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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3026783, member: 19463&quot;]Coins of this region often show what you called scratches that were part of the flan preparation smoothing process that did not get erased by striking.&nbsp; They are still faults but IMO not as serious as scratches received from poor cleaning or being dug up by an overzealous metal detectorist.&nbsp; There are several interesting types of coins of Amisos from the time Mithradates VI.&nbsp; Each comes with a variety of monograms which specialists might be able to use to pin down dating more but that are mysteries to me.&nbsp; He was a very interesting person in Greek history that you may wish to research. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]753680[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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