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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 8235261, member: 110226&quot;]That edge is odd.&nbsp; I am not familiar with the production of Roman Republic denarii, but I assume the technique to made the flans is more or less similar to flans made in the preceding centuries: cast flans.&nbsp; The flans generally have smooth edges.</p><p><br /></p><p>The exception are &quot;folded flans&quot;, a way to create new coinage using existing coins.&nbsp; Basically this method requires taking an existing coin, heating it up, hammering it flat, and folding it once and repeating the process.&nbsp; The result of this approach is a coin with an irregular, wavy edge, as shown below, an Athenian owl that might be an imitation:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1448558[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The breaks on the edge of your coin are straight, not wavy and seem to be simple cracks.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know what would cause these cracks to occur.</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, if you are losing sleep over this coin, I suggest that you return it.&nbsp; As the saying goes, there are plenty of other fish in the sea (at least prior to global warming, that is).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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