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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 2975216, member: 82616&quot;]Gouging flans with a scorper for weight adjustment is better known for Republican issues. The tell-tale sign is the judder-like appearance of the gouge resulting from the hammer taps applied to the tool.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]730771[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The process was done <i>al marco</i>, meaning a batch of blanks were weighed and if the weight was too high the heavier looking flans were picked out by sight and adjusted with a scorper.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not 100% positive that this is what happened with the above denarius, but I have no other way to explain the mark. This is the first I&#039;ve come across it on a Flavian coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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