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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2471073, member: 19463&quot;]TIF&#039;s is a hard act to follow so I&#039;ll take the pressure off the rest of you by showing a coin most would not want but that I like a lot because of its little problem.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;Boehringer 703 (V345/R481) shows the die break that destroyed reverse 481.&nbsp; It is possible to get a coin of this die with much less damage than we see behind the head of Arathusa here.&nbsp; Wildwinds has a coin of these dies with even more damage so mine is decidedly second rate.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]519804[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I believe the striker was well aware of the problem with the die and intentionally tilted the upper die to put less strain on the broken edge.&nbsp; This resulted in a better than average strike on the face and legend but really weakened the obverse on the horses side.&nbsp; Arathusa&#039;s hair is flat struck as is the top of the cud where the die was broken.&nbsp; I bought this coin because of the break.&nbsp; When it was struck, I suspect an engraver was busy cutting reverse 482 but the mint did not want to stop production just because the only reverse die they had was falling apart.&nbsp; I wonder what the last coin made from the die looked like.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know it is not what zumbly called for but my .005g AR hexas (1/6 litra or 1/120 tetradrachm which I really believe the Syracusans considered a 20 litra piece) has Arathusa not so cute due to exfoliation.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]519811[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>and a cute faced hemilitron (1/40 tetradrachm)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]519810[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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