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<p>[QUOTE="David Atherton, post: 8167775, member: 82616"]Thank you everyone for the kind replies here. But I now can honestly say this coin is indeed "unworthy"!</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'll probably end up keeping it as an expensive lesson. At any rate, it's now labelled as 'tooled' 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>
[QUOTE="David Atherton, post: 8167775, member: 82616"]Thank you everyone for the kind replies here. But I now can honestly say this coin is indeed "unworthy"! 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. I'll probably end up keeping it as an expensive lesson. At any rate, it's now labelled as 'tooled' in my collection. BTW, the auction listing did not mention any alterations. [URL]https://auctions.cngcoins.com/lots/view/4-4MA1KX/egypt-alexandria-vespasian-ad-69-79-obol-21mm-658-g-1h-dated-ry-5-ad-723[/URL][/QUOTE]
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