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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 2880262, member: 84744&quot;]Here is a very different sort of &quot;double-antoninianus&quot; from the Tacitus series that zumbly recently posted about <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/tacitus-ia-marked-double-antoninianus-of-tripolis.304389/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/tacitus-ia-marked-double-antoninianus-of-tripolis.304389/">here</a>.&nbsp; The coin in question is one of the scarcer types from the Cologne (Colonia Agrippinensis) mint:</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv. GALLIENVS.P.F.AVG, Radiate and cuirassed bust of Gallienus to right. Rev. VIRT GALLIENI AVG, Gallienus advancing right, holding spear and shield, and treading upon fallen enemy to right. RIC 54 (Joint reign with Valerian, listed as Lugdunum), dated to 258-9:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]690214[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The first weird thing about this coin is its weight: 6.29g.&nbsp; Way too much for an antoninianus of Gallienus from this period!&nbsp; Is it a fake?&nbsp; Let&#039;s check out the edge (this coin on the left, an ordinary Gallienus ant. from Cologne on the right):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]690215[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Is that a casting seam on a double-thick fake??&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>No, it&#039;s a join between two flans struck on top of each other.&nbsp; This coin is double weight and double-thickness because it&#039;s a brockage error where the two coins never separated!&nbsp; Here&#039;s another shot showing the join between flans, on a slightly thinner part of the coin, where the join spreads onto the face:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]690220[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>As you can see, there&#039;s no separating these two (not that I would ever try).&nbsp; Always the twain shall meet!&nbsp; I can just imagine a legionary trying to buy a 2-ant. loaf of bread with this coin... or should that be &quot;these coins&quot;?</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t think I&#039;ve ever seen another stuck-together brockage before, but I would like to hear of any, and of course see them.&nbsp; Otherwise, post your Cologne mint Gallienus coins, your stuck-together coins, and your weird mint errors![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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