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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1324890, member: 26302&quot;]You are correct Byzantine&#039;s usually have more flan unstruck around the edges than this coin. Also, many Byzantine&#039;s are ill struck, or worn. There ARE Byzantine scyphates that exist in such condition, but like all Byzantine coins a well struck, nice XF copper coin is very rare and worth a lot. Also, a lot of &quot;Byzantine&quot; scyphates are really local imitations, Latin, and other rulers and not struck by the true Greeks of Byzantium, so you cannot blame all of the crummy scyphates on the market all on the Byzantines.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t imagine there would be any point in reshaping a scyphate before sale. Many colelctors hate these as they are do to their shape, why would a dealer wish to accentuate that? There is no such thing I have ever heard of a premium for the amount of curve in one of these coins. The amount of curve varies dramatically, though, and is normal.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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