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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 668133, member: 19463&quot;]This is a neat one and one I doubt I could have IDed. What I particularly like is the tapered obverse edges from the blank being cast in a depression as was the practice in many other places (Spain and Egypt come to mind) making the distinctive fabric. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Arados often seems to have neat coins and I&#039;m a sucker for interesting fabric. Perhaps that explains why I liked this c.335 BC Gerostratos stater on an oval flan struck at a die orientation to keep as much of the head and ship as possible on the very odd flan. Someone at the mint was thinking that day.</p><p><img src="http://www.pbase.com/image/116272867.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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