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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 2995730, member: 75937&quot;]That&#039;s a normal flan. Jere M. Wickens, in his essay, &quot;<a href="http://www2.lawrence.edu/dept/art/BUERGER/ESSAYS/PRODUCTION.HTML" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www2.lawrence.edu/dept/art/BUERGER/ESSAYS/PRODUCTION.HTML" rel="nofollow">The Production of Ancient Coins</a>,&quot; written for <i><a href="http://www2.lawrence.edu/dept/art/BUERGER/INTRO/CONTENTS.HTML" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www2.lawrence.edu/dept/art/BUERGER/INTRO/CONTENTS.HTML" rel="nofollow">Bearers of Meaning: The Otillia Buerger Collection of Ancient and Byzantine Coins at Lawrence University</a></i>, notes that flans &quot;were cast <i>en chapelet</i>, that is, using open or closed moulds in which a number of mould hollows were connected by channels. Clear evidence for this method exists; the runners that connected the flans were not always completely removed.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>The chunks missing from the edge of the flan are a result of the runners (sprue) being torn off the cast flan.</p><p><br /></p><p>Coins often exhibit this. Here&#039;s one of many in my collection demonstrating this:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]740080[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Your coin is probably genuine, but either weakly struck or subjected to harsh chemical cleaning.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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