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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1110635, member: 19463&quot;]This thread has gone way past &#039;worn&#039; into &#039;middle grade&#039;. These last are way too nice. Many Roman sestertii were struck a bit weakly and on the day they were made would not grade over Fine using strict standards. Another issue is that most Roman coins had a lot more wearable relief on the obverse than on the reverse so many lower grade (from wear) coins still look VG when the reverse is nearly gone. I&#039;ll offer here an as (sorry it is not a sestertius) of Claudius which I saved due to the patina (but still never could bring myself to assign an accession number). If you are good, you can still identify the reverse so it must be AG (poor is reserved for sides of coins identifiable only using evidence from the other side???).&nbsp; Here is a coin with nearly the whole obverse legend remaining and nothing on the reverse.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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