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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 26601491, member: 10461&quot;]<b><b><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Eastern Roman Empire: ca. 476-491 AD gold solidus of Zeno, Constantinople mint</font></font></b></b></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">NGC MS; Strike: 4/5, Surface: 3/5.&nbsp; <a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/8229797-001/NGCAncients/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/8229797-001/NGCAncients/" rel="nofollow">Cert. #8229797-001</a>.&nbsp; Diameter: 21 mm.&nbsp; Weight: 4.49 g.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">This coin is an interesting flipover double strike error, which got noted as &quot;die shift&quot; on the NGC label.&nbsp; The particulars were discussed in a </font></font><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/rarely-seen-error-on-late-roman-gold.379720/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/rarely-seen-error-on-late-roman-gold.379720/"><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">previous CoinTalk thread</font></font></a><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"> by Al Kowsky.&nbsp; </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Ex-Al Kowsky, private trade, in exchange for a Boeotian stater, 6 April 2024.&nbsp; Prior provenance to Classical Numismatic Group Auction 489, Lot 584.&nbsp; Acquired raw.&nbsp; I submitted the coin to NGC and had it professionally conserved to remove some deposits.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1695314[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1695315[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1695316[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1695317[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1695318[/ATTACH] </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><span style="color: #ffffff">094620</span></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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