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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ken Dorney, post: 3619335, member: 76086&quot;]One of the things that I love about our hobby is that we have the free range to endlessly speculate about various aspects of ancient coinage.&nbsp; There are many who would call this denarius a damnatio type, but I like to think there is a simpler and in some way more fascinating reason as to its modern appearance.</p><p><br /></p><p>As it is a fourre I like to think that at some point in time a merchant or other hapless recipient discovered that their coin was a fake.&nbsp; In a fit of rage they then proceeded to deface the coin, inflicting many deep cuts onto and into its surface.&nbsp; Can you imagine in modern times if your paycheck bounced?&nbsp; What would you do?&nbsp; Tear it into a hundred pieces?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]969866[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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