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<p>[QUOTE="IdesOfMarch01, post: 2855243, member: 39084"]I did a modicum of research on this sestertius and was unable to find a picture of it in any online reference.</p><p><br /></p><p>That being said, I'm highly doubtful that the sestertius' reverse was similar to the as' reverse shown above. I just don't think the sestertius' reverse could have been tooled to be that different -- its reverse would have had to be almost completely blank before the tooling was done.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nevertheless, I don't doubt for a minute that it was tooled. Maybe the obverse hair area of the portrait was tooled to illustrate detail that the original coin lacked. The reverse appears tooled to accentuate the lines of the structure, but the structure itself is probably correct for that RIC type.</p><p><br /></p><p>When a dealer or auction is willing to state that a coin has been tooled, that means it has been highly tooled. Personally I will not purchase any coin that has been tooled (if I'm aware of the tooling).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="IdesOfMarch01, post: 2855243, member: 39084"]I did a modicum of research on this sestertius and was unable to find a picture of it in any online reference. That being said, I'm highly doubtful that the sestertius' reverse was similar to the as' reverse shown above. I just don't think the sestertius' reverse could have been tooled to be that different -- its reverse would have had to be almost completely blank before the tooling was done. Nevertheless, I don't doubt for a minute that it was tooled. Maybe the obverse hair area of the portrait was tooled to illustrate detail that the original coin lacked. The reverse appears tooled to accentuate the lines of the structure, but the structure itself is probably correct for that RIC type. When a dealer or auction is willing to state that a coin has been tooled, that means it has been highly tooled. Personally I will not purchase any coin that has been tooled (if I'm aware of the tooling).[/QUOTE]
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