Rav Schachter quotes that story. The Gemara brings that story as proof for what the Tzitz looks like and it seemed like the Maskana is like the Rabbi who says he saw it. The question everyone asks on the Rambam is why he Paskens against that opinion. Rav Schachter said that the Rambam would answer that how did he know he saw the real Tzitz in Rome? Maybe the Tzitz that they have in their storehouses was a fake or maybe those in charge at the end of Bayis Sheni (who were at times Tzeddukim) made the Tzitz incorrectly. (Actually, IMO it would make sense that a Tzedduki Tzitz would be in one line like a Pashut reading of the Passuk, right?)
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