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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2420108, member: 19463&quot;]I have always been a fan of Die studies.&nbsp; I even had a little article published in the Celator back in 1995 on the subject.&nbsp; However, I try not to get too many die duplicates since I consider die links (matching on one side only) more educational.&nbsp; However, this pair of coins is very interesting and serves well to show the obverse centration dot which was part of the die in the same place on both coins between portraits but the flan preparation &#039;pits&#039; in quite different spots proving they were not on the die.&nbsp; Cool coins!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/dielink.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/dielink.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/dielink.html</a></p><p>Other parts of my opinions on die link studies appear on my page above which ends with a little quiz to see if readers understood the concept.&nbsp; The photo below has coins that are die duplicates (both sides), die links (one side) and not related coins thrown in to make the test harder. Answers are on my page if anyone cares to play.</p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/die04.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Of my die duplicate coins my clear favorite is the pair of denarii of Julia Domna shown below.&nbsp; Both dies are the same but one was before and the other after a die clash ruined the reverse.&nbsp; This is the only example of this I have.</p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/jdbefaftclash.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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