Why Do The Edges Of This Roman Gold Coin Appear To Be Stretched?

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Smoore123 New Member United States 5 Posts	Posted 04/11/2019 09:47 am Recently bought this coin from vcoins.com from the seller numiscorner. Why does the edge of the coin and the letters appear stretched? Around the edges are vertical lines, Is that just the style of the coin? Here is a link to the page, https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/st...Default.aspx. The coin is Valentinian II, Solidus, 388-392, Constantinople, , Gold, RIC:69b Report this Post to the Staff

january1may Pillar of the Community Russian Federation 5174 Posts	Posted 04/11/2019 10:32 am Metal flow lines. They didn't do collars back in the day. IIRC, this is typical for a lot of ancient coins (and many later ones). Some are much stronger. Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 04/11/2019 10:38 am Metal flow lines much more commonly found where there is an edge rim nearby, even with modern coins. My avatar coin does not have an edge rim. Does not have metal flow lines, either. Edited by sel_69l 04/11/2019 10:45 am Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 04/11/2019 2:23 pm Nice looking coin, I agree flow lines. Report this Post to the Staff
westernsky Pillar of the Community United States 7621 Posts	Posted 04/11/2019 2:58 pm Duplicate post (Thx for getting rid of the other one) Edited by westernsky 04/11/2019 4:27 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34423 Posts	Posted 04/11/2019 8:43 pm A little ancient gold is a spectacular addition to any collection. I'm drooling on my keyboard. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
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