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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 4519765, member: 19463&quot;]Whether or not this coin is cast does not really provide any comfort since many fakes have been made struck from fake dies that were either original engravings or transferred from other coins (sometimes genuine and sometimes from other fakes).&nbsp; I suppose it is always possible that dies could have been mismatched by the official mint or by a counterfeiter in the time of Caracalla but the best guess here seems (to me) to be a modern fake from mechanically reproduced dies.&nbsp; I wish I knew more about the process of making copy dies from coins using modern technology and, especially, using methods that could have been done in Roman times.&nbsp; The number of such coins that combine incorrect obverse and reverse types make me wonder if the process destroys the opposite side of the coin making it easier to mismatch types.&nbsp;&nbsp; A match would then require having two of the same coin to make a set.&nbsp; Did the maker of this coin want to make a rare and more valuable unlisted coin or was the intent just to make a denarius and not pay much attention to details?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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