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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pellinore, post: 2786392, member: 74834&quot;]Thanks, [USER=80804]@lehmansterms[/USER], for your excellent argument, even I can understand it. I didn&#039;t know about that difference between iron and more suitable coin metals. So, coins were not struck with heated flans. </p><p><br /></p><p>I know only of two not too long periods in classical coinage that show the dimples. One period is that of the large Ptolemaean bronzes in the third and second century BC, and the other is the Roman provincial coinage of the first half of the third century, also in the larger coins (over 22 mm I would say). And often in the larger Provincial coins, there is no sign of a dimple. But I&#039;m sure there has been research about the exact dates and places of the dimples, and that many of you know more about this.</p><p><br /></p><p>By chance, I saw this coin today in an auction (I didn&#039;t bid for it). An AE of Valerian from the city of Nysa in Lydia weighing 8.52 gr., 30 mm, with a damaged dimple on both sides. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]646029[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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