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Message:: [QUOTE="Curtis, post: 24709963, member: 26430"]Here's an error coin I don't think I've posted here before: [ATTACH=full]1579216[/ATTACH] <blockquote>Roman Imperial. Gallienus AE Antoninianus (3.49g, 20-22mm, 6h), Antioch, c. 267-268 CE.Obv: GALLIENVS AVG. Radiate, cuirassed bust right. (Partial incuse of rev. visible: "S" and head and shield of Virtus.) Rev: VIRTVS AVG. Mars standing forward, head to right, holding spear & shield in his left. Ref: RIC 669 or similar. Notes: A “partial (reverse) brockage” such as this one occurs when a previously struck coin overlaps with another during striking. When this coin was struck, a previously struck coin was resting partially over the obverse die. The strike was “strongest” (the details most fully transferred from the reverse die) in the area where the obstructing coin rested (i.e., toward 12h obv/6h rev), since its presence allowed for more force to be imparted. The far side of the flan received much less direct force from the dies, resulting in flatness (i.e., toward 6h obv/12h rev).[ATTACH=full]1579215[/ATTACH] </blockquote> NEXT: Mars (including Ares)[/QUOTE]