Reference. Strack *27 var. (COS II) Obv. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P Laureate head right. Rev. COS II (sic) Aequitas standing l. holding scales and cornucopiae. 3.2 gr 19 mm I was thinking an engravers error, because there is no light trace to see. what do you think|? probably a clogged die.
I think it is probably clogged. Looking at the spacing for the Is it would seem odd to see the spacing for a deliberate COS II to be placed as they are. I suspect the missing I would have been where the black mark is located at around 2 o'clock. A reverse die match would provide a definitive answer. Regards, Martin
Not a Hadrian, and probably not the same scenario as yours, but I wonder what happened to this Marcus Aurelius sestertius. Clogged die? Letters ground off in modern times for inexplicable reasons? Tooling gone awry?? MARCUS AURELIUS, CE 161-180 posthumous issue struck under Commodus in CE 180 sestertius; 27 mm, 22.8 gm. Rome Obv: DIVVSMAN TONINVSPIVS, bare head right Rev: [C]ONSE[CRATIO] / S-C, eagle with spread wings on globe, facing, head left Ref: RIC 656 (Commodus)
