Here is a coin that would be nice were it not for the flan flaw. Constantius I, 293-305-306, struck c. 300-303 as Caesar. CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES SACRA MONET AVGG ET CAESS NOSTR ST• for Ticinum mint. RIC VI Ticinum 46a, page 286. It has a deep cavity, nearly all the way through the flan, at the cheek. On the reverse you can see traces of it on the right arm of Moneta. An odd flan flaw. Show us your coins with flan flaws!
There is a lot going on with this denarius, but I think the odd shaped flan is appropriate here. Titus Caesar AR Denarius, 2.98g Antioch Mint, 72-73 AD RIC V1561 (C). BMC V516. RSC 122. RPC 1933 ( 14 spec.). Obv: T CAES IMP VESP PON TR POT; Bust of Titus, laureate, draped, bearded, r. Rev: NEP RED; Neptune stg. l., foot on globe, with acrostolium and sceptre Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.
It's a "but other than that" coin....funny you should post this now.. i just bought a Marc Anthony denarius tonite with one on the obverse.. but i got a great deal on it tho
That's a pretty interesting flaw... I wonder what happened there. There's a cavity on the figure of Providentia on the Maximianus follis below. Nowhere as deep or as large as on the OP coin. MAXIMIANUS, as Senior Augustus AE Follis. 10.17g, 29.6mm. Abdication Issue. Aquileia mint, AD 305-306. RIC VI Aquileia 63b (Scarce). O: D N MAXIMIANO BAEATISSIMO SEN AVG, laureate bust right, wearing imperial mantle, holding olive branch and mappa. R: PROVIDENTIA DEORVM QVIES AVGG, Providentia standing right, receiving olive branch from Quies standing left, holding scepter; S - F in fields, AQS in exergue.
I have this copper As of Hadrian and its got places on both sides like that. At 1st i thought it was done purposely but i'm not sure now.
I've gotten some really great deals on coins with casting voids and die cuds. I would not be able to afford some of these coins without their flaws. Many are quite beautiful and I love them. Be thankful the flaw on your Constantius I is not where his eye is. Very nice coin!
The Titus is doublestruck. Yours may be a flaw or inclusion of iron that rusted out but my Gordian and Gallus are what we term 'nails'. Sasanian silver is on thin flans. I have seen a few I believe were patched for holes before they were struck but have not read of this in the literature. The Khusru II below had a bump before his face and a matching one at the feet of the left attendant on the reverse. I'm sure there are other explanations.
If 'flan damage' is a combination of wear, environmental damage (with or without mint strike flaws) I probably have far too many But these two examples always come to mind. Of course, without any flaw(s), it probably would've been beyond my budget....
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Valentinian, cool coin! Looks like a lamination flaw to me. Do you have a close up pic? You can usually tell from a close up view. From what I can see in the pic the unstuck flan had metal where the hole is now that was not whole with the rest of the flan.
This Theodora has something disturbing going on internally... see the flaking on the nose, and the larger area destabilized in the reverse field (they're connected through the coin). Maybe a precursor to the OP situation? (Does this indicate a lamination flaw?)
Here is Gallienus with an eye patch Likely a die gouge or crumbing die resulting in the eye patch appearance.
This Elagabalus from Mesopotamia has a large cavity in the obverse. It is deeper than it look in the pic, almost punched through to the other side.
Here is a coin with a flan flaw. I still love the coin and will never get rid of it. It is also my only coin of Augustus.
