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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lehmansterms, post: 8118002, member: 80804&quot;]&quot;By both of your coins, which are very nice, I can see they both have a open crack in the rim area. I take it this was a common feature?&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes - it&#039;s not at all uncommon for the scyphate types (both the billon trachea and gold/electrum hyperpyra) to be &quot;irregular&quot; in more than one way. Edge splits were very common on these.</p><p>Dome- (or bowl-, your choice) shaped for strength because the metal of the flans was hammered-out so thin pre-striking. The curved fabric made them far more durable than if they had been flat - but generally was bad news for the convex obverses.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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