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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 4477851, member: 110226&quot;]I&#039;m going through the boxes, separating the ancients from other coins, mostly world, and I came across this interesting sestertius that I purchased back in the 90s from Harlan Berk.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin is an imitation of a sestertius of Domitilla.&nbsp; It is very crudely executed, with the &quot;SC&quot; on the reverse punched in backwards by the die maker, as is also the case of the carpentum on the obverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think the die maker made a fundamental error: the dies appear to have been engraved, for the SC and carpentum, on the dies based on the orientation of the model coin.&nbsp; In order for the SC and capentum to engraved correctly, so the finished coin shows the correct orientation, they needed to be engraved backwards relative to the model.&nbsp; Of course, it is also possible that whoever did this engraving couldn&#039;t have cared less how these elements appeared on the final product.&nbsp; It is interesting, though, that the legends do run in the correct direction.&nbsp; Perhaps someone else hand engraved the legends, and did so, at least in the correct direction, even though they&#039;re somewhat garbled. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s more information:</p><p><br /></p><p>Domitilla, first wife of Vespasian</p><p>Barbaric imitation of sestertius,</p><p>21.34 grams, 31 mm, 12 h.</p><p>Obv.&nbsp; Carpentum drawn left by two mules, at top [....] MORIAE / [...]MMAE, the </p><p>blundered remains of the original legend S P Q R MEMORIAE DOMITILLAE.</p><p>Rev.&nbsp; Large SC retrograde, circular legend survives only below and to left, [C]AESARIS </p><p>AVG[...]</p><p>Interesting imitation with the Carpentum and letters SC mirror images of the original types, but the legends are not legends not retrograde though blundered.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1113044[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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