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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 3408101, member: 51347&quot;]Hmmm... well, that is the Year that Lepidus was Consul with Caesar. No, not that... you really can’t blame it on Lepidus cuz people liked him then...&nbsp; oh, yeah!&nbsp; 46 BCE... That was the <i>last</i> year of the PRE-Julian Calendar, so when the Hammer-Guy caught wind of the change in calendar, days all switching around. The Guy found out his wife was pregnant, but the Mid-Wife was all befuddled when the baby was due, cuz the calendar was a-changing. He just freaked out, POUNDING the dies all over the place... it was a mess at the shop, but they finally got him settled down... Cripes, did he make a mess of [USER=99456]@Sulla80[/USER] ’s coin...</p><p><br /></p><p>I really like yours [USER=99456]@Sulla80[/USER] ! Just plain cool.</p><p><br /></p><p>If the MODERN Error folks would have seen it, they would have gone ballistic and would value it at a Billion Dollars, and would demand that it be double-triple-quadruple slabbed!</p><p><br /></p><p>I have been in manufacturing for 40 years, and we just called them defects, or screw-ups...</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a few screw-ups of mine</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]905088[/ATTACH]</p><p>RR AR Denarius ERROR BROCKAGE ROMA Helmeted Head-Incuse and reverse of obverse - 2nd-1st C BCE</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]905089[/ATTACH]</p><p>RR M Furius ERROR DOUBLE-STRIKE AR Den119 BC Janus Trophy Carnyx S 156 Cr 281-1</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]905092[/ATTACH]</p><p>RR Anon AE Sextans-Hieron II Error Overstrike 214-212 BCE S1211 Cr69-6</p><p>Cool overstrike of Mercury over Hieron II to make a Januform. About 5g, 20mm</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]905090[/ATTACH]</p><p>RR Clodius Pulcher T Mallius AR Den 111-110 BCE ERROR Flipover Double-Strike Roma Triga Cr 299-1b S 176[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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