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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 1786150, member: 12789&quot;]The flan was cast and then the coin struck on the blank flan - the coin was not cast itself.&nbsp; It was as though whomever made the original cast flan overfilled the mold, removed the flan from the mold and didn&#039;t bother to bust off the sprue - nor did the person who struck the coin in the dies, nor did people when it circulated - it was just left alone for us 25 centuries later to marvel at the wonder of it.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Me being me, and having to have multiple examples of practically everything:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.scottishmoney.net/greece/images/sirakusa7.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This is a nicer example of this particular issue - still with a strategically placed sprue near the sphendone of Arethusa on the obverse and the tail of the dolphin on the reverse.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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