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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 2699320, member: 75525&quot;][USER=44183]@stevex6[/USER]&nbsp; Great example of a flip-over double strike. The reverse looks really interesting.</p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH]607250[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]607251[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Republican Denarius, 121 BC</p><p>Mint - Crawford says Rome; Grueber says Central Italy; Sydenham says Rome and other</p><p>Issued by&nbsp; C.PLVTI, Caius Plutius </p><p>Title of issuer&nbsp; moneyer </p><p>Weight 3.92g, this coin</p><p>I found 38 examples (before I stopped looking). It is interesting how close the weights of this issue. Weight and diameter stats are: </p><p>Weight - max&nbsp; 3.94 </p><p>Weight - min&nbsp; 3.24 </p><p>Weight - avg&nbsp; 3.82 </p><p>Weight - st dev 0.130 </p><p>Diameter - max&nbsp; 19.2 </p><p>Diameter - min 18.3 </p><p>Diameter - max&nbsp;&nbsp; 19.9 </p><p>Diameter - min 17.0 </p><p>Diameter - avg 18.1 </p><p>Diameter - st dev&nbsp; 0.72 </p><p>Cr&nbsp; 278 / 1 </p><p>BMCRR&nbsp; Itly 454 - 460 </p><p>Sear: 153 </p><p>Bab&nbsp; Plutia 1 </p><p>CRR&nbsp; 410 / 414&nbsp; based on helmet style</p><p>RBW 1101 </p><p>NMWar&nbsp; 451&nbsp; 451 - 455</p><p>Albert 1038 </p><p>Grade&nbsp; gVF </p><p>Centering&nbsp; well centered </p><p>Strike&nbsp; good strike, Flip-over double strike </p><p>Flan flaws&nbsp; double strike </p><p>Style&nbsp; Sydenham says that those with helmet style E3 and other characteristics of the mint in Rome are rare -&gt; #410. He says #414 has helmet style F1. I could not tell the difference. Crawford and Sear do not differentiate.&nbsp; </p><p>Patination&nbsp; light toning </p><p>Damage&nbsp; none </p><p>Obverse&nbsp; Helmeted head of Roma R, behind X </p><p>Reverse&nbsp; &nbsp; Dioscuri charging R, holding spears, below C.PLUTI, on partial tablet ROMA. Crawford notes the late use of this form of L. </p><p><br /></p><p>The seller&#039;s pic - </p><p>[ATTACH]607252[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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