A cut Lucerian As

Luceria HN Italy 668

From the Sambon 1925 sales catalogue:

Haeberlin’s image

Why were the workmen dividing? A case of the judgement of Solomon? And how were they dividing that the cut is even on both sides? Some sort of chopper? Or is the story all a fantasy to give the ugly coin a origin story and thus make it more ‘collectable’?

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