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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3469041, member: 75937"]The middle coin in your photos demonstrates that the flans used for these coins were cast <i>en chapelet</i>, that is, using molds in which a number of hollows were connected by channels. The sprue that connected the flans were sometimes not completely removed or, as in the case of this coin, chunks of the flan were broken off in the course of removing the sprue.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3469041, member: 75937"]The middle coin in your photos demonstrates that the flans used for these coins were cast [I]en chapelet[/I], that is, using molds in which a number of hollows were connected by channels. The sprue that connected the flans were sometimes not completely removed or, as in the case of this coin, chunks of the flan were broken off in the course of removing the sprue.[/QUOTE]
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