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<p>[QUOTE="Ardatirion, post: 936706, member: 9204"]A day late - story of my life!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/18271/s_die.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Forger’s reverse die of sestertius</p><p>mid 2nd century AD – AE or PB? 53.5g, 35x6mm</p><p>four-tiered pyre topped by facing quadriga</p><p>CONSECRATIO, SC in retrograde</p><p><br /></p><p>type of RIC 315, 1266 (Antoninus Pius); 333, 1511 (Lucius Verus); 441, 662 (Marcus Aurelius)</p><p><br /></p><p>ex Dmitry Markov New York Sale XI, unsold</p><p><br /></p><p>When a counterfeiter prepared his dies, he could either engrave them himself, in a style easily be distinguishable from official mint issues, or he could use a genuine, mint issued host coin. He would then impress this design into a piece of bronze and affix it to the iron die-shaft. This object likely represents a counterfeiter’s first attempt, a practice strike in lead.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ardatirion, post: 936706, member: 9204"]A day late - story of my life! [IMG]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/18271/s_die.jpg[/IMG] Forger’s reverse die of sestertius mid 2nd century AD – AE or PB? 53.5g, 35x6mm four-tiered pyre topped by facing quadriga CONSECRATIO, SC in retrograde type of RIC 315, 1266 (Antoninus Pius); 333, 1511 (Lucius Verus); 441, 662 (Marcus Aurelius) ex Dmitry Markov New York Sale XI, unsold When a counterfeiter prepared his dies, he could either engrave them himself, in a style easily be distinguishable from official mint issues, or he could use a genuine, mint issued host coin. He would then impress this design into a piece of bronze and affix it to the iron die-shaft. This object likely represents a counterfeiter’s first attempt, a practice strike in lead.[/QUOTE]
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