Just to clarify what I said: I wasn't saying it was
tooled, rather, the
style of these coins (at least for my eyes) is that they APPEAR to have been
tooled. I agree that the details of this coin's design are 100% "original".
Honestly, I'm at a
bit of a loss as to why
Viminacium's coins sometimes look like this in year 3 and parts of early year 4. We know they
had some highly skilled celators in year 2:
http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/28887.phpAnd in year 4 too:
http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/25002.phpDon't get me wrong, there are some
good looking year 3's out there, but the
style displayed on your coin is pretty typical.
I guess they they were short handed or something and let an apprentices cut a few dies.
Scott S.