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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 8167775, member: 82616&quot;]Thank you everyone for the kind replies here. But I now can honestly say this coin is indeed &quot;unworthy&quot;!</p><p><br /></p><p>After having it in hand and prompted privately by another CTer, I examined it with my loupes and discovered the obverse legend and some portrait details are tooled. The evidence of which is very apparent with a 10x loupe.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll probably end up keeping it as an expensive lesson. At any rate, it&#039;s now labelled as &#039;tooled&#039; in my collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, the auction listing did not mention any alterations.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://auctions.cngcoins.com/lots/view/4-4MA1KX/egypt-alexandria-vespasian-ad-69-79-obol-21mm-658-g-1h-dated-ry-5-ad-723" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://auctions.cngcoins.com/lots/view/4-4MA1KX/egypt-alexandria-vespasian-ad-69-79-obol-21mm-658-g-1h-dated-ry-5-ad-723" rel="nofollow">https://auctions.cngcoins.com/lots/view/4-4MA1KX/egypt-alexandria-vespasian-ad-69-79-obol-21mm-658-g-1h-dated-ry-5-ad-723</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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