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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4523483, member: 19463"]I have three playmates. First is an obol most distinctive for the pattern of reticulation.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1120639[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Second is my favorite stater distinctive for the claw detail. I feel the standard head up orientation is wrong. I prefer these with dead detail shown swimming left. This is from the period where baroque nuggets were used for flans.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1120637[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally is the later version stater with less head detail that shows a serious chunk missing from the die resulting in a raised cud. The cud here could be mistaken for an orca if I rotated the image to the way I prefer today. Reshoot time!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1120638[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4523483, member: 19463"]I have three playmates. First is an obol most distinctive for the pattern of reticulation. [ATTACH=full]1120639[/ATTACH] Second is my favorite stater distinctive for the claw detail. I feel the standard head up orientation is wrong. I prefer these with dead detail shown swimming left. This is from the period where baroque nuggets were used for flans. [ATTACH=full]1120637[/ATTACH] Finally is the later version stater with less head detail that shows a serious chunk missing from the die resulting in a raised cud. The cud here could be mistaken for an orca if I rotated the image to the way I prefer today. Reshoot time! [ATTACH=full]1120638[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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