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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 24808835, member: 110226&quot;]I think the flan shape is reflective of the period.&nbsp; It seems that as the production of sestertii proceeded from the first century AD into the second and third centuries, the flans became less round in many cases.&nbsp; By the mid to late third century some were really square, or more correctly rectangular in shape.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Here are some later sestertii that have irregular flans.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Didius Julianus, sestertius, 193 AD.</b></p><p><b>RIC IV 15 </b></p><p><b>14.3 grams</b></p><p><br /></p><p>One edge has some corrosion, but the overall shape is oval.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1587825[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Trajan Decius, Sestertius, Rome, 249-251 AD.&nbsp; </b></p><p><b>RIC IV 117a </b></p><p><b>20.01 grams</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1587826[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Postumus, double sestertius, Treveri (Trier) 260-69 AD.</b></p><p><b>27.97 grams</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1587829[/ATTACH] </b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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