Not a favorite, but interesting coin...

I picked this up recently from a collector, came out of a box that he's held onto for several years. It's a coin with a head on each side; it looks to be the same head but reversed and indented, and offset. He's a pretty knowledgeable fellow and came to the conclusion that the poor fellow stamping the coin was probably drunked up at the time.

I can't blame the guy for imbibing--- the conditions had to be miserable.

 

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I can't even see the pictures... they're so blurry

 

But I do like the coin, as it tells a tale...

 

I know dark, and I apologize. I've been using an i-phone 7+ to take the photos, but I have some learning to do.
Sorry about that...

 

I use an iPad air 2... much older than the iPhone 7... you may have to wait a few seconds before it focuses... pull the phone back wait for it to focus then slowly push your phone towards the coin... btw never use the zoom feature... it doesn't work very well

 

It's a Gallienus antoninianus. Someone will be along soon with a better I.D. It may not be fully identifiable without a better reverse image.

https://www.vcoins.com/en/Search.as...cords=100&SearchOnSale=False&Unassigned=False

 

it's a Gallienus brockage

 

Dark? How about not even close to being in focus. I can't even tell if it is a coin or a blob of chewed gum.
I'm not trying to be rude, but hopefully you can give us better photos in the future.
Welcome to CT.

 

My advice would be to take a step backward until you reach the point of focus. You are too close to the object.

 

..well now Vic..i thought that too on 1st inspection...but the 2nd photo shows the bust to be much lower than the 1st pic....would that still be a brockage?...

 

..some people are naturals...

 

..here's the Missoura method of taking pics...

 

A brockage occurs when a coin sticks in the upper die and is used to strike the next coin. There is no reason to expect them to align perfectly. I have a page:
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/brock.html
Septimius Severus "Emesa" mint

 

very good sir! ...that answers that!

 

Dang, you know and have EVERYTHING!!!

 

Gavin's photo illustrates the fact that brockages almost always show the obverse twice, once incuse, until about 260 AD when reverse brockages become more common (like Gavin's Sol from the Constantinian period. This is probably due to a new technology with hinged dies that started about that time making it easier to do reverse brockages. Earlier, coins were more likely to be seen if they stuck to the lower die.

 

Well--- it is agreed that I'm not much of a photo dog. I did however read up a bit and took better pics which I'll attach.
Everyone is right, I think you'll see the "GALL" in the coin before it runs out of metal; I'm not much into "errors", although I know they are very popular with others. I just get a kick out of seeing something like this, that it happened way back when.
Doug Smit- thanks for explaining brockage so well...



It really is interesting to see these kind of things. Thanks again, people...

 

dougsmit- I like your pic of the hinged die. Prior to this did the fellows have big biceps and triceps?