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<p>[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 4972016, member: 97383"]BenSi, It's almost a blessing that the strike weakens on your follis the farther it gets from the portraits <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. Now the eye is drawn directly to the center of the coin emphasizing the exquisite engraving of the portraits <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. I wonder how many common people at that time understood the inscriptions anyway <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 4972016, member: 97383"]BenSi, It's almost a blessing that the strike weakens on your follis the farther it gets from the portraits :smuggrin:. Now the eye is drawn directly to the center of the coin emphasizing the exquisite engraving of the portraits :D. I wonder how many common people at that time understood the inscriptions anyway :rolleyes:.[/QUOTE]
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