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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;frankjg, post: 3982015, member: 17567&quot;]As promised.&nbsp; APOLLOgies (booo) for the terrible photos, but you get the idea.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1048367[/ATTACH]</p><p>Lydia, Sardes</p><p>AE, First Century BC</p><p>Obv: Apollo (?) Strike off-center by 80%+</p><p>Rev: ΣAΡΔI-ANΩN, club, within oak wreath</p><p>5.2g, 14mm</p><p>BMC 21 (?)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1048368[/ATTACH]Side view</p><p>Left = Fully struck</p><p>Right = Partially struck </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1048369[/ATTACH]</p><p>Lydia, Sardes</p><p>AE, First Century BC</p><p>Obv: Apollo facing right within </p><p>Rev: ΣAΡΔI-ANΩN, club, within oak wreath</p><p>5.2g, 14mm</p><p>BMC 21 (?)</p><p><br /></p><p>Could the thicker flan have caused the mis-strike or did the flan not flatten out because of the mis-strike?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Did flans start out thick and then mush down once struck?&nbsp; I assume they start out a little thicker so the extra metal can flow into the devices but this mis-struck one was a little too thick.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe it wasn&#039;t Kevins fault after all and Ted in Quality Control for the Flan Fabrication Department was hitting the vino a little early.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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