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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 728111, member: 12789&quot;]I have no idea how many ancients I have, I went through a phase where I bought up Athenian Tets, and quite a few Syracuse coins, and Black Sea region coins.&nbsp; I haven&#039;t really lost interests there, but I am more interested in my Scottish and beautiful ladies on banknotes pursuits.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a Syracuse coin I bought because it still had a casting spur on it:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.scottishmoney.net/greece/sirakusa2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>It is a hemilitron or half litron from ca. 405-395 BC.</p><p><br /></p><p>And a more perfect example of the same issue:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.scottishmoney.net/greece/sirakusa7.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Still with a bit of a casting spur, appropriately located where Arethusa&#039;s hair bun is, making the coin design complete only because of the casting spur.&nbsp; The coin itself was not cast, but rather struck on a cast flan.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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