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<p>[QUOTE="calcol, post: 2711216, member: 77639"]Still, a hub is a hub, whether used by a mint or a forger. I doubt the forger came up with the idea of a hub on his own. I think we still don't know for sure whether and to what extent hubs were used by ancient mints for coin production. See article by David Vagi: "What we still don’t know: Mysteries abound with ancient coins. Ancients Today: Still more unknowns and guesses than solid facts", Coin World, 01/26/17. He believes hubs were used in production of dies for Syracusian decadrachms, far in advance of the Roman Empire.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cal[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="calcol, post: 2711216, member: 77639"]Still, a hub is a hub, whether used by a mint or a forger. I doubt the forger came up with the idea of a hub on his own. I think we still don't know for sure whether and to what extent hubs were used by ancient mints for coin production. See article by David Vagi: "What we still don’t know: Mysteries abound with ancient coins. Ancients Today: Still more unknowns and guesses than solid facts", Coin World, 01/26/17. He believes hubs were used in production of dies for Syracusian decadrachms, far in advance of the Roman Empire. Cal[/QUOTE]
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