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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3224724, member: 19463"]I can not make out enough to be sure it is an overstrike rather than clashed dies.</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/brock.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/brock.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/brock.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I can not pass on the opportunity to show my Domna which I retained when I sold my collection in 1974. It appeared in a group photo taken in 1964 but I do not know when I got it before that. I believe I see a face (Commodus?) in her hair.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]840368[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I suspect I have shown all my overstrikes here before but this Gallus falling horseman is over a Constantius II two captives and doesn't get out too often. It is easier to see if the coin is rotated the right way. The top pair shows the undertype with left facing bust and AQP mintmark by the feet of the captives. The longer you look at such a coin, the more ID points jump out at you.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]840369[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3224724, member: 19463"]I can not make out enough to be sure it is an overstrike rather than clashed dies. [url]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/brock.html[/url] I can not pass on the opportunity to show my Domna which I retained when I sold my collection in 1974. It appeared in a group photo taken in 1964 but I do not know when I got it before that. I believe I see a face (Commodus?) in her hair. [ATTACH=full]840368[/ATTACH] I suspect I have shown all my overstrikes here before but this Gallus falling horseman is over a Constantius II two captives and doesn't get out too often. It is easier to see if the coin is rotated the right way. The top pair shows the undertype with left facing bust and AQP mintmark by the feet of the captives. The longer you look at such a coin, the more ID points jump out at you. [ATTACH=full]840369[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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