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<p>[QUOTE="cmezner, post: 4971646, member: 87809"]Mine is without the horn. At numismatics.org it says "usually horned" implying that the one's without horn are the same RIC number.</p><p><a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.el.88b" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.el.88b" rel="nofollow">http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.el.88b</a></p><p> </p><p>It has a double strike error (Fr. Tréflag; trefoil) on the reverse. One can see part of the pearled border perpendicular to where it should have been struck. This happens when a minted coin is struck again or even several times by the dies before it has left the coining press completely resulting in a partial impression of the coin over the previously struck image. Double struck ancient coins are fairly common. They were hand struck without any collar holding the coin in place so the coin could easily move when being struck and quality control wasn't so strict so the coin made it into circulation. They are interesting as an oddity but don't command any additional value.</p><p><br /></p><p>AR Denarius, Rome, 220 - 222 AD</p><p>17 mm, 3.427 g</p><p>RIC IV Elagabalus 88b; Cohen 61; Sear 7518; BMC.212;</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: IMP ANTONINVS PI(V)S AVG Laureate and draped bust right</p><p>Rev.: INVIC(T)VS SACERDOS A(VG),Elagabalus standing l., sacrificing over altar, holding patera in r. hand and club in l., bull lying down behind altar; in left field star</p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1194866[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1194867[/ATTACH]</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cmezner, post: 4971646, member: 87809"]Mine is without the horn. At numismatics.org it says "usually horned" implying that the one's without horn are the same RIC number. [URL]http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.el.88b[/URL] It has a double strike error (Fr. Tréflag; trefoil) on the reverse. One can see part of the pearled border perpendicular to where it should have been struck. This happens when a minted coin is struck again or even several times by the dies before it has left the coining press completely resulting in a partial impression of the coin over the previously struck image. Double struck ancient coins are fairly common. They were hand struck without any collar holding the coin in place so the coin could easily move when being struck and quality control wasn't so strict so the coin made it into circulation. They are interesting as an oddity but don't command any additional value. AR Denarius, Rome, 220 - 222 AD 17 mm, 3.427 g RIC IV Elagabalus 88b; Cohen 61; Sear 7518; BMC.212; Ob.: IMP ANTONINVS PI(V)S AVG Laureate and draped bust right Rev.: INVIC(T)VS SACERDOS A(VG),Elagabalus standing l., sacrificing over altar, holding patera in r. hand and club in l., bull lying down behind altar; in left field star [CENTER][ATTACH=full]1194866[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1194867[/ATTACH][/CENTER][/QUOTE]
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