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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 4892203, member: 57495"]Sorry you missed your sister's wedding, but glad that you and your family are safe!</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse of that Herakleia diobol is really excellent, and the brockage is nice, too. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1180736[/ATTACH]<b>ROMAN REPUBLIC</b></p><p>AR Denarius, obverse brockage. 3.81g, 20.9mm. Rome mint, 108-107 BC. L. Valerius Flaccus, moneyer. Cf. Crawford 306/1; cf. Sydenham 565. O: Winged and draped bust of Victory right; mark of value below chin. R: Incuse of obverse.</p><p><i>Ex CNG 63, 21 May 2003, lot 1128 </i></p><p><br /></p><p>A less common occurrence was when two planchets got stuck together and were accidentally struck at the same time. One planchet received the obverse, and the other the reverse, with each having a corresponding blank side. Maybe one day I'll find this coin's companion... </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1180737[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>ROMAN REPUBLIC</b></p><p>AR Denarius, uniface. 3.96g, 19mm. Rome mint, 109-108 BC. L. Flaminius Chilo, moneyer. cf. Crawford 302/1. O: Helmeted head of Roma right; behind, ROMA and below chin, X. R: Blank.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 4892203, member: 57495"]Sorry you missed your sister's wedding, but glad that you and your family are safe! The reverse of that Herakleia diobol is really excellent, and the brockage is nice, too. [ATTACH=full]1180736[/ATTACH][B]ROMAN REPUBLIC[/B] AR Denarius, obverse brockage. 3.81g, 20.9mm. Rome mint, 108-107 BC. L. Valerius Flaccus, moneyer. Cf. Crawford 306/1; cf. Sydenham 565. O: Winged and draped bust of Victory right; mark of value below chin. R: Incuse of obverse. [I]Ex CNG 63, 21 May 2003, lot 1128 [/I] A less common occurrence was when two planchets got stuck together and were accidentally struck at the same time. One planchet received the obverse, and the other the reverse, with each having a corresponding blank side. Maybe one day I'll find this coin's companion... [ATTACH=full]1180737[/ATTACH] [B]ROMAN REPUBLIC[/B] AR Denarius, uniface. 3.96g, 19mm. Rome mint, 109-108 BC. L. Flaminius Chilo, moneyer. cf. Crawford 302/1. O: Helmeted head of Roma right; behind, ROMA and below chin, X. R: Blank.[/QUOTE]
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