I was admiring pics of this auction win when I noticed a sizeable depression on the obverse - Not sure how I missed it before. The weight is good at 16.91g, the style is good, and fine detail remains in the protected areas (the hair detail shows this well) There's not much to suggest casting here but still, how else could a big, round, isolated pit like this form? Thanks in advance to anyone who takes the time to reply. Here is the whole image
Ive seen many of these thracian tets with small pits , look at the BA of BASILEOS at the reverse on your coin. Bigger pits are also common.Has to do with the casting of the planchets. Here's mine:
Lysimachus had acne, is all. Or a cold sore. Probably rampant in ancient times. Seriously, though, it's a nice looking coin. "Planchet flaw" would have been my wild guess, but I didn't know for sure, so I'm glad @Andres2 confirmed that hunch.
