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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lehmansterms, post: 2978351, member: 80804&quot;]Flans for silver coins were not treated to the same surfacing techniques which resulted in the so-called centration dimples on the Æ&#039;s. What you have here is a test punch - very common on Hellenistic-era silver as a proof that they were not silver-wrapped copper fourrèes. Mostly they seem to have been done with knives or chisels resulting in broad and disfiguring cleavages, so this smallish round punch hidden within Alexander/Hercules&#039; ear is quite unobtrusive as test punches go.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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