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Message:: [QUOTE="Justin Lee, post: 4865403, member: 87404"]I'm thinking it must've been a flaw in the planchet before it was struck (for lack of a better way of putting it, like a little silver nipple) and then once struck it was bent, pushed, and flowed into the circular form it has. Your lion is very nice and crisp! It has wonderful eyes! <img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/incollage_20200207_115729280.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> Cherronesos, ThraceAR Hemidrachm, Circa 400-338 BCObverse: Forepart of lion right, head turned back.Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square with alternating shallow and deeper sunken quarters, with a dot and selinon leaf on stem (wild parsley or celery) in each of two opposing quarters.References: Apparently unpublishedVery rare symbol.cf: CNG E-Auction 104, Lot #37;NN Auction 67 (7/1/2018), Lot #57 <img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/collagemaker_20190813_133755943.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> Cherronesos, ThraceCirca 480-350 BCAR HemidrachmObverse: Forepart of lion right, head turned back.Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square with a dot and palm branch in each of two opposing quarters.References: Sear 1602-1606, BMC Thrace 10, McClean 4081[/QUOTE]