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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrsmat71, post: 2210796, member: 42634&quot;]i picked up a couple of byzantine coins of like the one RS posted because it shows a pretty clear difference in the striking process (i think anyway).</p><p><br /></p><p>sorry for picture quality..</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/102_3769_zps9593a8c4.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/102_3769_zps9593a8c4.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/102_3769_zps9593a8c4.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>the above coin was struck one time, note it has a very solid image of a young christ.&nbsp; but there is almost nothing in the fields.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/102_3738_zps2e355505.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/102_3738_zps2e355505.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/102_3738_zps2e355505.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>this coin was struck twice, they would &quot;rock it&quot; a bit to get a solid slightly off center&nbsp; strike which would show the details in the fields much better, but make the center looks strange...instead of a double head this one is a cyclops![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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