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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ardatirion, post: 469216, member: 9204&quot;]For mrbrklyn, who demands all coins be perfectly circular <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>A hexagonal shaped flan:</p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/18271/Mytilene%20AE19%2C%203rd-2nd%20century%20BC.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Mytilene, Lesbos</p><p>AE19</p><p>3rd-2nd century BC</p><p>laureate head of Apollo r.</p><p>lyre between two monograms, MY and T-I in fields</p><p>BMC 17. 192-3, 96-105, Sear 4273&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>A serrated edge:</p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/18271/Roman%20Republic%20denarius%20-%2082%20BC%20C%20Mamilius%20Limetanus.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Roman Republic</p><p>C Mamilius Limetanus, 82 BC</p><p>AR denarius </p><p>draped bust of Mercury r. with caduceus over shoulder</p><p>Ulysses standing r., holding staff in l. hand and extending his r. hand to his dog Argus</p><p>C MAMIL to l., LIMETAN to r.</p><p>Sydenham 741, Crawford 362/1&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>A cup shaped coin: </p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/18271/Alexius%20I%20aspron%20trachy%2C%201081-1118%20AD%2C%20Constantinople.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Byzantine</p><p>Alexius I, </p><p>trachy - 29mm, 3.31g</p><p>Constantinople - 1081-1118 AD</p><p>Christ enthroned facing, wearing nimbus crown, pallium and colobium, and holding book of Gospels</p><p>Bust of Alexius facing, wearing crown and jewelled chlamys, and holding cruciform sceptre and globe cross</p><p>Sear 1915&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>And just a really tiny, ragged flan:</p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/18271/Alexandria_AE_dichalkon_of_Trajan%2C_113-114_AD.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Trajan</p><p>Alexandria, Egypt</p><p>AE dichalkon – 14mm</p><p>113-114 AD</p><p>laurate bust r.</p><p>hem hem crown</p><p>Emmet 707(17)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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