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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2489804, member: 19463&quot;]Ancient coins are absolutely full of examples hard to explain by anything beyond they just did not care.&nbsp; Certainly Byzantine went through some ugly phases but explain to me how Syracuse put so much effort into great die work but struck so many coins with much design off flan.&nbsp; Many of you worship Roman Republicans but <u>some</u> of those Roma heads suggest the coin contractor also ran a kindergarten.&nbsp; Some individual issues suggest two employees sitting side by side were vastly different in skills but management accepted both.&nbsp;&nbsp; What percentage of Aegina turtles have the head on flan?&nbsp; All appendages?&nbsp; On the other hand there are some issues hard to find poorly done.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Below are two Roma denarii proving that the goddess had a nose job.&nbsp; Can you provide a coin of the early one with &#039;style&#039; like the last or visa-versa?&nbsp; I am not asking for coins of better preservation but&nbsp; die work.&nbsp; Do you consider Picasso proof that civilization ended sometime after Rembrandt?&nbsp; How about Jackson Pollack?&nbsp; I try not to force other cultures into my mold but the Byzantines certainly were....Byzantine. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]526812[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]526813[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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