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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 2855243, member: 39084&quot;]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&#039;m highly doubtful that the sestertius&#039; reverse was similar to the as&#039; reverse shown above.&nbsp; I just don&#039;t think the sestertius&#039; 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&#039;t doubt for a minute that it was tooled.&nbsp; Maybe the obverse hair area of the portrait was tooled to illustrate detail that the original coin lacked.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; Personally I will not purchase any coin that has been tooled (if I&#039;m aware of the tooling).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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