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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 2739946, member: 75525&quot;]I saw the corn ear. I agree that is what it is. Excuse the sophomoric humor.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately, the doubling probably does not add value. Ancient coins were hand struck. I think they were formed with two (or more) hammer strikes. If the die moved a bit -&gt; doubling occurred. The best you can get for an ancient coin is one that is well struck from new dies, centered on a flan large enough to hold the entire design and produced with &quot;good&quot; metal. After that you look at how the coin was treated after it was removed from circulation and then wear in ancient times. Your reverse has most of that going for it. The obverse looks like it had some environmental damage in the millennia it was buried.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin below has signs of double striking, after flipping over. That did not add value to the coin. I was the only bidder and got it for the minimum bid.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]625225[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]625226[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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