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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 3226904, member: 84744&quot;]I don&#039;t have a flow line fetish myself, but I understand it. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; A question, though: why are the best flow lines almost always on 2nd century denarii?&nbsp; Part of the explanation is high silver content.&nbsp; (Too much copper and you don&#039;t get as much metal flow.)&nbsp; Is the rest of the explanation that, unlike in the Republic and 1st century, dies (esp. reverse dies) were allowed to get very worn, as on your example?</p><p><br /></p><p>I only have Lucilla in bronze (AE as):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]841503[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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