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<p>[QUOTE="Pellinore, post: 6180800, member: 74834"]Testcuts can be horrible. But this one gives the coin <i>that</i> little extra: it is exactly in the right place, the open beak of the eagle, and <i>Lo!</i> the coin becomes a poetic sculpture. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1245684[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>AR drachm Sinope. 425-410 BC. Obv. Head of sea-eagle left; below, dolphin to left; test cut in the eagle’s beak. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square with two opposing quarters filled; Θ. 14-15 mm, 5.86 gr.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Pellinore, post: 6180800, member: 74834"]Testcuts can be horrible. But this one gives the coin [I]that[/I] little extra: it is exactly in the right place, the open beak of the eagle, and [I]Lo![/I] the coin becomes a poetic sculpture. [ATTACH=full]1245684[/ATTACH] AR drachm Sinope. 425-410 BC. Obv. Head of sea-eagle left; below, dolphin to left; test cut in the eagle’s beak. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square with two opposing quarters filled; Θ. 14-15 mm, 5.86 gr.[/QUOTE]
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