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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 24706219, member: 82616&quot;]Error coins interest me ... and coins containing multiple errors <i>greatly</i> interest me! The Flavian &#039;o&#039; mint produced such coins in abundance and they are quite coveted by collectors today. My latest addition is yet another ex Curtis Clay coin from that error-prone mint.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1578587[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Domitian as Caesar [Vespasian] Engraver&#039;s Error Mule</b></p><p>AR Denarius, 3.41g</p><p>Ephesus (?) mint, 76 AD</p><p>Obv: CAES AVG F DOMIT COS III; Head of Domitian, laureate, bearded, r., &#039;o&#039; mint mark below neck</p><p>Rev: ION (sic) MAX TR P COS V; Winged caduceus</p><p>RIC Cf. 1491/1489A. BMC -. BNC -. RPC -. RSC -.</p><p>Ex Harlan J Berk, MBS 224, lot 129. Ex Curtis Clay Collection. Ex Numismatic Naumann, E50, 5 February 2017, lot 515.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>An unknown eastern mint struck a spate of denarii in 76 which copied many contemporary types from Rome. Both RIC and RPC speculate it possibly could be Ephesus, citing a similar style with a previous Ephesian issue from 74 and the use of an annulet as a mint mark. The series is riddled with error coins, such as this rare Domitian Caesar engraver&#039;s error mule. Here we erroneously have &#039;ION&#039; instead of &#039;PON&#039; in the reverse legend. The ION (sic) MAX COS V is a muddled reverse incompatibly struck for Titus Caesar (he could not have been PON MAX). So, a misspelled erroneous reverse impossibly intended for Titus Caesar paired with a Domitian Caesar obverse. Three mistakes on one coin! Same obverse die as RIC plate coin 1491. Possibly the only known specimen.</p><p><br /></p><p>In hand.</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]ekL1cr-QinI[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to share your error coins. Thank you for looking![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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