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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 2978888, member: 51347&quot;]Thank you... I really have more pedestrian / circulated / used coins.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Flow lines&quot; remind me of what happens in injection molded plastics...plastic flows into the molds and do not completely blend, thereby showing &quot;flow lines&quot;.&nbsp; It is more of a MATERIAL imperfection. (manufacturing background here).</p><p>&nbsp; </p><p>For metal (silver), I view them more lovingly as <b>&quot;stretch marks&quot;</b>!&nbsp; Because, that is more the resultant process on the MOLDS... The molds are stressed, with the surface of the mold being <i>stretched</i> over time, with multiple strikings beyond the molds&#039; intended usage life.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most of my collection is from the BCE Period:&nbsp; Republican Rome, Greece, and Asia mainly AE).&nbsp; Generally, fewer coins were made.&nbsp; They appeared NOT to produce the monster-mass scale of coins as in the Roman Empire Period... so many of my Republic-era coins&#039; molds do not appear as stretched as many of the Imperial molds.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a few <i><b>STRETCH MARKS... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></b></i></p><p><br /></p><p><b>REPUBLIC:</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]732518[/ATTACH]</p><p>RR Anon AR Denarius 115-114BCE Rome&nbsp; mint 19.52mm 3.82g ROMA X Seated r on shields spear birds she-wolf Romulus&nbsp; Remus Cr 287-1 S 164&nbsp; </p><p>Maybe some Stretching around Obv nose and mouth</p><p><br /></p><p><b>IMPERIAL:</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]732520[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>RI Lucilla AR denarius Juno seated&nbsp; flower child in swaddling clothes Seaby 36</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]732521[/ATTACH]</p><p>RI Augustus AR Denarius struck 2 BC-14 AD Caius and Lucius Caesars stdg shield spear S 1578 NGC4276216-007</p><p>Looks like the REVERSE MOLD was heavily over-used[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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