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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SeptimusT, post: 3558342, member: 91240&quot;]I posted this over at FORVM a week ago, since there is a dedicated fakes board. I didn&#039;t get any responses, so I thought I&#039;d post it here in hopes of getting an opinion. There&#039;s something weird about the edge of this coin, but flans can be weird, so I&#039;m not sure what I think of it. </p><p><br /></p><p>The coin in question is a small AE from Ebusus, an island off the coast of Spain which was the site of a Phoenician colony and which was named for the Egyptian god Bes, who is depicted on this coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve noticed that these do tend to have prominent sprues and occasionally some sharpish looking edges. They look relatively normal except for the areas around the sprues (4 and 10 o&#039;clock on the obverse), which are very sharp, though not quite what I&#039;d call &#039;filed.&#039; Do you think this is more likely to be due to preservation and harsh cleaning, or could it be some sort of pressed fake? The weight is okay for the type (4.3g).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]945938[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]945937[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]945936[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]945935[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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