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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 2707215, member: 75937&quot;]In some cases, perhaps they did, but ancient coins often show traces of where the sprue from the casting process has been cut off, such as this silver denarius of Julia Domna, which shows a piece of the sprue remaining at the 9:00 position:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]610465[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Note also this bronze pentassarion of Gordian III and Tranquillina, minted at Anchialus in Thrace. At the 6:00 position on the obverse, you can see a chunk missing from the flan where the sprue was broken off:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]610466[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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