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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2348021, member: 56859&quot;]As I understand it, proto-contorniates were by definition hammered around the edges to produce the raised rims.&nbsp; Filing of the edges, decorative or for other purposes, would not have been part of the process.&nbsp; Contorniates were cast or struck and the reason for the production of both types is speculative.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your coin is a gorgeous standard sestertius and the flan crack was probably created when it was struck.&nbsp; The flan crack makes it unsuitable for hammering into a proto-contorniate.&nbsp; The crack would propagate if the edges were hammered, destroying the coin.&nbsp; It seems unlikely that we will ever know when and why the edges were&nbsp; filed.&nbsp; Decorative?&nbsp; Preparation for setting in a bezel?&nbsp; Maybe you can find evidence of purpose of other such rim filing amongst the plethora of articles listed below.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.academia.edu/5760688/_Medallions_Protocontorniates_and_Contorniates_in_the_Museum_of_Art_and_Archaeology_Muse_46_2012_15-44" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.academia.edu/5760688/_Medallions_Protocontorniates_and_Contorniates_in_the_Museum_of_Art_and_Archaeology_Muse_46_2012_15-44" rel="nofollow">Nathan t. Elkins, <i>Medallions, Protocontorniates, and Contorniates in the Museum of Art and Archaeology</i>, Muse 46 (2012): 15-44</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.academia.edu/361929/Proto-contorniates" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.academia.edu/361929/Proto-contorniates" rel="nofollow">Peter Kos, <i>Proto-contorniates?</i>, Rivista Italiana di Numismatica 95 (1993) p. 431-438</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/digitallibrarynumis/subjects/04-roman-coins/19-medallions-contorniates" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://sites.google.com/site/digitallibrarynumis/subjects/04-roman-coins/19-medallions-contorniates" rel="nofollow">https://sites.google.com/site/digitallibrarynumis/subjects/04-roman-coins/19-medallions-contorniates</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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