AE 1981 777

[mcbishop]

If it is not damage to the stone, what appears to be a short horizontal line can be seen just to the left of Caelius' vitis, which could be the bar of a T or a line over a numeral. However, it does not seem to correspond exactly with the bars of other Ts in the inscription and, if it is a line over a numeral, the numeral would be very close to the O.

Here is the full resolution scan (2700dpi from my original neg). I think I would just err towards damage, but that's just me.

Mike Bishop

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