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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2390147, member: 56859&quot;]Great coin, Carthago!&nbsp; Someday I&#039;d like to get one or a few legionary denarii.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the dot, hmm.&nbsp; It&#039;s raised, correct?&nbsp; So, it&#039;s a dimple on the die.&nbsp; Maybe the engraver made the presumed centering mark a little deeper than intended.&nbsp; If so, polishing out the mark would involve removing a fair amount surrounding metal which would have an adverse effect on the filling of the devices upon striking a flan, plus it would create a &quot;swelling&quot; on the field... so he opted to leave it?&nbsp; The &quot;swelling&quot; could be avoided by evenly grinding the entire die face but then he would have had to deepen the engraving of all of the devices.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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