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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2138902, member: 19463&quot;]Brockages are much more common in silver and downright rare in large coins.&nbsp; I have rather few and try not to get any that don&#039;t show the incuse details most clearly.&nbsp; I feel the need to have a few to illustrate the &#039;species&#039; but not to own one for every type that exists.&nbsp; The most common are probably the Republicans.&nbsp;&nbsp; Who can show a sestertius? </p><p>Read the legend</p><p>[ATTACH=full]408494[/ATTACH] </p><p>This Claudius dupondius is my largest but I think it might not count since it is barbarous.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]408495[/ATTACH] </p><p>When they started using pincher dies, reverse brockages became possible.&nbsp; This is COMES AVG but which of the Gallic rulers was on the obverse. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]408497[/ATTACH] </p><p>When a brockage is produced a regular obverse is pushed into the blank/&nbsp; To me it makes sense that that coin would be damaged.&nbsp; Might the Septimius below have been the coin that stuck in the die and was obverse flattened when it produced a brockage?&nbsp; The reverse might be normal or even better struck since it got a second blow while stuck.&nbsp; I&#039;ll never be able to prove it but I like the theory.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]408509[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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