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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 8133993, member: 110226&quot;]The hair style on the auction sestertius is odd, especially with the placement of the bun at the top, which appears below the top of her head and kind of carved into her hair.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Now, whether this is due to tooling or die engraving, I cannot say.</p><p><br /></p><p>I copied the image of the auction coin into Photoshop.&nbsp; The image is somewhat grainy, so I cannot see the characteristic tooling marks that one would expect.&nbsp; Is it possible that the coin was tooled and then re-patinated?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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