A 4 by 4 'antimagic square' is an arrangement of the numbers 1 to 16 inclusive in a square, so that the totals of each of the four rows and four columns and two main diagonals are ten consecutive numbers some order. The diagram shows an incomplete antimagic square. When it is completed. what number will replace the asterisk?
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