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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1015845, member: 19463&quot;]While I certainly agree that reverse dies had a shorter life than obverse, I don&#039;t believe it was anything like 7-8 times as much.&nbsp; The rules changed between Corinth and Rome.&nbsp; In later Roman, there is evidence that some mints alternated reverse dies in use on the same obverse to the point of every other coin.&nbsp; There are various theories but one is that the reverse die was allowed to cool in this way and would last longer.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>We can study the evidence and come up with theories that point to mint practices but we have to be aware of the chance that anything we prove for 194 AD in Emesa might hold for no other time or place.&nbsp; I have handled more coins or this mint and date than any other and have seen several examples of multiple partnering.&nbsp; One is even noteworthy because the obverse die was badly damaged (making it easy to spot even by those not familiar with the series).&nbsp; I suspect that portrait dies were very precious objects and were treated as well as possible to keep them in use for as long as possible.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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