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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tejas, post: 8074526, member: 84905&quot;]I love the sellers descriptions:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;<i>Unpublished Portrait Type</i>&quot; - hm, yes perhaps - and...?</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;<i>Extremely Rare Size: 23mm</i>&quot; - hm, yes kind of large - and..?</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;<i>Choice EF and struck from dies of incredible artistry for the type!</i> &quot; -&nbsp; Not really choice EF and the artistry is very credible and often seen on Claudius&#039; coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;<i>This enigmatic coin bares a draped and cuirassed portrait, which has only been recorded on a single example on RIC Online (see temp #1290)</i>.&quot;&nbsp; - I don&#039;t see anything enigmatic about this comon coin. Its nice, but common. It doesn&#039;t even show the rarer legend with &quot;GOTHICO&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;<i>That example, having been minted at another mint (probably Siscia, as suggested by RIC online) has vastly different style and also does not <b>include a single pellet</b> on the obverse. The mastery of the portraiture leads me to believe that this was most likely minted at Rome, but it could be another mint as these legends were used at all of the mints simultaneously</i>.&quot;&nbsp; - Ah yes, the single pellet certainly makes it worth 3750 dollars. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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