewed up even when they were new!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1396767[/ATTACH]</p><p>As for nice portraits of the time, here are a couple.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1396773[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1396778[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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