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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 8248975, member: 31620&quot;]The OP is fascinating and an excellent example of a desirable type at the same time. </p><p>I have never managed to get a reverse brockage within my collecting fields and only have one obverse brockage.</p><p>Brockages seem to slip through relatively infrequently compared to the volume of coinage produced. I have pondered this and have a few questions that I can&#039;t resolve.</p><p><br /></p><p>Were brockages a frequent occurrence but were filtered out at the mint and what we see are &quot;the few that got away&quot;?</p><p><br /></p><p>What in the manufacturing process makes a reverse brockage less likely than an obverse brockage? <b>OR</b> did they occur with equal frequency and the mint staff were more sensitive to spotting them and removing them before they got out?</p><p><br /></p><p>Whilst brockages occur across the ages they seem (very anecdotal) to be a lot frequent for Roman Republican issues. What was it about the manufacture process that made them so frequent? Did they learn something and change the process to reduce the frequency of brockages? Were they just more vigilant with removing them?</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse brockages are easy to attribute to an emperor. Sometimes a reverse brockage doesn&#039;t allow you to identify when it was made as the reverse may be generic enough to span multiple issuers. Would this influence your purchase decision with regards to a reverse brockage? Does it reduce it&#039;s value?</p><p><br /></p><p>An example of what I am talking about is given above:-</p><p>[USER=99554]@Ocatarinetabellatchitchix[/USER] states a reverse brockage produced under Victorinus. The same type is produced under Tetricus. What allocates this one to Victorinus rather than Tetricus? </p><p><br /></p><p>David was not only able to identify the Emperor but also find a die match. This sort of evidence/research adds to the interest significantly in my eyes. I must admit that I would then try and make it a background task to obtain a die match example to have them side by side. I know that I am still looking for a die match example for my obverse brockage.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you [USER=82616]@David Atherton[/USER] for stimulating my brain a little on this subject.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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