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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 7955895, member: 56859&quot;]Good work, Sev, and terrific illustrations!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I hadn&#039;t pictured the removable die being inset as you drew.&nbsp; I envisioned it being more of a butt joint with a mortise and tenon but thinking about it more, it&#039;s difficult to see how that would be a secure attachment capable of lasting through thousands of strikes.&nbsp; As [USER=100731]@Roerbakmix[/USER] noted, you&#039;d expect more examples of coins like yours.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gotta go to work now <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; I&#039;d rather keep thinking about coins and this dilemma! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Tossing this in here because I came across it while looking for info to explain your coin.&nbsp; This is purportedly a hinged set of Roman coin dies.&nbsp; I&#039;d like to find better images to see if there is engraving on the faces or if there were removable dies (which are gone).&nbsp; Don&#039;t have time to search but a preliminary image search turned up only this tiny image and one larger version that was a cut-out of the dies.&nbsp; It was larger but the resolution was still poor.&nbsp; Looks like a museum tag on the right side.&nbsp; Maybe a museum search would turn up this or more like it.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.grunalmoneta.co.uk/hinged_die.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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