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<p>[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 6315998, member: 51347"]<b>BRUTAL! </b>Not because Hercules is strangling the lion. BECAUSE of the <b>STANNARD SCOOP </b>that has ripped Hercules' leg off, while he is fighting that lion!</p><p><b>That would just plain brutally HURT.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1250175[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Roman Republic</b></p><p>C. POBLICIUS Q. f. . 80 BCE</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Helmeted and draped bust of Roma right. ROMA behind, I above.</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Hercules standing left strangling the Nemean lion, club at his feet, bow and arrow in quiver on left. I on upper left, C POBLICI . Q . F.</p><p><b>Mint:</b> Rome. Struck 80 BCE</p><p><b>Ref:</b> Cr. 380/1. Syd. 768. Poblicia 9.</p><p><b>Comment: Stannard Scoop, reverse, Hercules leg</b> - Blank flans were not weighed individually, but as a batch. When the weight was above the target, one roman pound, individual random flans were taken out and gouged. The gouging mark in this coin, therefore, precedes the actual striking of the coin and it's not the result of later damage.</p><p><i>Ex: Romanorum Ancient Coins</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 6315998, member: 51347"][B]BRUTAL! [/B]Not because Hercules is strangling the lion. BECAUSE of the [B]STANNARD SCOOP [/B]that has ripped Hercules' leg off, while he is fighting that lion! [B]That would just plain brutally HURT.[/B] [ATTACH=full]1250175[/ATTACH] [B]Roman Republic[/B] C. POBLICIUS Q. f. . 80 BCE [B]Obv:[/B] Helmeted and draped bust of Roma right. ROMA behind, I above. [B]Rev:[/B] Hercules standing left strangling the Nemean lion, club at his feet, bow and arrow in quiver on left. I on upper left, C POBLICI . Q . F. [B]Mint:[/B] Rome. Struck 80 BCE [B]Ref:[/B] Cr. 380/1. Syd. 768. Poblicia 9. [B]Comment: Stannard Scoop, reverse, Hercules leg[/B] - Blank flans were not weighed individually, but as a batch. When the weight was above the target, one roman pound, individual random flans were taken out and gouged. The gouging mark in this coin, therefore, precedes the actual striking of the coin and it's not the result of later damage. [I]Ex: Romanorum Ancient Coins[/I][/QUOTE]
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