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<p>[QUOTE="Ardatirion, post: 974169, member: 9204"]The IILX carved into that is modern. Note the lack of patina in the letters. Also, the originals were engraved much deeper, and generally on coins that had already sat in the ground for a couple of centuries at that point. If that's not enough, this coin is big enough to have been tarrifed at 82 nummi, LXXXII.</p><p><br /></p><p>Compare it to mine:</p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/18271/Retarrifed_Vespasian_as.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ardatirion, post: 974169, member: 9204"]The IILX carved into that is modern. Note the lack of patina in the letters. Also, the originals were engraved much deeper, and generally on coins that had already sat in the ground for a couple of centuries at that point. If that's not enough, this coin is big enough to have been tarrifed at 82 nummi, LXXXII. Compare it to mine: [IMG]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/18271/Retarrifed_Vespasian_as.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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