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<p>[QUOTE="furryfrog02, post: 3158315, member: 41219"]Hello All!</p><p><br /></p><p>I originally intended for this game with my son to be a one-a-day type thing until he was able to ID all the coins...but unfortunately life got in the way and we were only able to make it to the 2nd coin this evening. </p><p><br /></p><p>He randomly picked a coin from the pile and we started searching. The first thing he noticed was that the reverse had an outline of the obverse along with the design. I explained to him what a "clashed die" was and how they occurred. I showed him pictures of a few examples of clashed Lincoln cents that I have found roll searching. He thought it was really cool that a coin from so long ago could have the same type of error as a modern day coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>We then got into trying to ID the coin. This one turned out to be much harder for both of us. I let him guide me with what to search. First we checked tesorillo but couldn't find a match. He found a few that were close though, showing scales, which led us to google search for "Aequitas clashed roman coin". He looked through the image search and found a Claudius II GOTHICUS on vcoins that actually looked really close, albeit a different clash. We then went back to wildwinds, which he has been looking at all week, pulled up Claudius II and started searching from there. </p><p><br /></p><p>Finally he landed on this as an ID. As far as I can tell, he is correct. I think he did pretty good with the resources that he and I have. What say you?</p><p><br /></p><p>Claudius II AE Antoninianus</p><p>IMP CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate, cuirassed bust right </p><p>AEQVITAS AVG, Aequitas standing left, holding scales and cornucopiae</p><p>[ATTACH=full]810143[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>My son asked, but I'm not sure how to tell where it was minted. Am I missing something?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="furryfrog02, post: 3158315, member: 41219"]Hello All! I originally intended for this game with my son to be a one-a-day type thing until he was able to ID all the coins...but unfortunately life got in the way and we were only able to make it to the 2nd coin this evening. He randomly picked a coin from the pile and we started searching. The first thing he noticed was that the reverse had an outline of the obverse along with the design. I explained to him what a "clashed die" was and how they occurred. I showed him pictures of a few examples of clashed Lincoln cents that I have found roll searching. He thought it was really cool that a coin from so long ago could have the same type of error as a modern day coin. We then got into trying to ID the coin. This one turned out to be much harder for both of us. I let him guide me with what to search. First we checked tesorillo but couldn't find a match. He found a few that were close though, showing scales, which led us to google search for "Aequitas clashed roman coin". He looked through the image search and found a Claudius II GOTHICUS on vcoins that actually looked really close, albeit a different clash. We then went back to wildwinds, which he has been looking at all week, pulled up Claudius II and started searching from there. Finally he landed on this as an ID. As far as I can tell, he is correct. I think he did pretty good with the resources that he and I have. What say you? Claudius II AE Antoninianus IMP CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate, cuirassed bust right AEQVITAS AVG, Aequitas standing left, holding scales and cornucopiae [ATTACH=full]810143[/ATTACH] My son asked, but I'm not sure how to tell where it was minted. Am I missing something?[/QUOTE]
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