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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 2907575, member: 85693&quot;]An interesting thread - I&#039;ve seen that sort of planchet &quot;dotting&quot; on a lot of ancients and I have been wondering about it myself. </p><p><br /></p><p>As for the OP coin, and Bing&#039;s, these do <i>not</i> look like casting bubbles to me (from the cast-counterfeiting process), although I am surprised nobody has suggested that yet.&nbsp; I see this phenomenon too often on too many otherwise correct-looking types to be convinced of casting.&nbsp; Also, I&#039;m having trouble following the &quot;doubling&quot; theory if only because I just can&#039;t see it causing this sort of appearance.&nbsp; My very inexpert guess would be some sort of improper planchet preparation is responsible, leading to internal metal lamination that manifests itself on the surface?</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a Diva Faustina I denarius in my collection that has these traits.&nbsp; I&#039;m pretty sure it isn&#039;t a fourree and I just don&#039;t think this is a cast counterfeit (note the flow lines around some of the lettering).&nbsp; And it doesn&#039;t look like a double-strike.&nbsp; But again, I&#039;m no expert. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]701560[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]701561[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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