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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3255377, member: 19463"]Andrew collects Republican coins and I believe he is right for those. I collect Severans and clashes are far more common than brockages. My page linked previously shows several. Clashes can be weak or severe depending on just how hard the hammer was swung. I suspect some resulted when the hammerman realized that there was no blank but just could not stop that swing completely. I have a Clodius Albinus with incuse letters at the bottom and many dots at the top but the severity is shown by the large cud from the broken reverse die at the upper right. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]855147[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Another evidence of a severe clash is my Julia Mamaea. Since clashes are usually on the reverse or upper die, this coin offers three possibilities. 1. The upper die could have been the portrait. 2. The upper die could have been unusually hard compared to the obverse so it caused unusual damage. 3. The obverse here shows slight damage but the reverse die was destroyed by the clash so this coin was made with a new, replacement reverse. I favor guess #3. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]855150[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The best of my clashes is this Constantine I that is also double struck. The double striking shows that the damage was on the die in the same place on both strikes. Note the offset is the same on both sides. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]855157[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3255377, member: 19463"]Andrew collects Republican coins and I believe he is right for those. I collect Severans and clashes are far more common than brockages. My page linked previously shows several. Clashes can be weak or severe depending on just how hard the hammer was swung. I suspect some resulted when the hammerman realized that there was no blank but just could not stop that swing completely. I have a Clodius Albinus with incuse letters at the bottom and many dots at the top but the severity is shown by the large cud from the broken reverse die at the upper right. [ATTACH=full]855147[/ATTACH] Another evidence of a severe clash is my Julia Mamaea. Since clashes are usually on the reverse or upper die, this coin offers three possibilities. 1. The upper die could have been the portrait. 2. The upper die could have been unusually hard compared to the obverse so it caused unusual damage. 3. The obverse here shows slight damage but the reverse die was destroyed by the clash so this coin was made with a new, replacement reverse. I favor guess #3. [ATTACH=full]855150[/ATTACH] The best of my clashes is this Constantine I that is also double struck. The double striking shows that the damage was on the die in the same place on both strikes. Note the offset is the same on both sides. [ATTACH=full]855157[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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