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Monkeybean Valued Member United Kingdom 300 Posts	Posted 10/25/2014 09:24 am Better pics ( hopefully) Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 10/25/2014 09:58 am I believe this is an As of the emperor Claudius, The obverse has been tooled and the coin edges are chipped and worn. Report this Post to the Staff
ThisIsFun Pillar of the Community United States 2480 Posts	Posted 10/25/2014 10:01 am Looks like a corroded and tooled As of Claudius. Report this Post to the Staff
Monkeybean Valued Member United Kingdom 300 Posts	Posted 10/25/2014 10:05 am Thanks guys , what is 'tooled' ? Report this Post to the Staff
Medieval Pillar of the Community 3772 Posts	Posted 10/25/2014 10:22 am Quote: what is 'tooled' In general it is any artificial modification of the coin surface. But one distinguishes three different types of 'tooling': 1. inadvertent changes to the surface during cleaning (with a hard object) 2. intended changes to 'improve' the grade of a coin (eg flattening out rough spots) 3. modification of the coin to create another type The first is normally excusable as part of conservation, the second is to a degree understandable but can be criminal, the third is definitely criminal with the intention to create a forgery. Mostly it is an easily noticeable change which lets people emphasise that a coin has been 'tooled', ie types 2 and 3. Edited by Medieval 10/25/2014 10:29 am Report this Post to the Staff
Monkeybean Valued Member United Kingdom 300 Posts	Posted 10/25/2014 10:35 am So is that in antiquity or more recent ? As I dug this up yesterday from my Roman site and doubt it's been touched by another person since it was dropped ? Report this Post to the Staff
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