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<p>[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 4523079, member: 51347"]Very nice, [USER=82616]@David Atherton[/USER] ! LOL, I LIKE the warpage! Always a story / reason / conundrum as to why or how that happened! Inf act, if you had not pointed it out, I would had just admired the coin, and my mind's eye would had ignored it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Did a lot of steel and molded products manufacturing over my career, and it was so cool to see some of the weird manufacturing mistakes! </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I believe this is flan warpage / deformation as it was pounded. Still, I like the curls / rolls.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1120539[/ATTACH]</p><p>Thasos, Thrace, (146 - 50 B.C.)</p><p>AR Tetradrachm</p><p>O: Young head of Dionysos wearing wreath of leaves and grapes and band across forehead.</p><p>R: ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΥΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΘΑΣΙΩΝ, Hercules naked standing left holding club, lion skin draped over arm; monogram.</p><p>33mm 16.1g</p><p>SNG Copenhagen 1040; SG-1759; SNG Ashmolean 3689; Le Rider, Thasos 51Thasos </p><p>Ex: [USER=44140]@Ancientnoob[/USER][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 4523079, member: 51347"]Very nice, [USER=82616]@David Atherton[/USER] ! LOL, I LIKE the warpage! Always a story / reason / conundrum as to why or how that happened! Inf act, if you had not pointed it out, I would had just admired the coin, and my mind's eye would had ignored it. Did a lot of steel and molded products manufacturing over my career, and it was so cool to see some of the weird manufacturing mistakes! I believe this is flan warpage / deformation as it was pounded. Still, I like the curls / rolls. [ATTACH=full]1120539[/ATTACH] Thasos, Thrace, (146 - 50 B.C.) AR Tetradrachm O: Young head of Dionysos wearing wreath of leaves and grapes and band across forehead. R: ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΥΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΘΑΣΙΩΝ, Hercules naked standing left holding club, lion skin draped over arm; monogram. 33mm 16.1g SNG Copenhagen 1040; SG-1759; SNG Ashmolean 3689; Le Rider, Thasos 51Thasos Ex: [USER=44140]@Ancientnoob[/USER][/QUOTE]
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