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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 4030537, member: 75937&quot;]Two coins from my own collection struck with the same damaged obverse die but with different reverse types:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/gordian-iii-and-tranquillina-mesembria-demeter-2-savoca-jpg.972093/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Gordian AD 238-244 and Tranquillina.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ tetrassarion, 25.1 mm, 11.78 g, 7 h.</p><p>Thrace, Mesembria, AD 241-244.</p><p>Obv: ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC ΑVΓ CΕΒ-ΤΡΑΝΚVΛ|ΛΙΝΑ, confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, and of Tranquillina, diademed and draped.</p><p>Rev: ΜΕ-CΑΜΒ-ΡΙ-ΑΝΩΝ, Demeter standing facing, head left, holding ears of corn in right hand, left resting on long torch.</p><p>Refs: Varbanov 4188; <a href="https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/coins?id=9283" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/coins?id=9283" rel="nofollow">Corpus Nummorum Thracorum 9283</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Same obverse die, but the die had undergone some damage:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/gordian-iii-and-tranquillina-mesembria-demeter-savoca-jpg.972094/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Gordian AD 238-244 and Tranquillina.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ tetrassarion, 28.6 mm, 11.36 g, 7 h.</p><p>Thrace, Mesembria, AD 241-244.</p><p>Obv: ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC ΑVΓ CΕΒ-ΤΡΑΝΚVΛ|ΛΙΝΑ, confronted busts of Gordian III, laureate, wearing cuirass and paludamentum, and of Tranquillina, diademed and draped.</p><p>Rev: ΜΕCΑΜΒΡ-Ι-ΑΝΩΝ, Demeter standing left, wearing stephane, holding phiale and long torch.</p><p>Refs: Varbanov 4190, citing Karajatov 83.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Next: Pre-Roman Mesembria</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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