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Offline Vladislav D

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Class B follis ??
« on: September 28, 2015, 09:43:51 pm »
The flan by the edge is thin and thick in the middle . Looks like a class B follis , but something is odd about this coin . 
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Offline cmcdon0923

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Re: Class B follis ??
« Reply #1 on: September 29, 2015, 05:54:47 pm »
I think it started out as one, but it appears that someone may have flattened the fields around the periphery on both sides, destroying much of the design.
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Offline Simon

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Re: Class B follis ??
« Reply #2 on: September 29, 2015, 07:49:46 pm »
It looks like it was latter made into a trachy and then again flattened out.
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Re: Class B follis ??
« Reply #3 on: September 30, 2015, 03:50:05 pm »
It reminded me of a trachy, interesting though it had no die strike from being struck to give it the cup like shape. I have a Trachy shaped piece that is 32 mm or so and weighs as I recall near 4 g. It however has no hint whatso ever of a die strike. Maybe it was meant to be used for something that needed that shape?

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