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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 3408036, member: 99456&quot;]This coin struck me as unusual, especially as I couldn&#039;t decide which way was &quot;up&quot; - so I didn&#039;t hesitate to pick it up.&nbsp; All three images below are the same coin - the obverse is photographed twice rotated by 180 degrees.&nbsp; The coin raises a lot of questions for me:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>What happened?</b>&nbsp; the obverse die would have been the lower one (fixed) so how did the flan/coin get hit again rotated by 180 degrees?</p><p><b>Which Apollo was struck first? </b> my guess is that the one I show first (left side) was the one struck second (it is the one that is at ~0 die axis) - it looks to me like it is literally above the other image.</p><p><b>What happened with the reverse? </b>it looks a little mashed to me, why isn&#039;t it double struck?</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe this was first a brockage and someone tried to fix the mistake? Even in the photo there is a hint of a head-like depression on the obverse - but not obvious.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]905027[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>C Considius Paetus </b>AR Denarius. 46 BC.</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Laureate head of Apollo right</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Curule chair, garlanded, on which lies wreath, C CONSIDI above, PAETI in exergue</p><p><b>Ref:</b> Syd 991, Cr465/2a.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Interested in any suggestion for what is going on with this coin and share your misstrikes and errors. </b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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