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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 8247582, member: 82616&quot;]A brockage is &#039;any coin which is mis-struck, but particularly applied to coins on which the same design is found in relief on one face and incuse on the other as a result of the preceding coin having remained on the die and left its impression on the next coin struck&#039; (Grierson 1975, p. 193). The vast majority of brockages are from obverse dies. David Sear explains &#039;Reverse brockages are much rarer and more difficult to explain as they would require a new blank to be placed on top of an existing piece which had remained in the obverse or lower die after striking.&#039; Brockages from the Flavian era are rare enough, but imagine my shock when I came across this <i>reverse</i> brockage from the reign of Titus. I just had to have it!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1452523[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Titus Reverse Brockage</b></p><p>AR Denarius, 2.55g</p><p>Rome mint, 79 AD</p><p>Obv: Incuse; Same type as reverse</p><p>Rev: TR P VIIII IMP XV COS VII P P; Quadriga l., with corn ears</p><p>RIC 43 (R). BMC 34. RSC 293. BNC 30.</p><p>Acquired from delcampe, February 2022.</p><p><br /></p><p>Struck after 1 July 79 AD, this Titus brockage denarius was surprisingly produced during a time of excellent quality control at the mint of Rome. Unlike an obverse brockage, a reverse brockage allows for easier cataloguing since the specific reverse type is known. The minor wear indicates the piece freely circulated and was accepted as normal currency. J. P. Goddard estimates that up to 4% of Roman Republican denarii were brockages! That number is significantly diminished during the Flavian era.</p><p><br /></p><p>The normal variant of this quadriga type is fairly rare on its own. Needless to say I was quite astonished to find one as a reverse brockage! An utterly fascinating unique coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a wonderful page about ancient coin brockages. <a href="https://cccrh.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/ancient-brockage.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cccrh.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/ancient-brockage.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://cccrh.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/ancient-brockage.pdf</a></p><p><br /></p><p>NB: I was able to die match the reverse with this specimen (not my coin) from asearch.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1452531[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Please feel free to share your brockages, error coins, or the like.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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