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<p>[QUOTE="red_spork, post: 2787027, member: 74282"]No, it is official and of style that has been linked by hoard and find evidence to a mint location in northern Spain or southern France, but it has some flattening due to it having been test cut and damaged apparently shortly after it was minted. Unlike the Romans who generally took care when applying banker's marks, the Iberians seemingly used big chisels and in many cases broke the coin or cut completely through it. In this case the coin survived intact but with severe flattening[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="red_spork, post: 2787027, member: 74282"]No, it is official and of style that has been linked by hoard and find evidence to a mint location in northern Spain or southern France, but it has some flattening due to it having been test cut and damaged apparently shortly after it was minted. Unlike the Romans who generally took care when applying banker's marks, the Iberians seemingly used big chisels and in many cases broke the coin or cut completely through it. In this case the coin survived intact but with severe flattening[/QUOTE]
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