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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3617550, member: 19463&quot;]I have something of a pile of coins in this category.&nbsp; Many were unknown to me when I got them but some have turned up in better shape in Martin&#039;s collection or elsewhere.&nbsp; These are a few of my Emesa problem children.&nbsp; Overall my Alexandria denarii are at least as bad bt my love for them is a subject for a different thread on a different day.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]969231[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]969232[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]969233[/ATTACH]</p><p>The Domna below is not in the finest condition but what really makes it difficult is the doublestriking.&nbsp; The obverse die did not read MNIA.AVG at the right but the coin appears to.&nbsp; Perhaps someone has a less messy example of this coin but they have not shared it with me yet.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]969234[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>There is nothing wrong with preferring perfect coins but when it comes to rare coins we have to decide if we have it in our hearts to love our children who look like us or just the ones who take after their mother.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]969251[/ATTACH]</p><p>One of my favorite coins also presents one of my greatest mysteries.&nbsp; The obverse die of the Domna Alexandria tetradrachm from year 20 (LK) is very much like a die known used with a year 18 (LIH) reverse.&nbsp; My coin shows some possible doubling in the area that makes me uncertain that they are the same die.&nbsp; Emmett only lists one tetradrachm from year 19.&nbsp; I would love to see/own a coin using this die bridging the years.&nbsp; Did they make so few coins that one die was enough?&nbsp; Emmett gives R5 status (one or two?) to about 30 Domna tets. He also lists a half dozen common ones (R2, R3 and R4) from the beginning to the end of Domna&#039;s time on the scene.&nbsp; Doing a die study from so few coins would be difficult if all the coins were in good condition.&nbsp; They aren&#039;t.&nbsp; TIF shared this image from Dattari-Savio&nbsp; with me.&nbsp; Coins can be hard to read but pencil rubbings ????????</p><p>[ATTACH=full]969249[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit:&nbsp; I got the idea of this from TIF.&nbsp; I attribute the differences at the back of the neck/shoulder to doubling on my coin.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]969274[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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